anime

noun an·i·me \ ˈa-nə-ˌmā , ˈä-nē- \

Updated on: 13 Apr 2018

Definition of anime

: a style of animation originating in Japan that is characterized by stark colorful graphics depicting vibrant characters in action-filled plots often with fantastic or futuristic themes

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Recent Examples of anime from the Web

Isao Takahata, the legendary anime director that co-founded Studio Ghibli alongside Hayao Miyazaki, has died.

— sam byford, The Verge, "Studio Ghibli anime legend Isao Takahata dies at 82," 6 Apr. 2018
In Arabic with English subtitles.—W.Addiego Big Fish & Begonia Miyazaki-like Chinese anime drawing on ancient fairy tales about a teenage girl who tries to restore the boy who saved her to human form after his death.

— chronicle staff report, San Francisco Chronicle, "Capsule movie reviews for April 8," 5 Apr. 2018
Teen Anime Club Open to all teen anime fans aged 13-19.

— Sun-Sentinel.com, "Davie, Cooper City area events April 4-14," 5 Apr. 2018
There to assist is Warner Bros., who flings wide the doors of its massive catalog for the biggest IP mashup since Wreck-It Ralph; the result, at least in the movie's kinetic in-VR setpieces, is a super smash-cut of movie, gaming, and anime icons.

— peter rubin, WIRED, "Ready Player One Is a Virtually Empty Good Time," 29 Mar. 2018
An artist in Sweden posted an anime-style hero portrait of Mr. Evans that quickly got 10,000 likes on Instagram.

— don steinberg, WSJ, "Celebs Will Say Anything if You Blast Them With Hot Sauce," 27 Mar. 2018
Hundreds of fans of comics, movies, anime, gaming, cosplay and more gathered at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex's South Exhibition Hall this weekend for the first-ever Alabama Comic Con, organized by AVC Conventions in Mississippi.

— dennis pillion, AL.com, "Alabama Comic Con organizers: We'll be back next year," 25 Mar. 2018
The Japan of the film is less a real place than a staging ground for a set of cinematic references: Kurosawa, anime, etc.

— christian lorentzen, The New Republic, "The earnest, ironic stylings of Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs”," 21 Mar. 2018
The forum site has active communities organized around everything from skincare to anime.

— louise matsakis, WIRED, "Deleting Facebook? Here Are the Best Alternatives For What You'll Miss," 22 Mar. 2018

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