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The origin
Researchers believe the origin of anime came from the magic lantern that would cast onto a wall and display images -
First magic lantern appearance
It wasn't until 1803 when the magic lantern made it's first appearance in Japan, the images would display on a wall or screen and the bookies would narrate the videos as it was the silent film era -
Beginning of Japaneses Anime
Japaneses started making anime in 1917, still in the era of silent films. The Japanese started making anime to express their culture and include their way of living into anime -
Start over from scratch
Japanese anime was starting to take off with a solid foundation but the Great Kantō Earthquake destroyed all the progress and forced the anime industry to start from scratch -
First talking animation
In only 6 years the anime industry had their first talking animation but continued to struggle -
First colored film
In 1932 the Japanese released their first colored animation film. This being following WWII most animations were being critically complained for the uneducated hits on the united states and were told to be more educated -
Snow white
Snow white was the first Disney animated movie created and was the debut of US animation. After viewing some of the Japanese anime, the US thought it was a great idea and wanted to make some of their own, therefore Japanese anime influenced the animation we see today like Disney. -
Momotaro's divine sea warriors
Momotaro's divine sea warriors was amine's biggest film at the time, it was anime's first feature length film -
Japan animated films was founded
In 1948, after the atomic bomb went off the US began their creation of animation which was influenced by Japans anime. Japans animated films were founded and which later became Toei Animation -
The First Japanese Television Anime
On January 1 in 1963, Fuji Television broadcast a 30-minute animated television series called Tetsuwan Atomu, known in English as Astro Boy. The release of Astro Boy was the commencement of a boom in the anime industry making an intense competition for TV audiences -
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Japanimation
Japanese animation was making it's was over seas but many parents didn't like the animations because they thought it was sexual, cheap and violent. So when children were to watch the anime the parents claimed their children were being corrupted by a strange culture from the Orient -
The anime industry in recession
In the summer of 1972 a lot of people were laid off and by 1973 Mushi Production went bankrupt which made a bump in the road for the anime industry. They were laid off due to the economic development in which taxes and salary were to be made high, but not all could afford to do that. -
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Golden age of anime
During this time spam the anime industry entered what people today call "The Golden age" of anime. With new shows air quickly and people from all around the world watching them and buying their merchandises anime was at an all time high. During this time Hentai was released which is anime porn and that had an impact in the anime industry with good and bad reviews about it -
Pokemon
The release of Pokemon had a huge impact on the anime industry, as it opened the audience range from before when it was mostly nerds or children watching. Pokemon was a show made for everyone and is one of the biggest shows in anime history -
Romance
In the 2000s anime hit a peak of categorized shows in dramatic romance releasing all sorts of different shows so that the viewing audience had a lot to chose from. But because there was so many shows, each show didn't make that much money due to the fact that only a small portion of people watched them. But each show involved the culture of Japan which included their eating habits, food, and social class. -
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Anime today
Throughout the 2000s amine has stepped up their game releasing new shows are targeted for a specific audience and making shows that everyone will like in all different genres. But there is one downfall with the advancement of technology, no one really watched shows on actually television, they watched on Youtube and Netflix and more people played video games. So, the anime industry paired together with video game makers to make anime video games, which really hit off with people. -
Crunchyroll
Since the anime industry was losing profit from people streaming anime on the internet. In order to keep making profit from anime they released a site called Crunchy roll which let people stream anime of there and the anime industry still made money -
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Adding in their culture
They’ve also included more of what their culture is in their animations with how their school system works, the type of food they eat and how they eat, also adding in their ways of greeting people such as bowing.
