List of Anime

1 Fullmetal Alchemist
2 Gundam
3 Bleach
4 Prince of Tennis
5 Shana
6 Dragonball
7 Naruto
8 Slam Dunk
9 Inu Yasha
10 One Piece
11 Detective Conan
12 The Law of Ueki
13 Hunter X Hunter
14 Sailor Moon
15 Doraemon
16 Ranma 1/2
17 Digimon
18 Pokemon
19 Cardcaptor Sakura
20 Crayon Shin-chan
21 Tsubasa Chronicle
22 Chibi Maruko-chan
23 Sakura Wars
24 Fruits Basket
25 Yu-Gi-Oh!
26 Samurai 7
27 School Rumble

hiSt0rY 0f ANime

Anime actually began at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmaker experimented with the animation techniques that were being explored in France, Germany, the United States, and Russia. The oldest known anime in existence was screened in 1917 - a two minute clip of a samurai trying to test a new sword on his target, only to suffer defeat.

By the 1930s, animation became an alternative format of storytelling compared to the underdeveloped live-action industry in Japan. Unlike in the United States, the live-action industry in Japan remained a small market and suffered from budgeting, location, and casting restrictions. The lack of Western-looking actors, for example, made it next to impossible to shoot films set in Europe, America, or fantasy worlds that do not naturally involve Japan. Animation allowed artists to create any characters and settings.

The success of Disney's 1937 feature film influenced Japanese animators. In the 60's Osamu tezuka adapted and simplified many Disney animation techniques to reduce the costs and number of frames in the production. This was intended to be a temporary measure to allow him to produce material on a tight schedule with an inexperienced animation staff.

During the 1970s, there was a surge of growth in the popularity of manga—which were often later animated—especially those of Osamu tezuka, who has been called a "legend"and the "god of manga".His work and that of other pioneers in the field, inspired characteristics and genres that are fundamental elements of anime today. The giant robot genre, for instance, took shape under Tezuka, developed into the super robot genre, and was revolutionized at the end of the decade by Yoshiyuli tomino who developed the real robot genre. Robot anime series became instant classics in the 1980s, and the robot genre of anime is still one of the most common in Japan and worldwide today. In the 1980s, anime became more accepted in the mainstream in Japan (although less than manga), and experienced a boom in production. Following a few successful adaptations of anime in overseas markets in the 1980s, anime gained increased acceptance in those markets in the 1990s and even more in the 2000s.