Japanese films made using characters and images that are drawn rather than real, or one of these films

Until recently, anime had little more than a cult following outside Japan. 以前，日本动画片在日本以外的追随者不多，这种情况最近发生了改变。

an anime that blurs the line between man and machine 一部模糊了人类和机器界限的日本动画片