The videos feature a Magical Girl/ Henshin Hero protagonist who fights monsters representing rude transit behavior, with lots of Gratuitous Japanese.
The father of manga himself, Osamu Tezuka, was mainly inspired by the style of Carl Barks. For example, the big eyes of anime characters were taken straight from such works as Bambi and the old Fleischer shorts - think Betty Boop. In Japan itself, 'anime' is a broad term for anything animated (being shorthand for the loanword 'animation'), so technically, all of these examples are 'anime' whether or not they are classic Japanese-style anime.Īnimesque art is a case of a 'full-circle' evolution, because the Japanese anime style was inspired by classical American theatrical animation of the 1930s and 1940s. France and Canada are especially known for cooperating with Japanese producers in this way.
Some are simply non-Japanese creators deciding to mimic the style, while others are genuine co-productions. Also called anime-influenced animation, Amerime or Americanime (if it's American), Franime (for French things), or faux-anime, animesque works come from a variety of sources. Things that are done in an art style similar to, or use tropes associated with, Japanese anime.
