Anime culture in Japan and the United States，what kind of anime culture do you like best?

At present, the world of animation is a three-way – the United States, Japan, South Korea. From the United States’ “Garfield” to Japan’s “Crayon Xiao Shin”, and then to South Korea’s “rogue rabbit”, a more unusual cartoon image often become the mainstream consumption of children.As the culture originated from their respective nationalities, the United States, Japan and South Korea have their own characteristics in the animation culture. Many people think that the development of contemporary culture is extremely open today, and their national identity and cultural inheritance have been diluted. In fact, this is not the case.

It’s like a hero The United States has the longest history of comics. Since the 1930s, they have established a Superman type comic book model, and the comic book of this hero has developed to today, which has been very mature. In Shanghai in the 1940s, you could see beautifully printed American serial diagrams. “Superman” at that time called “atomic flying King Kong”, the master or earth people, but later development has been completely changed, but the character’s shape, the pattern of the story are not too much change. In addition, there are western cowboy as the protagonist of the serial picture, and the famous “Dick” and so on…

The comic strip mainstream in the United States is dominated by two large companies, whose comic strips of heroes are published in the form of monthly magazines, such as Batman, Spiderman and so on… They are all popular. These works have deeply influenced the most popular fashion culture at that time, the most obvious is to spread to the world in the form of film, take our country for example, the introduction of several blockbusters such as “The Lion King”, etc., are from the American serial animation. Most of the American comic strip artists graduated from the School of practical Art and the School of Design, they have a very solid painting skills, is the main force of contemporary American practical art. They play their part in a wide range of fields such as illustration, advertising, design, and comic strips. As a result of years of operation, the story design of the American comic strip has been very mature, and the painting is quite beautiful.

Visually exciting Japanese anime.

Japanese manga developed through the works of Mr. Hand in the 1940s. He combined the experience of American-style comic strips and animation creation with the culture and society of Japan to produce a brand new Japanese comic culture and create a world of comic kingdom. Japan’s most powerful animation studio Ghibli cooperated with Disney to expand the overseas market of Japanese animation films. Spirited Away won the Oscar Award for Best Animation in 2003 and the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, cultivating Japanese animation fans all over the world.

Japanese manga focuses more on creativity and is closer to the appreciation habits of Japanese readers. The admirers of the “Hari nationality” have brought fresh characteristics to this era, making the cross-century youth of the 1990s and the youth of the 1980s and 1970s have an obvious landmark difference. In fact, young people in every era are pursuing novel fashion. Japan is strongly influenced by cartoon culture, and the age group of cartoon culture followers is no longer only 20 years old. Today, the streets of Japan are full of cartoon characters, wearing advanced clothes, bright colors, colorful hair, visual stimulation.

Japanese animation has developed to today, and there are many varieties. However, looking at Japanese animation, we can also see the toxin in the spirit of Japanese culture. In most Japanese anime, you can almost feel the mental toxin of ruthless fighting maniacs and rogue provocations. The same is the battle, the United States animation can be humorous resolution, and Japan must have a fight to the death, or the end. Japanese culture is full of fighting paranoia, and although anime comics are a wide variety, more comic books, cartoons and games are filled with bloodbleeding broadsword films and bulging muscle mass fueled by the desire for violence.

The influence of animation in Japan is huge. There are many groups that organize various animation rankings and “Japanese Animation Awards” such as the Golden Horse Awards every year. Nowadays, every high school and university in Japan will hold a small scale animation appreciation party to celebrate their anniversary. Good animation works of the past are also shown in the form of movies on TV. Across Japan, there are many chain stores that specialize in anime accessories. Among animation fans, hundreds of animation clubs have been formed and published periodicals. It can be seen that animation has become a very important part of Japanese culture.

Patriotic color of Korean animation.

Korea is one of the most popular animation and manga majors in the world.

In 1990, the cartoon art department of Gongju National College, the predecessor of Gongju University, started, and in 1995, departments related to animation were opened in five educational institutions, including Gyewon College of Plastic Arts, Gongju University of Video Information, and Kyungnippon University. Korea is particularly active in cartoon characters, digital graphics for games, and Internet advertising. South Korean textbooks even incorporate some comic content.

A series of cute FLASH upstarts in Korean comics: rogue rabbit, China doll, DORI the little potato, DOGO the cat… It’s a hit on and off the Internet.

Korean anime fans also started from watching Japanese films, and because of historical reasons, the slogan “Let the children see the works of their own country” has always aroused enthusiasm among Korean anime fans. Although the style of Korean animation with “bring doctrine” is still strongly Japanese traces, but how much the dramatic tone reveals the spirit of this nation. Five or six years ago, South Korea was the only country in the world that banned the import of Japanese comics. Cartoons such as Doraemon had to be Korean in name, dress and speech, and serialized magazines had to be published in the form of cooperation between Japan and South Korea.

But blocking is not the fundamental solution, even the football World Cup can be jointly organized, animation operation means of course can be more variety, South Korea realized that the most important thing is to cultivate their own original. South Korean comics lose out on serialized magazines, support the original authors, at the beginning of the target animation, games and even film and television derivative effect, a best-selling signs immediately increase the perimeter offensive, earn back costs and even high profits. The ambition of South Korea’s animated comics, online games and film industry to deliver scripts to each other is well established, with RO online games inspired by Lee Myung-jin’s RAGNAROK. South Korea’s first martial arts film, “Flying Dance,” was adapted from the creation of cartoonist Kim Hye-hoon and starred Kim Hee-sun.

Informative and entertaining, but what about deeper humanistic thinking? After more than half a century of ups and downs in animated comics, in various themes and genres, the “fried rice” has reached the point where there is no more frying, so it is inevitable to pay attention to human itself again. Korea s efforts in this area are also worthy of recognition. “nexus” (Born in 77), the winning collection of the first Korean Creative Comic Essay Exhibition in 2004, is a collection that focuses on life in all aspects. “That Woman, You, Me or We” begins with three young female theater ticket sellers and describes how they come to an understanding in the face of money and pressure, in the unique form of both comic and prose.

The United States, an old power, Japan, a maturing power of the Mesozoic era, and South Korea, a rising star, are all singing their own anime cultures.