Anime

Anime is commonly defined as animation originating in Japan.

many original Japanese cartoons 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.

Do you know? When is the first anime began?

Anime began 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.

Character design

Eye styles

Many anime and manga characters have big eye. Example is this picture.

You can see that, the eyes is so big, and the eyes is almost same large like her ear.

To make the eye more interesting it must color it. Coloring is added to give eyes, particularly to the cornea, some depth.

But not all anime have big eye. For example, some of the work of Hayao Miyazaki and Toshiro Kawamoto are known for having realistically proportioned eyes, as well as realistic hair colors on their characters.

Proportions

Body proportions emulated in anime come from proportions of the human body. The height of the head is considered by the artist as the base unit of proportion.







Facial expressions

Anime characters may employ a variety of predetermined facial expressions to denote moods and thoughts. Like the picture.