A few anime films combined traditional hand-drawn animation with computer-generated imagery.
In the 1990s, some anime production companies began using digital techniques, drawing cels with computers rather than by hand. Japanese anime artists developed their own styles, however, and began to focus more on the quality of the artwork and less on the kind of fluid movement characteristic of American animation. Early productions used traditional cel animation techniques like their American counterparts. Original anime productions were influenced by popular American animation. By the beginning of this century, anime was one of the most popular styles of animation worldwide.
This new style became immensely popular in Japan, and by the 1980s, the popularity of anime had begun to spread to other countries. The contemporary anime style originated in the 1960s in Japan when artists who drew manga-distinctly Japanese comics-began to translate their work into animation for TV and film. Anime is a Japanese style of animation that is featured in many popular TV programs and films.
