Many people consider themselves to be fans of the anime genre, but with so many films and anime series out there, it's hard to know where to start if you're interested in the genre as a whole. This top three guide to movies may help you decide where to begin your anime experience.

From the popular Transformers movie release to the Yu-Gi-Oh! cards your kids might have, anime has certainly left its mark on the world in recent years. Understanding its roots, though, is the key to predicting where this ever-changing genre is headed.

Anime art is hard to miss when you see it. In fact, unlike any other style of animation, you'll know instantly that you're watching anime as soon as you turn it on.

Hollywood glamour is set to meet Europe's glamour in a new film produced and starring Nicole Kidman, in a romantic comedy called Monte Carlo.

Anime is, of course, an abbreviation of the word animation. All animation must first be hand-drawn by the artist, and these artists have mostly also done comic renditions for comic books and started out with that as their goal. The artist could have free reign to create whatever kind of characters they wanted. One of the most popular anime series is called Inuyasha, a feudal fairy tale.

Traditionally, animated films have dealt with simple themes and characters best suited to children. Hayao Miyazaki's "Princess Mononoke" transcends these limited definitions.

From the early days of movies, people have collected autographs, posters, statues, film cells, costumes...anything associated with movies.

Old movies are a great alternative to today?s digitalized movies which are all alike. Old movies offer great acting performances, exciting and unexpected turn of events.

The initial film, Star Wars, was predicted to be a flop, so no merchandise was created to debut with the film's release. As you can probably imagine, the Star Wars toy and merchandise franchise has grown considerably since the Christmas of 1977.

If you are a manga fan and reading up on the latest anime and manga releases and the history of the subject, you will find there has been a lot of confusion between anime and manga. Suffice it to say that manga means Japanese comic books, or in other words, those drawn-on-paper cartoons originating in Japan. Anime is animation, or you could say, the animated versions of manga.