Anime in Septentrion
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Anime (/ˈænɪˌmeɪ/), from the Menghean 아니메 (anime), short for animeisyŏn (animation), is a genre of animated media in Septentrion. Though it originated in Hallia and Themiclesia, it has increasingly become associated with Menghe, which helped popularize it internationally in the 1990s and 2000s.
The first Menghean animated entertainment films date to the early 1920s, but they drew little international attention. During the 1950s and 60s, postwar devastation and political instability drove many of the artists associated with these works to emigrate to wealthier countries, particularly Hallia and Themiclesia. There, they produced many of the first internationally popular movies and TV series in the anime genre. After 1988, many of these animators returned to Menghe, where they spawned a much larger anime production industry. This development, along with its origins among Menghean expat animators, gave anime its association with Menghe and its distinct name, though many large anime-producing studios are still headquartered in Hallia, Themiclesia, Reberiya, and Sieuxerr.
In part because of its international origins, the exact definition of anime has been hard to pin down. It is often associated with an art style using large, emotive eyes and vibrantly colored settings, but many variations on this style exist, some of them closer to Western animation. Subject matter also varies, from lighthearted slice of life stories and children's shows to more serious or emotionally complex storylines marketed toward adults.