ANIMATION DICTIONNARY
Common noums / Proper
noums
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A
Anime: Japanese word for Cartoons. Most of the time
it's a manga that have been adapted for television. As a consequence western
fans tends to mistake it with "title". ~ Comics
Graphic novel created with the pictures that have been made for the Tv Show
or the movie. And the speech ballons are made with the dialogues for the tv
show or the OAV.
Aosen: The is the adjectif use to speak about mangas
for adults but not necesserarily porn or erotic mangas. You speak about Aosen
mangas when its target is rather old.
Artbook: An artbook is a collection of leaves of paper, parchment or other material, bound together along one
edge within covers. An artbook is not a literary piece but is a collection of images and graphics. Artbooks are almost always collections
of a given topic, be it of a genre like fine art photography, a movie, a television series, or a given artist. In recent years,
artbooks have been increasing in popularity, serving as coffee table reading, or as promotional material for an anime series or movie.
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B
B.D Shortcut for "Bande Dessinée" and french word for Comics.
B.L: Shortcut for Boy Love. synonym Yaoi
Board: A Comics page.
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C
Cel: Shortcut for celluloid , is a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, hand-drawn animation. Celluloid was used for animation and film production up until the late 20th century, however, it burned easily and suffered from spontaneous decomposition, and was largely replaced by cellulose acetate plastics.
Comics: Comics (or, less commonly, sequential art)
is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with
text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. Originally used
to illustrate caricatures and to entertain through the use of amusing and
trivial stories, it has by now evolved into a literary medium with many subgenres.
~ strip Short strip or sequence of drawings that tells a story. Drawn by a
cartoonist, or an artist, such strips are published on a recurring basis (usually
daily or weekly) in newspapers or on the Internet.
In the UK and Europe they are also published within comic magazines, with a strip's story sometimes continuing over three pages
or more. They usually communicate to the reader via speech balloons.
Comiket: also known as the Comic Market or CM. It is the world's largest comic convention, held twice a year in Tokyo, Japan. The first CM was held in December 1975, with only about 30 participating circles and an estimated 700 attendees. Attendance has since swelled to over a quarter of a million people. The convention lasts for three days. It is a grassroots, DIY effort for selling dojinshi, self-published Japanese works. As items sold in CM are considered very rare (because dojinshi are seldom reprinted),some items sold at CM can be found in shops or on the Internet at prices up to 10 times the item's original price.
Cosplay:Cosplay Contraction of the English words "costume" and "play", is a Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from manga, anime, tokusatsu, and video games, and, less commonly, Japanese live action television shows, fantasy movies, or Japanese pop music bands. However, in some circles, "cosplay" has been expanded to mean simply wearing a costume.
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Dojinshi:Dojinshi are self-published Japanese works, usually manga or novels. They are often the work of amateurs, though some professional artists participate as a way to publish material outside the regular industry. The term dojinshi is derived from dojin, literally "same person," used to refer to a person or persons with whom one
shares a common goal or interest) and shi , a contraction of zasshi, meaning "magazine").Synonymous: Doujin, fanzine
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G
Grafic novel A graphic novel (GN) is a long-form work in the comics form, usually with lengthy
and complex storylines, and often aimed at mature audiences. In contrast to the familiar comic magazines, a graphic novel is
typically bound using materials of more durable qualities, using a light card stock for softcover bindings or a heavier
card for the hardback editions, enclosed in a dust jacket.
Graphic novels generally are sold in bookstores and comic
book shops, rather than on comic books' original point of sale, newsstands. The term can also encompass a short story collection,
or collected issues of previously published comic books republished in a single large volume.
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H
Hikari mot japonais qui signifie lumière ~ste fan de
Yugioh et de Yaoi qui adore plus que tout la relation Yugi/Yami, Baruka/Yami Bakura,
Marek/Yami Marek (il y en a qui ont des goûts bizzare ^_^|)et qui aiment
écrire des fanfictions dans lesquelles il se déclarent leur amour.
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F
Faculté spéciale Il s'agit du pouvoir magique des monstres
à effet. Ce pouvoir et est indépendant de sa puissance d'attaque et de
défense. Les facultés spéciales rendent Magic and Wizzard très
intéressant et les duelistes ont tendance à en mettre plein dans
leur deck. Cependant comme la fonction essentielle des cartes magiques est d'agir
sur les monstres, il est recommandé de choisir très judicieusement
les monstres à effet que l'on veut mettre dans son deck.
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I
Illusion industrielle de l'anglais "Industrial illusion".
Société productrice de carte dans le monde de Yugi (Elle joue le même rôle que
Upper Deck chez nous) Dirigé d'un main de maître par Maximilien Pégasus
lus qui permet d'afficher les cartes en 3 dimensions
Invoquer: Il s'agit de mettre un monstre face retournée
(c'est dire visible) sur le terrain. On dira le plus souvent "invoquer un
monstre en mode attaque" et "placer un monstre en mode défense".
plus souvent un monstre .Synonyme placer/faire passer un monstre en mode attaque.
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K
Kawai Japanese word for "cute".
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M
Mangaka: Somoene who write and who
draw it most of the time.
Moe: littéralement bourgeon genre de personnage féminin
(et peut être bientôt masculin) de manga ou d'anime faisant naître un fantasme
de protectionnisme (fille ou petite soeur) apprécié des Otakus convaincus qui
y trouve un substitut affectif face à leur isolement.
Musical: japonese expression for "Musical Theater".
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O
Onomatopoeia Sound that make recognise easily object
or actions.
OST: Shortcut for "Original Soundtrack".
that is to say the sounds (especially the songs) in their original version.
Otaku: Litteraly "in the house". Japanese people use
the expression to speak about nearly fanatics and not very ( not at all should
I say) sociable fan. Note that there are otakus about everything and in western
countries the term is wrongly used to speak about people about nearly fanatics
japanime fans.
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R
Raw: Tv show under on the computer format. Once the
subtitled have been added fans download the file and see with months in advance
to see their favorite Tv show.
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S
Speech balloons are a graphic convention used in comic books, strips, and cartoons to allow words
(and much less often, pictures) to be understood as representing the speech or thoughts of a given character in the comic. There is
often a formal distinction between the balloon that indicates thoughts and the one that indicates words spoken aloud:
the bubble that conveys subjective thoughts is often referred to as a thought balloon.
Synonyms: (speech bubbles, dialogue balloons, word balloons
Spoiler A spoiler is a summary or description of a narrative (or part of a narrative) that relates plot elements not revealed early in the narrative itself. Moreover, because enjoyment of a narrative sometimes depends upon the dramatic tension and suspense which undergird it, this early revelation of plot
elements can "spoil" the enjoyment that some consumers of the narrative would otherwise have experienced.
Story-board: A storyboard is a serie of illustrations displayed in
sequence for the purpose of previsualizing an animated or live-action film. A storyboard is essentially a large comic of
the film or some section of the film produced beforehand to help the directors and cinematographers visualize the scenes
and find potential problems before they occur. Often storyboards include arrows or instructions that indicate movement.
Synopsis: A synopsis is a summary given in brief terms that covers the major points of a subject matter. In many cases it refers to the plot of a film, book or some other kind of narrative. Synopses are usually more in-depth than a mere "summary", and aim to give a fair idea of the topic. In many cases, however, they will omit spoilers or only introduce the subject; in the case of a
plot, they will cover only the first portion (often to try to make the audience see or read the real thing).
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T
Turtle game: Il s'agit du magasin du grand père de Yugi.
Yugi et son grand père vivent juste au dessus. Le magasin se situe en plein
centre-ville de Domino et vend toutes sortes de jeu et notamment des cartes
de Duel de monstre.
TCG: Abréviation de Trading Card Game. En français
on pourrait traduire jeu de cartes à collectionner et à échanger.
YuGiOh! mais aussi Duel Masters, et bien sûr Magic The Gathering sont
des TCG.
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Y
Yami: 1)Mot japonais siginifant ombre. 2)Autre nom de
Atem en occident.
Yugi: 1)Mot japonais siginifant jeu. 2)heroe éponyme
de YuGiOh!(voir fiche perso pour tout les détails)
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U
Upper deck: Sociéte productrice des cartes dans notre
monde. Elle joue le même rôle que Illusion Industrial chez Yugi.
Magic the gathering: Il s'agit du premier jeu de carte
à collectionner qui fait se battre des monstres entre eux Il a inspiré Takahashi-san
pour créer duel de monstres
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Z
Zombire: Personnage de Comics crée par Takahashi-san
pour Hansaki, un ami de Yugi.
Magic the gathering: Il s'agit du premier jeu de carte
à collectionner qui fait se battre des monstres entre eux Il a inspiré Takahashi-san
pour créer duel de monstres
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