The earliest piece of Japanese animation found to date is from 1907 called Katsudō Shashin (活動写真). Some film reels may have naturally degraded over time or the reels were used for commercials and were disassembled after use. This is because many of the film reels from that time have been lost either from natural disasters likes the Great Kantō Earthquake back in 1923 or World War II. It’s hard to know exactly when the first piece of animation was created in Japan. Anime’s roots can be found going all the way back to the early 1900s. It’s further than the iconic Astro Boy of 1960s, and even earlier than when it was common for televisions to be in peoples home, and even before World War II. The history of anime in Japan goes back further than one might think. Looking at history of anime may shed some light on what makes Japan’s animation different from the rest of the world. How is it that Japanese animation became so special and iconic that the rest of the world decided to distinguish it from others? The answer to that is hard to pin down and there might not be just one reason.
However, the Japanese definition of anime includes any kind of animation, even if it’s made outside of Japan. In the West, anime is a term short for ‘animation’ and is used to describe any type of animated works made in Japan.
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