The History of Anime: For Kids!

From flickering hand-drawn shorts in the early 1900s to the global streaming hits of today, anime has one of the most fascinating stories in entertainment history - and it's rarely told simply.This book traces that story from the very beginning: the first experimental Japanese animators, the rise of television and Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy, the golden age of the 1980s, Studio Ghibli's hand-drawn masterpieces, and the global boom that turned anime into a worldwide phenomenon. Along the way, readers learn how anime is actually made - from storyboards to voice acting to animation studios - and what challenges and changes the industry faces today.Written clearly and honestly for curious young readers, this is a real history, not a highlight reel: covering the art, the business, and even the difficult chapters, so readers come away understanding not just what anime is, but how it came to be.