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