american cartoons vs japanese anime · · 2017-10-05american cartoons vs japanese anime japanese...
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AmericanCartoonsVSJapaneseAnime
America
Animation in America is usually made in a hand drawn, or cel animation, style. Americananimation isusuallyportrayed inawaythatappealsmosttochildrenwithbrightcoloursandchildishcharacters.Thecharactersareoftenexaggeratedwithbodypartsandproportionsthatarenotusualorreal,tomakethemappealtochildrenandappearfarfromreality.Theyareeitherdepictedhumanlikeoroverexaggeratedandnothumanlikeatall.Thecartoonsdon’tusuallyhavedetailslikeshadows,oratleastnotdetailedshadows,butinsteadsimpleshadows.Cartoonsareusuallydrawnframebyframetakingitalongtimetodraw.Theyareusuallydrawnwithawideshot,notfocusingonseveralcameraanglesasthecartoonprogresses.Theplotsarenotverycomplicatedandoftenfeaturecomedyepisodestomaketheseriesverycomical.ExamplesofAmericanAnimation:
AmericanCartoonsVSJapaneseAnime
Japanese
Animeisusuallycolourfulandthedrawninaparticularway.Thecharactersaresimpleinahanddrawnstylewithbigeyesandbigexpressions.Theanimecharactersareoftenportrayedmorehumanlikethancartoonsare.Animecharactersareusuallydrawnwithmanysmalldetailslikethemouth,thehairandeyelasheswhiletheeyesareusuallythefocusofthecharacterswithbigeyesthattakeovertheface.Animeusuallyusesthesameframes,justchangingthepositionoflegs,ormouth,orhairtoshowmovementtoshortenthelengthittakestodraw.Animeusesseveraldifferentcameraanglesandzoominginandouttoshowemphasisonvariousdetails.Animeisdrawninawaythatbothkidsandadultscanenjoythem.Thestoriescanalsofeaturemorematurefeaturesthatmakeittargetedtowardsamoreadultaudience.Animeoftenfeaturehumanissuesratherthanmakingthemcomical.ExamplesoffamousAnime: