A Brief History in Anime

By Loumarie I Rodriguez

Photos courtesy of Rena-mit-CappuccinoVia flickr

Astro Boy was one of the first animes that came to the U.S. and became a big hit according to http://www.animemetro.com/control.cfm?ID=232Photo Courtesy of Elenac via flickr

Soon to follow Astro Boy was the popular Speed Racer and Gigantor in the mid to late 60’s.

Photos Courtesy of Gogdog and crazyocotpus via flickr

By the 70’s animes became increasingly popular in the U.S. according to http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/main/animeResources/globalHistory/part1/ the popular Inspector Zenigata Photo Courtesy of Gooie_duck via flickr

During the 80’s contemporary animes such as Maison Ikkoku came out as well as new a new genre that were aimed for mature audience. Photo Courtesy of EnglishGirlAbroad via flickr

Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon, and Sailor Moon were three popular animes that came out in the mid 90’s but focused on a younger audience according to http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/main/animeResources/globalHistory/part3/.Photos Courtesy of Redsatori and quicheisinsane via flickr

Popular modern animes include Naruto, Shugo Chara, Full Metal Alchemist, Toradora and many more. The genres can vary from high school dramas, fantasy, sci fi, and many other genres that are age appropriate. Photos Courtesy of lyk3_0n3_tym3, animaster, ender_stdcall , and Karsten_Balorn via Flickr

Sources

• http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/main/animeResources/globalHistory/part1/

• http://myanimelist.net/topanime.php?type=bypopularity

• http://www.animemetro.com/control.cfm?ID=232

• wwwe.flickr.com/search/advanced • Rena-mit-Cappuccino via Flickr