Intro for Annotated Bibliography

Since I was a little girl in elementary school, one of habits included watching anime. There was a point in my life in which anime had helped me through the darkest places in my life. It was an escape for me and a way for me to indulge myself in something I enjoyed while also having fun. Additionally, with the various genres of anime I was able to relate to many characters as well as many situations and scenarios that took place. As I continued to watch more and more anime, I began to wonder the origins of anime. I also began to wonder about how different anime reached me and my friends. Knowing I live in the United States, and anime originated in Japan I began to wonder how it reached the United States. This led me to think about how many other countries anime is accessible to as well as why it has developed such a large fan base. I hope in my research to find out the origins of anime as well as the reasoning for the beginning of popularity of anime as well as manga. Additionally, I hope to find out the inspiration and idea behind creating anime and manga. As well as what this creator hoped to achieve in doing so. I hope to also find out what style of animation existed prior as well as why the new style was easily adaptable and interesting for those not as familiar with the new style. In researching, I would certainly hope to find all the answers to the many questions I have regarding this. I predict that anime and manga styles began when someone just decided to draw and write stories in a different style that no one was used to, and it became a huge hit gaining popularity. Even if I do not find information to support my hypothesis, or information that overall goes against my idea I would include it regardless and still be happy that I was able to research and find the true beginning of anime.