Anime for Newbs: The Format

Written by JC DuBois | 26 April 2007

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

Written by JC DuBois | 27 June 2006

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

Written by JC DuBois | 26 April 2006

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

Written by JC DuBois | 11 January 2006

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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