動漫·英美概況論文

Contrast Between China and the United States

Cartoon Culture

Abstract: Cartoon is a thing which can reprent a national spirit culture, but also for the country

to create economic miracle of huge industry. In the face of a cartoon fashion leading current and

shaped different times of the cultural atmosphere and cultural awareness. At prent, China's

cartoon, whether from the overall level or market development, than the world advanced powers of

poor animation very far, is facing a is full of opportunities and challenges of the period. And the

United States in the global animation industry animation industry have occupied most of the market,

leading the world trend of the animation and the development direction. This paper put China and

the United States cartoon culture is compared, and expounds their respective characteristics and

advantages, China also highlights the animation of the shortcomings of the existing. Hope of

Chine animation can through the advantages, has achieved good development.

Key word: cartoon; compare; difference; spirit

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Cartoon as a full of magic colour, the most fashionable and popular art forms, with its cartoon

image elements, child of interesting, arbitrary rich emotional show imagination, still popular in the

industrial era today. The most important is it as a kind of fashionable expression interpretation of

the various countries' culture of different level. The cartoon cultural difference contrast, fully

embodies the culture exchange and collisions.

and the United States Cartoon Culture Development Compared

Chine cartoon from the 1920 s development so far, after many ups and downs. Review the

development of Chine cartoon industry, once the brilliant that Chine cartoon works get Chine

popular love and support and international recognition. Since the late 1980 s, the Chine cartoon

creation and the United States and other developed countries in the animation is slower, good works

very few. Although joined western production mode, also pay attention to capital investment and

commercial packing hype, but works from subject matter to style with the time lags behind, the

form of pure parody make works ideological content and entertaining is insufficient, can not adapt

to the needs of the Chine public.

The United States is commercial animation superpower. For the whole American cartoon

cultures, Disney is American cartoon’s reprentative. The Walt Disney company launched many

popular cartoon characters and cartoons,and it become the animation film overlords. The 1990 s, the

major studios are involved in animation industry, and that this period of the colorful animation. In

the 21 st century, the United States also produce a large number of excellent 3 d animation, such as

finding nemo ,monster shrek,Madagascar and so on. The current situation in China is in the cartoon

concept, production, advertising and other aspects, and the gap is comprehensive power

ys, the n are more developed than Chine an cartoon in

the world history of cartoon is an indispensable part status to reprent the anime cultural

development trend.

and the United States cartoon modelling differences

The United States cartoon model is unique, the characters of the cartoon imagine ingredients are

in the majority, the modelling with the time cloly together, and implemented in animation design

always, and reprentative works have Transformers, which it is the United States of the

animation works well and is one of the commercial hit animation in the United States. The cartoon

theme bad widely, having the Arab Arabian Night, Germany fairy tale the Snow White, Chine

history story Huamu Lan,etc.

And the role of Chine animation looks for local wash cartoon, it did have a role model in

traditional Chine elements in which the irreplaceable advantage, but this advantage doesn't get

very good inherited. Though Pleasant Goat and Grey Wolf is very popular with child now, it is

more success is relying on excellent brand benefit, not e cartoon didn't get too big

breakthrough with cartoon modelling.

n culture Reflecting the Spirit

In the world on the stage of cartoon, Chine cartoon has their own characteristics and get

people extensive acclaim and attention. Especially in the early development of Chine animation,

emphasized that the content of the health and ideological content, adhere to the traditional national

culture developing, is the fine tradition of the Chine cartoon. Through the early animated cartoon,

such as the Landscape Feeling , Three Boys, this China "products", we can clearly e many

national elements and feel of the traditional culture of thick with gorgeous. Among them the

landscape feeling of ink and wash the most typical example.

"The Landscape Feeling" has become China's ink to the swan song of animation, also has

become China's commercial animation completely before the last part of fine arts. The whole

picture of the films elegant, full of poetic flavour, the story content rich in philosophy. It in, and

wholesome idealds smile in Chine traditional piano inherited the classical aesthetic artistic

conception, in the fishermen's piano, old guy violinist in the Chine nt harp carry forward the

Confucian can say that the Landscape Feeling is the epitome of traditional culture.

Comparing with China's culture of date, inside collect, implicative, American culture is more

stress free, bold and unrestrained, pay attention to individual value, the pursuit of freedom and

democracy, development and advocating competition, with the rational and core is the

personal center socialist, lusts. Reflected in the cartoon; it is a living a hero's character. The cartoon

after long-term development, and has formed its own distinctive features of the complicated plot

vivid interesting; the personality is bright, music beautiful moving and attractive. The Lion King

fully embodies the American animated bold and unrestrained type heroism. The entire movie is full

of American values and through his efforts change the "American dream". Therefore, the United

States cartoon make their own characteristics, that is, the style of entertainment first. Story to, if the

circumstances are win, rare philosophical content, much to adventure, violence, and funny for

specialty, full of American of the elements, language, modelling, dress and analyze the overall

effect, ever-prent make American fast food culture, explaining to American humor.

sion

Compared the cartoon cultural differences under China and the U.S., we thoroughly understand

the cau why American cartoons is so popular, more clear that China local animation is different

with American animation,and better correct and improve the local we will realize

animation industry!

The formation of Chine animation industry can't ize every minute, it will need everyone

including cartoon writer and aimless fans to joint effort.

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