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== Definition ==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime Wikipedia]
Anime is an abbreviated pronunciation in Japanese of "animation."<ref name="Wikipedia_Anime_page">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime</ref>  It is animation produced in Japan for the Japanese market. <ref name="Gilles'_Service_to_Fans_Page">http://www.koyagi.com/Terminology.html</ref>
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/ Anime News Network]
*[http://www.koyagi.com/Terminology.html Anime and Manga Terminology]}}
'''Anime''' is Japanese hand-drawn or computer animation, with distinctive visual characteristics. Re-releases with a different number of discs, different arrangement of content, or different selection of content are common.


== Visual characteristics ==
====Subject/genre headings (650/655)====
Anime has distinctive visual characteristics.  Body proportions typically come from the proportions of the human body, using the height of the head as the base unit or proportion. The eyes are often drawn large to show emotion, and the facial expressions are used to denote moods and thoughts.
As of March 2024, Library of Congress has added LCSH and LCGFT headings for Anime. The following examples explain how to use these headings:


== How Anime is released ==
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Anime is released three different ways. It is released as television shows and movies, which are often re-released on video, and as OVA, which stands for "Original Video Animation." OVA is Anime released directly to video, and is sometimes spelled OAV.
655 _7 Anime (Television programs){{subfield|2}}lcgft ''(Japanese style Anime TV shows)''
655 _7 Anime (Motion pictures){{subfield|2}}lcgft ''(Japanese style Anime movies)''
655 _7 Animated films.{{subfield|2}}lcgft ''(animated movies that are not considered Anime)''
655 _7 Animated television programs.{{subfield|2}}lcgft ''(animated TV shows that are not considered Anime)''


Re-releases with a different number of discs, different arrangement of content, or different selection of content are common. See the [[When to create a new record for videorecordings|new record guidelines for videorecordings]] and the [[Multiple records vs. single records for series and sets|multivolume record vs. multiple records guidelines]]
650 _0 Anime (Motion pictures) ''(About Anime movies from Japan; NOTE: Use {{subfield|z}} for Anime style movies created in countries other than Japan.)''
to help decide when a new record is needed or when an existing record can be used.
650 _0 Anime (Television programs) ''(About Anime TV shows from Japan; NOTE: Use {{subfield|z}} for Anime style movies created in countries other than Japan.)''
650 _0 Animation (Cinematography){{subfield|z}}Japan. ''(about Anime cinematography)''
650 _0 Animated films. ''(about animated movies that are not considered Anime)''
650 _0 Animated television programs. ''(about animated TV shows that are not considered Anime)''}}


== Cataloging guidelines ==
==See also==
[[Cataloging anime]]
*[[Graphic novels and comics]]


[[Anime subject headings]]
[[Category:Videorecordings]]
 
[[Category:Local practices]]
== Resources ==
[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/ Anime News Network] is to anime what IMDB is to movies.  This source is useful in determining if something is anime.  Other types of useful information found at the web site include a general plot summary, useful in creating multi-volume records, the number of episodes and DVDs in the story arc for closing multi-volume records, and information on the Japanese cast that is useful for authority work.
 
[http://www.koyagi.com/Libguide.html The Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga]
 
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 21:25, 5 March 2024

Anime is Japanese hand-drawn or computer animation, with distinctive visual characteristics. Re-releases with a different number of discs, different arrangement of content, or different selection of content are common.

Subject/genre headings (650/655)

As of March 2024, Library of Congress has added LCSH and LCGFT headings for Anime. The following examples explain how to use these headings: 

655 _7 Anime (Television programs)‡2lcgft (Japanese style Anime TV shows)
655 _7 Anime (Motion pictures)‡2lcgft (Japanese style Anime movies)
655 _7 Animated films.‡2lcgft (animated movies that are not considered Anime)
655 _7 Animated television programs.‡2lcgft (animated TV shows that are not considered Anime)

650 _0 Anime (Motion pictures) (About Anime movies from Japan; NOTE: Use ‡z for Anime style movies created in countries other than Japan.)
650 _0 Anime (Television programs) (About Anime TV shows from Japan; NOTE: Use ‡z for Anime style movies created in countries other than Japan.)
650 _0 Animation (Cinematography)‡zJapan. (about Anime cinematography)
650 _0 Animated films. (about animated movies that are not considered Anime)
650 _0 Animated television programs. (about animated TV shows that are not considered Anime)

See also

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