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Welcome!This home page does not set out to be a completely comprehensive list of links; there are other and better resources available for those purposes. Rather, consider it a general overview of Japanese Animation for the casual reader. Anyone who wishes to discuss anime at a more in-depth level should feel free to contact me ^_^. Comments, complaints, and contributions should also be directed to me.
What is Anime?Anime is the Japanese word for Animation. In Japan, the animation industry is much more towards the forefront than it is in the United States, and shows covering virtually every genre can be found in the form of television shows, Original Animation Videos (OAVs or OVAs) and feature films.
Much like any other entertainment medium, anime can range from the very silly to the very serious, and is not necessarily intended for children or any specific age group.
For more information, look at an excellent overview by Eri Izawa (rei@mit.edu).
Still thinking of more to be added...
For more in-depth information, check the Ohio State FAQ Lists.
Where can I get anime?Over the past thirty years, many anime titles have made their way to the U.S. Recently, there has been a tremendous upsurge in the U.S. Anime market, with several commercial companies releasing English-language anime into the theatrical market and for home release on videocassette and laserdisc.
Some useful terminology:
You can find most commercial titles fairly easily; most chain video-rental stores (Blockbuster in particular) have started stocking a variety of titles. Comic Book and SF specialty stores as well as places like Suncoast Motion Picture Company have many videos for purchase as well.
In addition to commercial sources, there are a number of Fan-Subtitling organizations who will provide free subtitled copies of currently unlicensed anime titles to fans.
Note: Watch out for pirate videos. Usually you will find these tapes in specialty shops and SF conventions; they usually come packaged in clamshell hard plastic cases with bad color-copied inserts. Besides being blatantly illegal, these are copied onto bargain basement tapes which will eat your VCR. Keep on the lookout for these leeches and don't give them your money. More times than not, these people use source material which was produced for free access by fandom and which are usually available elsewhere for free.
You may also want to contact a local anime club (see below) for more information.
How can I get involved?I hope to put a list of clubs here or on a separate page. Unfortunately, I don't have such a list handy; if someone can point me in the right direction or send me contact information for their club, it would be much appreciated.
Links to club
home pages
Other Interesting Links
Anime-related Web PagesAnime
Resources List (Updateable!)
An
Anime Page
in Spanish
Information
on various anime features
Anime club
home pages
The
Harvard Anime Society, our sponsor.
Voice actor
(seiyuu) database
Anime-related FTP sites
Anime-related Newsgroups
Contents of these pages are ©1996 by
Michael Kim.
Last modified: Thu Jan 25 13:14:30 1996