Japanese Animation And Chinese Cultural Element

Chinese culture is so comprehensive, far-reaching and profound that it has influenced the nations around it such as Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and etc. In the modern society, we can see that Chinese culture affects many aspects of social life. After the Word Warâ…¡, Japan's economy had grown fast. Now, Japan is an economic power in Asia, and tourism and animation are its two mainstay industry. There are many audiences of animation, and these faithful fans are all over the word. And the related products bring great benefits for business. Moreover, there are many kinds of subject matters of animation. Everything could be the materials of animation. Besides, Japanese animation producers use these Chinese cultural elements with many changes to meet the needs of plot. This text will start from the phenomenon in discussing the reason why Chinese cultural elements appeared and changed in Japanese animation in the following parts.In chapter one, the development and the current situation of Japanese animation are discussed in two parts on the topic of Japanese animation. In section one, we discuss the meaning and the artistic feature of animation. In section two, we discuss the history and the current situation of Japanese animation. Dongman includes anime and comics, we discuss the development separately. And many comics will be animated in Japan, so we use animation instead of anime and comics.In chapter two, we discuss the Chinese cultural elements which appear in the Japanese animation and their changes of these elements. These could be divided into four parts. In section one, we discuss the meaning of Chinese cultural elements under a narrow definition. In section two, we discuss the Chinese cultural elements which are appeared in Japanese animation in detail. This section is divided into two parts to discuss the changes of myths and legends theme, and classical masterpiece theme in the Japanese animation. In section three, we discuss the animation of Chinese wind, and in section four we discuss the image of Chinese.In chapter three, we discuss the reasons that Chinese cultural elements appear and change in Japanese animation in detail. These could be divided into two parts. In section one, we discuss the reason of appearance from two parts:Japanese own cultural features and cultural exchanges between China and Japan. Japanese are good at absorbing foreign culture for their own, and they are deeply influenced by Chinese culture. So Chinese cultural elements can be found in animation. In section two, we discuss the reason of changes in three parts, the creative principle of animation, the art feature of animation and Japanese nationality's own characteristics.In chapters four, we discuss the revelation from Japanese animation. These could be divided into two parts. In section one, we analyze the reason of popular of Japanese animation, and point out the change trend of Chinese animation is changing thinking, broaden audience and backing to the nature of animation. In section two, we analyze the reason why commercialization of Japanese animation is so remarkable, and point out the deficiency in China. So, Chinese animation should increase the process of commercialization.