1. アニメがだいすきですよ！ アニメ ANIME Told By: Lisa (Laine) Diehl

2. Origins of Anime • Animation started in 1917 anime style didn’t start till later • Anime began: 20th century, when Osamu Tezuka (known as the godfather of anime) created Astro Boy in the 1960s • “Big eye” style; inspired by Walt Disney • Inspired many animators throughout the years including Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away)

3. Kinds of Anime Shounen Vs. Shoujo Action vs. romance/splice of life

4. Chibi • Chibi is a style of anime in which the bodies are small and the heads are big. Its supposed to make the characters look cute AKA kawaiidesu. Usually a plush doll would be made to look like this.

5. DVD Pocky Manga Ramune Key Chains Other Anime merchandise

6. Cosplay Cosplay (short for "costume play“) is a type of performance art in which participants wear costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Video games has also become a big part of anime culture through cosplay.

7. Furry/Anthro Some cosplayers create fur suits for their animal characters. This type of cosplay is VERY expensive. Its usually $250 just to get a head made. (this is without mouth moving technology) and the whole suit could cost $3000. (these are cheaper prices. Some can be up to $10,000)

8. Anime Conventions Anime conventions are places where people who like anime and more meet up to hang with others and buy anime merchandise. There are also panels in which people explain a how-to or put on a skit/ask questions. Conventions are held on weekends Friday-Sunday. Saturdays are the main event days in which the Contest/skits and rave is held. Character Auction at Anime Milwaukee

9. Common Websites of an Anime Fan DeviantArt: A place to post fan art, cosplay, or fanfiction to. YouTube: a place to post anime music videos(amv), episodes, parodies, or cosplay skits to.

10. Common websites Continued Fanfiction.net is a website to write about you’re favorite characters. It mostly has slash about characters that aren’t together in the actual show. Tumblr is where you can post pictures, videos, quotes, or links from shows or other things of stuff you like. A lot of couplings start here. Ex: the pairing Marceline and Princess Bubblegum from AT is on the rage right now. GaiaOnline is a place were you can be a little anime avatar and play games or talk to others who like anime. You can also discuss things that are popular currently in the forums. Mangabullet is a website to post your own original manga/comics on. There are various other anime/manga viewing websites.

11. Fangirl/Fanboy Madness • Sadly, there are things in the anime world that just frustrates some of the fans. • Doujinshi: a fan-made book of an existing show; usually romance • Fanfiction and Slash • Pairings with other • Characters with other • Characters in the show • That the character doesn’t • Get along with. • (or slash is like making a • Character gay with • Another character • becausethere is apparently subtext between them. Mostly this is just wishful thinking)

12. Weaboos/Wapanese WEABOO: Someone who is obsessed with Japan/Japanese Culture/Anime, etc. and attempts to act as if they were Japanese, even though they're far from it. They use Japanese words but usually end up pronouncing them wrong and sounding like total idiots. Wapanese is the term used to describe a person of non-japanese descent who is incredibly obsessed with Japanese things. A person who watches anime or majors in Japanese language at university is not counted as wapanese.

15. Haruhi pic: http://revol.dreamhosters.com/image/Haruhi-1153116596057.png Oasmu Tezuka info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka Astro Boy pic:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTopMm9chsNVSHl2SYlP1rEsSeKfi3kGDdTh4 Pic of me in Utena cosplay is mine. Pic of Kayleigh as Axel: http://kayleighloire.deviantart.com/art/DA-ID-73938746 Pic of TwinFools as Naruto: http://twinfools.deviantart.com/art/Naruto-Uzumaki-The-Sage-122094551 Pic of Kelly and Jen as Link: http://kellyjane.deviantart.com/art/Blue-Tunic-Link-and-Dark-Link-102633758 Other Merchandise: http://yamino.deviantart.com/art/Weeaboo-Peebles-268064863 Ouran Manga: http://www.onemanga.com/Ouran_High_School_Host_Club/ Inuyasha Keychain: http://www.toysnjoys.com/inuyasha/ge3675.jpg Ramune: http://beautycultureworld.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/ramune_bowling_by_charlesnguyen.jpg Pocky:http://thejapans.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/pocky.jpg Burst Angel DVD: http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/79309-2/2298Burst_Angel_Vol_1_-_Deaths_Angel.jpg DeviantArt:www.devianart.com Youtube: www.youtube.com Gaiaonline: www.gaiaonline.com Anime Expo: http://i1.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/590/draft_lens18007560module150567483photo_1_1307070728anime_expo.jpg Pic of Pyramid Head is mine. Fanfiction pic: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_WTpmbUfK8Y/TrhdtbEqpLI/AAAAAAAAABU/4wPo2DMcbYk/photo.jpg Faceplam:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQiDdNrY7BB4X0aOWADp5ist5UgJgyL655nYHiEs8BsPF3RSFpnChG6V9axJQ ChibiIchigo: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRml-NBAgeE4ax17KDy1VsXLmTH_SztpNIVoRMlbAe7eTdSeXsw_8D7mB7h CHIBI Haruhi: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6TeWNdp-QRG7iodU8nnH4xH2RQB7QmabeY-L6CsUotJZsqZp33j28CMP9 Chibi link: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT4UMrsnCnJFaAIazWe__-z4k4wcajo2x6C4eB2-4VCOfIHfGCv6JZgmopj sauske is my waifu: http://d37nnnqwv9amwr.cloudfront.net/photos/images/masonry/000/039/435/Retarded-Fangirl-SASUKE-IS-MY-WAIFU.jpg Type desu: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTdla69EATzZxXsK6R-3rNIstTmIBjYxBexqZ4h5sLomP-ZUMTudDmmkL4h I speak Japanese: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRu_hBKHzX7UryjnSXXhca8g3_nokCyAiNQFOCezs0eoavyJNaRdCP-DC0x Furry cosplay pic1: http://sora1992.deviantart.com/art/JacobAndFaru-272687748 Furry cosplay2: http://sora1992.deviantart.com/art/JacobBlackReVamped-Ironic-164801959