Anime industry in Japan

Anime represents one of the Japanese very unique forms of animation which is being embraced by millions of people around the world. It may come in the form of movies as well as TV shows, and unlike most western forms of animation, it has a huge variety of genres for all age groups. Usually, anime comes from a Manga (Japanese comics), but sometimes the anime may come first and the Manga will follow. These days, Anime is being shown on TV worldwide more than ever before. Anime such as

Fruits Basket

Naruto

And Death Note



are among American best-sellers.

As a result, people may argue that anime can have a dramatic impact on the presentation of Japanese culture outside the country. In fact, anime might be not just a gateway to Manga, but to other areas of Japanese culture. Since Japanese Anime and Manga are going to overseas markets, kids all over the world might start thinking about Japan as cool country changing the world’s perception of this country.

Inuyasha

Kagome is a 15 year-old girl who lives in modern Japan, but she finds herself in an old version of Japan. She was attacked, and she soon learned not only that she had the Jewel of Four Souls, which was actually inside her body but also that she was the reincarnation of Kikyo ( the woman that guarded the jewel and died soon after she put an enchantment on a demon named Inuyasha).
Kagome accidentally awakens and frees Inuyasha who wants the jewel to become a full demon, but she hits the jewel by mistake and the pieces are shattered. Consequently, she and Inuyasha must work together to find all the pieces before other demons find and use them. Only Kagome can feel the pieces’ presence, but Inuyasha is powerful enough to get them from the demons or people who have them. As a result, Inuyasha, Kagome, and other friends, who they meet along the way, battle Naraku (an evil demon who wants to destroy Inuyasha) in a race to restore the jewel before Naraku can use it for himself.

Shugo Chara

We all have something to hide. There is something deep within our hearts, that is forever hidden, until we have the courage to show it, to express it, and to embrace it. This is something all kids and adults face. We don’t have enough courage to dicover ouselves and we end up hurting our heart, and our soul. Most kids just want to blend in, be cool, and go with the flow, but those kids never learn their character. They never know what it would be like to be themselves and not a fake. That’s how Himamuri Amu feels. She doesn’t know how to express her feelings, until she makes a wish that changes her life forever. Amu learns how it pays of to be herself not a fake. She finds new friends while saving the world.

Fullmetal Alchemist

Fullmetal alchemist is about Edward(Ed) and his younger brother Alfered (AL). They not only lost their mother in a fire but also lost more trying to bring her back to life. They preformed alchemy; a science that states that humans can not gain anything without giving something in return. That is alchemy's first law of equivalent exchange, so followers of this science believed that in order to obtain something, a thing of equal value must be lost. As a result, while performing the enchantment, Ed lost his right arm and his right leg, but Al lost much more. He lost his body but not his soul since Ed was able to put Al’s soul into armor. Ed’s dream is to join the state alchemy to obtain the information he needs to get him and his brother back to the way they were before. However, there are some bumps along the road.

Code Geass

Code Geass is about a student named Lelouch Lamperouge (a cast away prince from Britannia) whose dream is to create a perfect world where his sister Nunnally can live happy and without worries. Japan is defeated by the Holy Britannia Empire that desires for the world domination and it is renamed area 11. Seven years later, when Japanese had no hope to speak up, one rebel named Zero stood up. He supported the liberation of Japan, led the black knights and challenged the Britannian army to a final battle.

Code Geass is a good way of illustrating terrorist attacks. Even though there may be some events that will never happen in the real world, it is a good example of how people have to hide, and kids have to live discriminated not because of their color, but because they live in Japan. Code Geass shows how a war can change your life, the way you think, and mostly the way you act.