A forerunner of today's comic strip can be found in an Egyptian wall decoration circa 2000 B.C. In successive panels it depicts the actions of two wrestlers in a variety of holds. In one of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous illustrations, he shows how the limbs would look in various positions. Giotto's angels seem to take flight in their repetitive motions. The Japanese used scrolls to tell continuous stories. Since the beginnings of time, human beings have tried to capture a sense of motion in their art. From the eight-legged boar in the Altamira caves of Northern Spain to paintings alongside the remains of long-dead pharaohs, this quest for capturing motion has been a common theme throughout many of mankind's artistic endeavors. The development of the motion camera and projector by Thomas A. Edison and others provided the first real practical means of making animation. Even still, the animation was done in the simplest of means. Stuart Blackton, issued a short film in 1906 entitled Humorous Phases of Funny Faces where he drew comical faces on a blackboard, photographed th

Persuasion comes within many anime films that pertain to each culture individually. Studies have shown that if a child watches a film released from Japan into the states, and does not fully comprehend what he or she is seeing it creates a cultural clash. The child will begin to mimic the characters movements, respond in tandem with what they have seen to unusual situations, and begin to develop that characters attributes as normal. This is one reason why films in animation are rated. Once the child turn into a character he or she will start to talk like them respond to normal asked questions like them and lose a small sense of whom they are and what type of behavior should be displayed in everyday normal situations.

Anime goes far beyond that of any movie or normal film produced. Although the cost to make an animation is not as high as low as making a real film or movie, the months it takes for a box office film to be shot, takes animation any where from 2 years to 10 depending on the detailed and the story line behind the film. We are drawn to the simple uncluttered line, the direct frontal attack inherent in every good cartoon, whether it is a quick pen-and ink sketch or an elaborate, painstakingly airbrushed piece of work. The more our imaginations develop the better understanding and comprehending what anime is about will become.

Lutz, G. Edwin. Animated Cartoon: How they are made, their origin and development.

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