From: blissNO@SPAMcalifornia.com   
      
   On 31 May 2006 16:07:34 -0700,"Prue's Doux",  wrote   
      
   > On looking into Japanese animation & cartoons, I find the words   
   > "anime", "manga", & "hentai" applied.  What's the difference?   
      
       "Anime" is an animated show of some kind.  Sometime called   
   "teribi manga" for "Television manga".  These are usual continuing   
   stories from a couple of OVAs or Original Video Animations to   
   TV shows that run on for several hundred episodes.   
      
       You can learn more about anime by going to rec.arts.anime.misc   
   and checking out the Anime Primer published there.   
      
       "Manga" is a cartoon which may be only a single panel or a   
   recurrent 4 panel strip or a very extended story covering many   
   chapters and volumes.  Narrative art with visuals is the essense   
   of both manga and anime.   
      
       Hentai refers to erotic interest of varying degrees from   
   soft porn with big breasts and shots of panties to full on   
   porn with various sex acts aside from the genitalia depicted.   
      
           In the USA we use anime and manga to refer to Japanese   
   originated   
   video and manga to refer to Japanese originated cartoons.   
       But the Japanese have a differing view and believe that manga at   
   least may be taking hold of creators' sensibilites across the world.   
   Anime for the them is anyone's animation of stories where ever in the   
   world it may originate..   
      
       later   
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