Anime

Anime is Japanese hand-drawn or computer animation, with distinctive visual characteristics. Re-releases with a different number of discs, different arrangement of content, or different selection of content are common.

Subject/genre headings (650/655)

Anime is neither a Library of Congress subject heading nor genre/form heading. Use as appropriate:

655 _7 Anime.‡2local (anime films and TV shows)
655 _7 Animated films.‡2lcgft (anime films, in addition to the local heading above)
655 _7 Animated television programs.‡2lcgft (anime TV shows, in addition to the local heading above)

650 _0 Animated films‡zJapan. (about anime films)
650 _0 Animated television programs‡zJapan. (about anime TV shows)
650 _0 Animation (Cinematography)‡zJapan. (about anime)

See also

• Graphic novels and comics