The Japanese culture has its own unique forms of comic livres and animation. manga (comic books) and animé (animation) are extremely populaire in Japan. The earliest animation that is known to have been created in Japon was released in 1917. This early cartoon featured a samurai testing a sword and being defeated. Japanese animation pioneers included Seitarō Kitayama, Jun'ichi Kouchi, and Shimokawa Oten. The modern style of animé was developed during the 1960s. One of the most influential artists is Osamu Tezuka. He followed the example set par Walt Disney's populaire animated films and simplified...
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