30 Awesome Anime Artworks

Ever since I was little I’ve always adored Anime & Manga (Japanese animation and art). The word anime is an abbreviated Japanese pronunciation of the word “animation”, but in English it refers to Japanese styled animation.

The term manga is a Japanese word referring both to comics and cartooning. “Manga” as a term used outside Japan refers specifically to comics originally published in Japan.

You may be familiar with this style of art by the characters large eyes, bright colours and jagged spiky haircuts. Just take a look at these 30 awesome artworks by some very talented artists.

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While the earliest known Japanese animation dates to 1917, and many original Japanese animations were produced in the ensuing decades, the characteristic anime style developed in the 1960s—notably with the work of Osamu Tezuka—and became known outside Japan in the 1980s.

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Anime, like manga, has a large audience in Japan and recognition throughout the world. Distributors can release anime via television broadcasts, directly to video, or theatrically, as well as online.

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Anime first arose at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented with the animation techniques also pioneered in France, Germany, the United States, and Russia. The oldest known anime in existence first screened in 1917 – a two-minute clip of a samurai trying to test a new sword on his target, only to suffer defeat. Early pioneers included Shimokawa Oten, Junichi Kouchi, and Seitarō Kitayama.

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