Anime (an abbreviated pronunciation in Japanese of “animation”), is animation originating in Japan. The world outside Japan regards anime as “Japanese animation”. Anime originated about 1917.
Anime, like manga (Japanese comics), has a large audience in Japan and high recognition throughout the world. Distributors can release anime via television broadcasts, directly to video, or theatrically, as well as online. Both hand-drawn and computer-animated anime exist. It is used in television series, films, video, video games, commercials, and internet-based releases, and represents most, if not all, genres of fiction. Anime gained early popularity in East and Southeast Asia and has garnered more-recent popularity in the Western World. (from wikipedia)
There are different genre where each anime is categorized. Stories lines up such in Action, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy, Horror, mecha, Martial Arts, Sports, Shoujo/ Shoujo Ai, Shounen/Shounen Ai, Drama and others.
As per my observation, anime movies or television series are are released in Japanese language first then sub-titled in English and if it makes to the US for release then its translated to English.
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