What are the differences between American animation and Anime?
When someone who is unfamiliar with the Anime style of animation watches an Anime film or video, they may not notice how many differences there are between the typical style used by American animators and the style being used in the piece they are watching. All they see is a piece of animation. There are a few particular features in Anime that help make it stand out from typical American animation. The most notable feature present in most Anime shows is the large rounded eyes. There are many reasons the Japanese use these in their animation. First off, many animators in Japan were influenced by early American animation such as early Disney cartoons and by Betty Boop. Another reason for the larger eyes is that a character can show a lot of emotion through their eyes. Some Japanese people find the smaller eyes less emotional than the larger eyes. Nowadays this has become part of the style that fans look for, so many character designers design round-eyed characters. Another feature used i
