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ANIME.. The Japanese contraction and pronunciation of the English word animation. Anime refers to traditional hand painted cel animation, but also applies to animation created in part or in whole by Computers (Such as the 3D digital animation Final Fantasy.
BISHOUJO.. The literal translation is Beautiful Girl. Example; Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon... (Pretty Soldier Sailormoon).
DOUJINSHI.. Doujinshi roughly translates into same stuff, different people. These are unofficial, amateur produced manga based upon successful, well established manga or anime series. Doujin range in quality from crude Black & White pamphlets numbering a few pages, to beautifully produced volumes that dazzle the eye. You'll find incredibly talented Artists creating doujin, and many successful mangaka got their start in doujin circles. Most doujinshi are parodies, or alternative takes on established titles, with some doujin venturing into explicit Adult themes. Large Japanese publishing houses generally look the other way and ignore the small print runs of doujinshi publishers... which never amount to more that a few thousand copies.
ECCHI.. Ecchi is a mild term referring to someone or something of a perverse sexual nature. It is also the Japanese pronunciation of the English letter "H" (see HENTAI).
HENTAI.. A Japanese slang word meaning perverted or perversion. In the world of manga and anime, hentai refers to the Adult oriented titles that present extreme, graphic sexual imagery. A common Western stereotype concerning manga and anime is that these artforms are filled with graphic sex. While such imagery exists (and has always existed in Japan), hentai titles make up just a small niche market in Japan's massive manga and anime output. Good examples of hentai anime would be La Blue Girl and Urotsukidoji. However there are many different types of hentai and cannot be based purely on La Blue Girl and Urotsukidoji.
MANGA.. In 1814 the famous Japanese Artist Hokusai created a book of Black & White sketches that he called manga (involuntary sketches). In recent Japanese history the word has come to describe those small illustrated books of Black & White Ink Drawings that tell a series of stories. Graphic novel would be the closest translation for "manga" though they are not at all like novels in the Western sense, nor are they comparable to Western comic books. Manga cover a wide range of topics, from fantasy & adventure, to sports & cooking.
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Umm yeah anyway thats the japanese aspect of it.
I personally don't understand "Toons", but Hentai etc sure.
[Yeah if you havent noticed this is a hobby and business for me :P]
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