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Anime for Newbs: The Format |
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Written by JC DuBois
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Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:00 |
The Three Flavors of Anime - TV, OVA, and Movie
Welcome back for another edition of Anime for Newbs. By this point, we've gone
over the basics - what anime is, dabbled a little in its history, taken an
over view of the sub-genres to be found, and discussed how to get hold of it.
You should have also gotten a decent list of series to take a look at, either
through suggestions made in the article series, or else via your own research
and experimentation. Hopefully in that experimentation, you've run across what
I'll be dealing with today - the three ways in which an anime series is produced.
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Anime for Newbs: The Internet |
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Written by JC DuBois
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006 00:00 |
Riding the Data Wave
In our last chapter, I covered some of the more popular sub-genres of anime
that you're likely to run across in your journey through the world of Japanese
Animation. Now that you've got a good idea of what sort of anime you might
find interesting, I think that it'll be a good time to take a tour of useful
websites for feeding your new hobby. I'll be breaking this chapter into two
major sections. The first will be Information Sites, and the second, what I
have a feeling a lot of anime Newbs will find interesting, fansubbers. There's
a lot of ground to cover in this chapter, so let's get going.
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Anime for Newbs: The Genres |
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Written by JC DuBois
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Wednesday, 26 April 2006 00:00 |
There's More Than One Type of Anime?
In the last issue, I gave you a brief overview of what anime is, how it differs
from American animation, and what you should do to take your first steps into
the world of Japanese Animation. This chapter is going to introduce you to
some of the most commonly seen forms of anime story, and give you some examples
of series that fall into those categories. Just like American shows, anime
falls under general types like Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama and even the odd Soap
Opera, but most series follow more specific sub-types.
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Anime for Newbs: The Basics |
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Written by JC DuBois
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Wednesday, 11 January 2006 00:00 |
Overview
S'ok, maybe you've heard of this crazy stuff. It's a cartoon, only, it's not
cartoony. There's something different, something off, something that just doesn't
fit in with your standard Saturday morning fare. Well, for one thing, the eyes
are all wrong, way too big, and the mouth is too small - unless the character
is shouting, in which case it's probably bigger than the character's head would
be normally. And then there's the technicolor rainbow of hair colors, from
your basic black to neon pink - sometimes on the same character! And then,
there's one other thing, something that really stands out amongst the SatAM
crowd... You see, most these strange, not-cartoony cartoons have stories that
you are quite certain would curl the toes of your cute little toddler brother.
In fact, it's even fair to say that a lot of them seem to be aimed toward adults
- especially those naughty ones by that Pink Pineapple studio.
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