Anime

thumb|400px|rightAnime is know, an abbreviated pronunciation in Japanese of "animation", anime originated about 1917. Anime, like manga, has a large audience in Japan and high recognition throughout the world. Both hand-drawn and computer-animated anime exist. English-speakers occasionally refer to anime as "Japanimation", but this term has fallen into disuse. "Japanimation" saw the most usage during the 1970s and 1980s, but the term "anime" supplanted it in the mid-1990s as the material became more widely known in English-speaking countries. In general,the term now only appears in nostalgic contexts.