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An original net animation (ONA), known in Japan as web anime (ウェブアニメ, webu anime), is an anime that is directly released onto the Internet. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ONAs may also have been aired on television if they were first directly released on the Internet.
The first anime adaptation of Shotaro Ishinomori's manga Cyborg 009 was created in 1968, following the film adaptation two years prior. 1969's "Attack no.1", the first shoujo sports anime was one of the first to have success in Japanese primetime and was also popular throughout Europe, particularly in Germany under the name "Mila Superstar."
The short film Namakura Gatana (1917), the oldest extant animated film made for cinemas known to exist.. This is a list of anime by release date which covers Japanese animated productions that were made between 1917–1938.
Otaku is a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests, including anime or manga. In its original context, the term otaku is derived from a Japanese term for another's house or family (お宅, otaku), which is also used as an honorific second-person pronoun.
The series focuses on the otaku lifestyle and contains numerous references to other manga, anime, video games, and other aspects of otaku culture. Common plot points include such otaku-centric activities as the buying and creation of dōjinshi, fan-made manga usually of erotic content; convincing a character to try cosplay (dressing up as characters from manga, anime, or video games); the ...
[228] [229] [230] When anime is defined as a "style" rather than as a national product, it leaves open the possibility of anime being produced in other countries, [226] but this has been contentious amongst fans, with John Oppliger stating, "The insistence on referring to original American art as Japanese "anime" or "manga" robs the work of its ...
Maria-sama ga Miteru (マリア様がみてる, The Virgin Mary Is Watching or Maria Watches Over Us), often shortened to Marimite (マリみて), [3] is a Japanese light novel series written by Oyuki Konno [] with illustrations by Reine Hibiki.
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!, [b] also known as Chū-2 for short, is a Japanese anime television series based on Torako's light novel of the same name and produced by Kyoto Animation. [3] The first season aired in Japan from October 4 to December 19, 2012, [4] and the second one from January 8 to March 26, 2014. [5]