{"id":5774,"date":"2025-11-11T20:21:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectq2.com\/?p=5774"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:21:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:21:35","slug":"anime-as-an-art-of-life-and-its-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectq2.com\/?p=5774","title":{"rendered":"Anime As an Art of Life and its Career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Author: Umaiza Anwar &#8211; Bangladesh &#8211; PROMPT! Cohort #1 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine your life is&nbsp;very stressful&nbsp;and depressive. Then&nbsp;one of your friends suggests&nbsp;you&nbsp;to&nbsp;watch&nbsp;one famous&nbsp;anime&nbsp;series.&nbsp;At first you thought, \u201cHow can&nbsp;a&nbsp;Children&#8217;s&nbsp;Series&nbsp;help me to recover from&nbsp;depression?&nbsp;Why should I care to see this nonsense?\u201d But then your friend insists that you have no choice. You&nbsp;have&nbsp;started&nbsp;watching&nbsp;that&nbsp;anime&nbsp;series. Then your story&nbsp;starts&nbsp;there.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/projectq2.com\/64177f5c-26e6-478c-9691-5deb6879149d\" width=\"624\" height=\"362\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The moment you&nbsp;have&nbsp;started watching it,&nbsp;your mind goes&nbsp;crazy.&nbsp;It&nbsp;is difficult to stop the urge to see the next episode.&nbsp;You&nbsp;won&#8217;t&nbsp;be able to believe the talent of the animators.&nbsp;You will feel like you are in a whole new level of imagination because of the animator\u2019s techniques and their storyline.&nbsp;You&nbsp;won&#8217;t&nbsp;be able to forget the&nbsp;amazing&nbsp;actions they are&nbsp;making&nbsp;and&nbsp;the continuation of the story. It really addicts you like playing video games&nbsp;as if you are in&nbsp;heaven&nbsp;where&nbsp;you have never seen&nbsp;anything like it.&nbsp;You will&nbsp;literally feel&nbsp;everything is&nbsp;happening right&nbsp;in front&nbsp;of you in real life. Moreover, it will be&nbsp;hard&nbsp;to&nbsp;concentrate&nbsp;on other things if you start watching it.&nbsp;That\u2019s&nbsp;the blessing of Art where&nbsp;creativity&nbsp;takes place.&nbsp;Art&nbsp;is a lifestyle&nbsp;in which&nbsp;we live in.&nbsp;However,&nbsp;most people think that art is a useless subject and&nbsp;try&nbsp;to ignore it to their best.&nbsp;Other people&nbsp;don&#8217;t&nbsp;even realize that the thing they are doing is&nbsp;part of&nbsp;art.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;because wherever&nbsp;we&nbsp;go, we see&nbsp;something&nbsp;that is not being understood properly. For example,&nbsp;a person walks along the street and notices a cook making food with some performances of art. The person might think that it is&nbsp;magical, but&nbsp;he\/she&nbsp;won\u2019t&nbsp;be&nbsp;able to&nbsp;understand&nbsp;the way the cook is dealing with the fire or the way he is making&nbsp;his hand movements.&nbsp;All&nbsp;of these are&nbsp;involved in making plans and patterns that must be done to perform the job.&nbsp;As art involves in our lifestyle it also has&nbsp;a broad perspective. Today this&nbsp;blog&nbsp;is&nbsp;about&nbsp;one tiny part of Art: Anime.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><strong>Anime&nbsp;in a&nbsp;Nutshell:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anime&nbsp;refers to Japanese cartoons and animations. It&nbsp;is mostly used for storytelling&nbsp;which includes fantasy, legends, myths, real life situations etc.&nbsp;The word \u2019anime\u2019 comes from&nbsp;the Japanese word&nbsp;\u2018anim\u0113shon\u2019&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3) which&nbsp;means&nbsp;\u2018animation\u2019.&nbsp;<br><strong><br><\/strong><strong>History:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1907, a private creation named Katsud\u014d Shashin was the first animation work created by an unknown artist. In addition, animation was first publicly shown in 1917, produced by Jun\u2019ichi Ko\u016bchi. However, in&nbsp;the 20th&nbsp;century,&nbsp;anime started and changed the lifestyle of people.&nbsp;Anime was influenced by many Western&nbsp;animation pioneers like France,&nbsp;Germany&nbsp;and America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Benefits of Anime:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>There are some significant benefits of Anime from broad perspective to narrow perspective. We can draw and animate our thoughts and help people through anything.&nbsp;Moreover, it expresses creativity and the talent of both drawing and storytelling; the <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/projectq2.com\/8f9a97b8-1bf5-47bb-b610-23cf18478a83\" width=\"485.29491415262964\" height=\"846.5693783761993\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>greater the story,&nbsp;the more views you get.&nbsp;Inspirations and mental health awareness are also included&nbsp;here.&nbsp;For example, you come from your office&nbsp;in&nbsp;a very stressful&nbsp;mood and need entertainment.&nbsp;You can watch the anime which inspires you and can forget about&nbsp;the world around&nbsp;you and enjoy watching the lore of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Modern Anime:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Today the world of anime is&nbsp;becoming popular. It&nbsp;has&nbsp;become a trend and&nbsp;almost all&nbsp;the people around the world knows about it.&nbsp;Stories&nbsp;have&nbsp;become dramatic, graphics&nbsp;have&nbsp;improved,&nbsp;and&nbsp;art style&nbsp;has&nbsp;become better. In addition,&nbsp;blend traditional hand-drawn methods with computer-generated (CG) elements are used&nbsp;in anime&nbsp;such as 3D backgrounds and effects.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Number&nbsp;of Companies supporting anime:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are thousands of companies supporting&nbsp;Anime. Among&nbsp;them, the famous ones&nbsp;include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ufotable<\/strong>&#8211; For animating Demon Slayer:&nbsp;Kimetsu&nbsp;No&nbsp;Yaiba&nbsp;by&nbsp;Koyoharu&nbsp;Gotouge&nbsp;and the Fate series by&nbsp;Kinoko&nbsp;Nasu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>M<\/strong><strong>APPA<\/strong>&#8211; For&nbsp;animating&nbsp;Jujutsu Kaisan&nbsp;by&nbsp;Gege&nbsp;Akutami,&nbsp;Chainsawman&nbsp;by Tatsuki Fujimoto,&nbsp;Kakegurui&nbsp;by&nbsp;Homura&nbsp;Kawamoto, Campfire Cooking in Another World with&nbsp;my Absurd&nbsp;Skill by&nbsp;Ren Eguchi and Banana Fish by&nbsp;Akimi&nbsp;Yoshida.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><strong>Studio Ghibli-<\/strong>&nbsp;For animating&nbsp;SK8 the Infinity by Ichir\u014d&nbsp;\u014ckouchi, My Hero Academia&nbsp;by&nbsp;K\u014dhei&nbsp;Horikoshi, Wolf\u2019s Rain by&nbsp;Keiko&nbsp;Nobumoto, Bungo Stray Dogs by&nbsp;Kafka Asagiri&nbsp;and Mob&nbsp;Psycho 100 by&nbsp;One.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><strong>Toei Animation<\/strong>&#8211;&nbsp;For animating&nbsp;One Piece by Eiichiro Oda, Dragon Balls by&nbsp;Akira Toriyama, Kado: The Right Answer&nbsp;by&nbsp;Mado&nbsp;Nozaki, Expelled from Paradise by&nbsp;Gen&nbsp;Urobuchi, Girls Band Cry&nbsp;by&nbsp;Jukki&nbsp;Hanada,&nbsp;Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi,&nbsp;Powerpuff Girls Z by&nbsp;Craig McCracken&nbsp;and Robot&nbsp;Girls Z by Go Nagai.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><strong>8bit Studio<\/strong>&#8211;&nbsp;For animating Blue Lock&nbsp;by&nbsp;Muneyuki&nbsp;Kaneshiro&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tokyo Ravens&nbsp;by&nbsp;K\u014dhei&nbsp;Azano.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OLM<\/strong>&#8211; For animating&nbsp;Pok\u00e9mon&nbsp;by Satoshi Tajiri,&nbsp;King&#8217;s Raid: Successors of the Will&nbsp;by Megumi Shimizu, Ni&nbsp;No&nbsp;Kuni&nbsp;and&nbsp;Yo-Kai-Watch&nbsp;by Akihiro Hino,&nbsp;Pon no Michi by IIS-P, Delusional Monthly Magazine by Hiroko&nbsp;Kanasugi.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anime universities in Japan:<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 10&nbsp;main&nbsp;animation universities in Japan. Here are some names-&nbsp;Kyoto Seika University,&nbsp;Tama Art University and Tokyo University of Arts. Not to mention there are also vocal schools that teach anime.&nbsp;Tokyo College of Anime, Japan Animation &amp; Manga College (JAM), Amusement Media&nbsp;School&nbsp;and&nbsp;Toei Animation Institute are some of them.&nbsp;We can take&nbsp;Master\u2019s or Bachelor\u2019s&nbsp;degree to study anime&nbsp;at vocal schools.&nbsp;These degrees cover skills such as storytelling,&nbsp;character&nbsp;design, anime techniques, digital&nbsp;tools&nbsp;and production.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Steps to become an Animator:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>To become an anime animator, there are 6 steps that one should follow:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong><em>1.&nbsp;Pursue&nbsp;Co-secondary education:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Many employers prefer candidates with&nbsp;Bachelor\u2019s&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/projectq2.com\/6dc4a158-cf01-4a53-adda-c5408d09e8b5\" width=\"483\" height=\"755.6794030132717\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or Master&#8217;s&nbsp;degree. One can study abroad on&nbsp;Japanese&nbsp;universities to complete animation&nbsp;programs that especially focus on anime.&nbsp;However,&nbsp;if you want to study in the&nbsp;USA, consider majoring in traditional animation which is the&nbsp;appropriate route&nbsp;because&nbsp;most&nbsp;American&nbsp;colleges&nbsp;don&#8217;t&nbsp;have degree programs focused on anime. You can also take anatomy or physics courses to understand how to draw characters. Other&nbsp;appropriate&nbsp;majors can be based on new media digital media,&nbsp;visual&nbsp;arts&nbsp;and fine arts.&nbsp;<br><strong><em>2. Build your portfolio:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Many colleges require their students to complete their portfolio before graduation. You may include assignments you have&nbsp;submitted&nbsp;for your classes which include anime related pieces. You should use different&nbsp;software&nbsp;and techniques to illustrate. In&nbsp;addition,&nbsp;employers&nbsp;often like to see sample of your work to&nbsp;determine&nbsp;whether you would be a good fit for their production studios.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><strong><em>3. Complete internships<\/em><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Many anime production studios in the&nbsp;USA&nbsp;and worldwide offer internship&nbsp;programs.&nbsp;You can look for&nbsp;these opportunities&nbsp;by searching online.&nbsp;By doing&nbsp;internship,&nbsp;interns can work on real&nbsp;projects,&nbsp;get&nbsp;more practice with the industries\u2019 most common&nbsp;software&nbsp;and learn from&nbsp;experienced&nbsp;anime animators. After completing one or two internships, your&nbsp;experience&nbsp;will help you to get a&nbsp;full-time&nbsp;job at production studios.&nbsp;<br><strong><em>4. Watch different Anime&nbsp;Series:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<br>By watching various shows, you can gain inspiration from other&nbsp;animators&nbsp;and can develop your own style.&nbsp;Production studios tend to appreciate animators with unique approaches that allow them to create interesting and successful shows.&nbsp;<br><strong><em>5.&nbsp;Obtain&nbsp;relevant certifications:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Besides the&nbsp;Bachelor&#8217;s or Master&#8217;s&nbsp;degree, some anime&nbsp;related&nbsp;certifications can add value to your resume. For&nbsp;example,&nbsp;pursuing&nbsp;an animation&nbsp;drawing&nbsp;and visual effects,&nbsp;and&nbsp;certification&nbsp;can improve&nbsp;your artistic skills.&nbsp;However,&nbsp;before enrolling&nbsp;any&nbsp;certification&nbsp;course,&nbsp;one should verify the organization\u2019s reputation&nbsp;to ensure the&nbsp;credibility&nbsp;of the certifications.&nbsp;<br><strong><em>6. Apply for a job:<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><br><\/em>In the Final stage try looking for the positions by searching online or asking people in your network.&nbsp;Anime jobs&nbsp;are more available in&nbsp;Japan,&nbsp;but you can find opportunities at the production&nbsp;companies&nbsp;in the&nbsp;US and worldwide which may allow you to explore remote positions.&nbsp;<br><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong>Common degree paths:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Common degrees for anime animators are-<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/projectq2.com\/5d60103c-2083-4a8b-bcd0-17ef82c74a78\" width=\"579.8202924844012\" height=\"850.2998737373738\"><strong><em>1.Bachelor of Art in Animation (BA) &nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>which focuses on the creativity and imaginative aspects of animation, providing foundational technical skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2.&nbsp;Bachelor&nbsp;of Fine Arts in&nbsp;Animation (BFA)<\/em><\/strong> which emphasizes on artistic expression and experiment in the field of animation.<strong><em><\/em><\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>3.&nbsp;Bachelor of&nbsp;Design (BDES)<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;which&nbsp;can provide a broad foundation in visual communication and design.&nbsp;<br><strong><em>3.&nbsp;Bachelor of&nbsp;Science (BSc)<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;in animation which combines&nbsp;animation style of&nbsp;technology&nbsp;and visual effects.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other related fields can be Computer Graphics or&nbsp;field studies and visual arts which include aspects of computer science alongside artistic&nbsp;training and&nbsp;can also&nbsp;provide&nbsp;valuable insights in the storytelling and the visual effects of the animation.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Key Skills and&nbsp;Knowledge:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>You can earn the key skills and knowledge by mastering 2D and 3D animation software, digital&nbsp;drawing&nbsp;and emotion graphics. You can also do artistic foundation courses through which you can learn strong drawing, design&nbsp;principals&nbsp;and storytelling abilities.&nbsp;Moreover,&nbsp;industrial experiments&nbsp;through&nbsp;internship can&nbsp;add value to your resume in the competitive animation industry.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>The&nbsp;Salary&nbsp;of Anime Animators:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Anime&nbsp;animators&#8217;&nbsp;salary&nbsp;varies&nbsp;significantly by the location,&nbsp;experience&nbsp;and studio.&nbsp;In&nbsp;Japan,&nbsp;the entry level positions potentially&nbsp;start&nbsp;around&nbsp;\u00a5&nbsp;1.1-2&nbsp;million&nbsp;annually&nbsp;($8000-$1500 USD).&nbsp;However,&nbsp;in the USA,&nbsp;the&nbsp;annual&nbsp;animator salary is around $41,252 but&nbsp;it&nbsp;can be much higher for&nbsp;experience&nbsp;professionals for both countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Starting as a Fresh:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>We can also graduate and enter the study of Anime.&nbsp;While a specific &#8220;anime job market&#8221; course&nbsp;isn&#8217;t&nbsp;always&nbsp;required, foundational short courses or degrees in animation, computer graphics, or fine arts are often necessary to build skills for roles like animators or special effects artists.&nbsp;Doing&nbsp;a short&nbsp;course with a degree or extensive portfolio creation can significantly improve your chances in the&nbsp;competition.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emerging Markets:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Some countries like&nbsp;the United States, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam&nbsp;promote&nbsp;for popular viewership, and&nbsp;European countries like Italy, France, and Germany&nbsp;have&nbsp;emerging fan bases among young adults. Some countries even produce their own animated films and series, sometimes referred to as an anime.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New Technology of Anime:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>AnimeTech&nbsp;is changing the anime industry by integrating technologies like AI,&nbsp;CGI&nbsp;and new machines into animation productions.&nbsp;Anime AI is anime art generated with AI or artificial intelligence. Ai generator works by using a machine learning model that scans images online and we can write&nbsp;the description for the character, and the AI can generate for us.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>CGI anime is a&nbsp;subcategory&nbsp;of VFX (visual effects).&nbsp;It refers to scenes, effects and images created with computer software.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<br><strong>Fun&nbsp;Facts of Anime:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we are talking about anime, we should know some fun facts about it:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Kimi no Na&nbsp;Wa&nbsp;is the third highest-grossing anime film of all time!&nbsp;<br>2. The longest-running anime has more than 7,500 episodes&nbsp;<br>3. \u2018Spirited Away\u2019 is the first anime film to be nominated for an Academy&nbsp;Award and&nbsp;won!&nbsp;<br>4. Characters in \u2018Spirited Away\u2019 have meaningful names&nbsp;<br>5. Naruto was supposed to be a chef!&nbsp;<br>6. 50 new colors were created for \u2018Akira&nbsp;<br>7. The name \u2018Pok\u00e9mon\u2019 comes from English&nbsp;<br>8. Pok\u00e9mon characters were named after fighters&nbsp;<br>9. \u2018Haikyuu\u2019 was created to make volleyball popular&nbsp;<br>10. Many Studio Ghibli films are based off books&nbsp;<br>11. Death Note is banned in China&nbsp;<br>12. There is a reason the series is called \u2018Bleach\u2019&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/projectq2.com\/7bdc93fd-e2ef-4295-96e7-b21843730e17\" width=\"624\" height=\"237\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Umaiza Anwar &#8211; Bangladesh &#8211; PROMPT! Cohort #1 Imagine your life is&nbsp;very stressful&nbsp;and depressive. 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