Hanging scroll to the first animated short films. The forerunners of manga and anime.
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https://doi.org/10.17561//rtc.n18.1Keywords:
Design, Animation, Manga, AnimeAbstract
Anime acquired its key features in the '60s, when it was established as an industry. However, the aesthetic qualities of the drawings and the richness of their fabulous stories began to be appreciated even before the appearance of the term manga, when images started to emerge with characteristics that would eventually form the basis of the visual language of the current anime: stylized drawing and sequential image. For this reason, and in order to understand anime as we know it today, it is necessary to investigate its hidden history and origins, beyond famous animation studios or consecrated animators. This article explores the traditional Japanese art forms from the first caricature-like drawings to the animation creations that appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century.
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