Manga and Anime

Manga is Japanese comics which are normally printed in black and white while Anime is Japanese animation with diverse of colour, movement and sounds that bring anime to life. Anime ( ア ニ メ), the word "animation" means "cartoon" also known under the name Japanese animation, as the Japanese animated film. Many people mispronounce this word. It is pronounced as ‘ani-may’ often misread as ‘an-eye-m’. When you hear "anime," images of large eyes, funny and colourful hair, and peculiar fashion come to mind. Like the more internationally renowned anime series Pokémon is One Piece, one of the longest running anime series was derived from manga written by Eiichiro Oda. Most visitors to Japan simply skim the surface of manga and anime by visually appreciating the characters which pop up wherever you go with no real knowledge of who they are. However, a little research into this fantasy world can enrich your time in Japan as your knowledge of characters will create instant common ground with Japanese people you may meet and you will find yourself actively searching for and spotting the characters you know. 

If you do decide to dive deeper into these vast worlds then be careful: once you are in it is very difficult to find your way out and before you know it, you may be considered (or even call yourself) an otaku. Anime, like drama, including a lot of different genres (action, comedy, melodrama, adventure). Currently "anime" occupies 60% of the cartoon was produced worldwide. In Japan, anime is mainly on television (in Japan, most of the channels are private). The anime series aired on TV often found seasonal (season), known as the TV series, each half season usually includes 12 episodes (episodes), so the 12-episode TV series often (half season) or 26 set (one season), or 52 sets (two seasons). There are individual so long as InuYasha anime (167 episodes), Doraemon, or Naruto, and Bleach newest. 

Anime often aired at midnight, on the famous channel TV Tokyo, TBS. Having premiered on TV channels, production companies often give voice to anime in English and released DVDs in foreign markets in order to earn more profit. Japan is the only country where the audience is often go to theaters to watch the cartoons shown on screens (called Movie). These films may have a completely new storyline (like Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away), or sometimes just a film stripped of a TV series (Movie Shakugan no Shana Rahxephon or content exactly the same TV series, but was shortened to 90 minutes). Movie studios most famous anime Studio Ghibli. Also, the anime can have "OVA" (Original Video Animation), usually of about 3 or 4 episodes.

Further information:

• https://www.insidejapantours.com/japanese-culture/manga-and-anime/
• http://www.manna-anime.com/faq.html
• http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2070.html