Title Explanatory enough

1. A Brief History in Anime
By Loumarie I Rodriguez
Photos courtesy of Rena-mit-Cappuccino
Via flickr

2. Astro Boy was one of the first animes that came to the
U.S. and became a big hit according to
http://www.animemetro.com/control.cfm?ID=232
Photo Courtesy of Elenac via flickr

3. Soon to follow Astro Boy was the popular Speed Racer
and Gigantor in the mid to late 60’s.
Photos Courtesy of Gogdog and crazyocotpus via flickr

4. By the 70’s animes became increasingly popular in the
U.S. according to
http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/main/animeResources
/globalHistory/part1/ the popular Inspector Zenigata
Photo Courtesy of Gooie_duck via flickr

5. During the 80’s contemporary animes such as Maison
Ikkoku came out as well as new a new genre that were
aimed for mature audience.
Photo Courtesy of EnglishGirlAbroad via flickr

6. Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon, and Sailor Moon were three
popular animes that came out in the mid 90’s but
focused on a younger audience according to
http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/main/animeResources
/globalHistory/part3/.
Photos Courtesy of Redsatori and quicheisinsane via flickr

7. Popular modern animes include Naruto, Shugo
Chara, Full Metal Alchemist, Toradora and many more.
The genres can vary from high school
dramas, fantasy, sci fi, and many other genres that are
age appropriate.
Photos Courtesy of lyk3_0n3_tym3, animaster, ender_stdcall , and
Karsten_Balorn via Flickr

8. Sources
• http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/main/animeR
esources/globalHistory/part1/
• http://myanimelist.net/topanime.php?type=b
ypopularity
• http://www.animemetro.com/control.cfm?ID
=232
• wwwe.flickr.com/search/advanced
• Rena-mit-Cappuccino via Flickr