The Anime word comes from animation, as abbreviated in Japanese. The English dictionary explains it as a style introduced in Japan. Even though, Anime as a whole represents every kind of animation. Consequently, Japanese Anime is used to distinguish it with the animation within the rest of the world. Until recently, anime was called “Manga” in Western and European countries. But in Japan, Manga is referred to comics only!

Anime can be inspired from novels, manga and local customs and traditions. Anime may be telecasted on television and can also be distributed and published through other media types like video, internet and DVD. Anime earlier also referred to exclusively Japanese animation but is now no longer considered so.

Anime is viewed and loved by children to adults to women. It shows various stories and characters based upon themes in science, fiction, sports, romance and horror, that are most created stuff and is far off reality. But there are a number of animes which depict a bit of realism like suffering, emotions and death, which raises the value of the content but makes it unfit for children to watch full anime.

Anime is getting popular both in terms of audience and range. The craze for Pokemon among children is more than just the series. They want to have the online games, collectables, DVDs, t shirts and costumes of their favorite character from the show. Another trend which has been experienced is watching Anime movies originally made in Japanese after dubbing them in English.

Right now, as watching it on CDs and DVDs has gained momentum, most of them include subtitles and dubbed tracks already. Due to growing acceptance and charm of such animations, many colleges, clubs, libraries and secondary school have started keeping collections of animes in their databases. Fans and appreciation for animes are flooding in everyday.

The Walt Disney’s “Spirited Away”, a Japanese movie, which even grossed more than “Titanic” in Japan revolutionized the animation industry in Western World. Hayao Miyazaki, the much known name in Anime, directed the movie and was praised by fans all around the world for laying stress to every minute detail within the film. The Fox TV network and Walt Disney, the 2 major Anime Programs and movies distributors in the West registered over $2 billion revenue within the industry. Some years before, there have been not many anime TV shows and series, but basically, nearly every kid is aware of the Japanese animation cartoons and films and the count is increasing with every minute.

Bandai Entertainment, A Japanese anime Toy Company, claimed to have produced 75 anime shows and films in the preceding year in USA, which explains the rise sought after of animes.

Currently, animes are growing fast in DVD sector too. Anime movies possess the good thing about low cost production as all they need is a pen a paper and a computer to work on. Internet is also answerable for bringing anime to the area it is today!