more than just cartoons
Hi friends, I read an article on cartoon. It was suggested that Japanese illustrated works (cartoons) have developed over a huge stretch of time, from the late 7th century, when rough drawings of people and animals were found on the walls of 2 sacred temples in Nara, through the mid 17th C. when Otsu pictures were mass produced by artists in the town of Otsu and then through 1702, when Shumboku Ooka created booklets, called Toba-e, which were hugely popular. They were cartoons of everyday life accompanied by text. They were followed by kibyoshi, or "yellow-cover" books, containing strong story lines and narrative art. One would wonder what these early artists would have made of today’s product.
It is Anime (ah-nee-may- a Japanese term for animation which was borrowed from the French), first seem mostly on television but since the ‘80’s development of OVA, Original Video Animation, now found in abundance at video stores as well. Anime provides Japanese artists and writers with a medium to tell elaborate, visually stunning stories in a way that would be impossible using live action.
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