at's what sets it apart from all other forms of animation. The Jakarta Post says Japanese characters have heart shaped faces, perfect bodies, small pointed noses, large eyes and a small mouth. Also in their article entitled Japanese animation films grow in popularity. The author, Gotot Prakosa, tells that in order to show emotion, Japanese animation characters usually use their mouth and their eyes. The mouth will tend to become very large in certain situation and the eyes, being big, show more emotion than normal smaller eyes (Post). In order to fully understand the form of Japanese animation, we need to understand the basic knowledge of it.
             In Japan, animation is a growing industry like electronic stores in America. There are three different groups that animation can be placed in. The first group is the industrial group. This group of animation and people is very basic. It is done for the money. This group is where the production of the fine products is done. The artists in this category are usually the best and their work is known throughout Japan. They market the image they are trying to sell through television, laser discs, DVD's, VHS cassettes, and video games. This group depends entirely on the market. If they sell the image then they make more money and if they don't sell the image then they lose money. This group of people can be compared to the PR companies and model agencies of America. Up-marketing the image is what it's all about. The second group is the small groups that independently make films. These artists are unlike the group one artists because they are not as productive. Though despite this fact, these artists try to enter the main stream and boost themselves into the first group. This is easily compared to the new directors of Hollywood that hope to direct a hit film. The last group is the minority group. These are experimentalist artists that are using Japanese anima...