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Anime is an abbreviation of the word animaton.
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It is a form of art that includes all genres even though anime is sometimes mistaken for it's own genre.
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In Japanese, anime means animation from any part of the world but in English it means animation from Japan.
Anime
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Osamu Tezuka invented anime by creating Tetsuwan Atom A.K.A Astro Boy which was the first anime show that became very popular
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Although people in Japan have wondered in this path before Tezuka, he was the on that made anime popular which led to anime's extreme succes worldwide.
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The ultimate difference between cartoons in the U.S and anime cartoons is the audience it is directed towards. Anime is for people of all ages and cartoons in the U.S are more for younger viewers and children.
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Anime characters are often very exaggerated and extra. Female characters usually have large round eyes of various colour and with long or large hair and a very beautiful figure. While male characters are often big and muscular like in Goku from Dragon Ball Z.