Animation is the general name and abbreviation of animation and cartoon, which is rarely used in other languages. With the development of modern media technology, cartoons (manga；; In particular, story cartoons are more and more closely linked, and the two are often combined into one called "animation". Idioms include "anime lovers", "anime exhibition" and "anime industry". There is also a magazine named Animation Chronicle in Chinese mainland, which popularizes this new word to the whole society, especially teenagers. In Japan, Greater China and many other places, Japanese animation is very popular and has gradually become a cultural fashion, so when "animation" is mentioned in Chinese, it usually refers to Japanese animation or Japanese animation. Comics is an English transliteration of Japanese "manga", and now comics themselves also cover the meaning of comic industry. In addition, the Chinese transliteration of the English word cartoon is also a combination of cartoon and animation, but it is sometimes used to refer to American animation and so on.

Before 1998, the word "animation" did not have a unified concept in Chinese mainland, and the two were separated and interrelated. The appearance and popularity of this word originated from 1998, the first animation information magazine in China, ANIMECOMICTIME. So the word "animation" came into being, and it gradually took root in people's hearts, and became a common vocabulary of anime fans in China, and also a general term for animation and comics.

Animation is to personify and exaggerate some inanimate things through production and give them all the feelings and actions of human beings. Or draw the scene overhead to make it real. There are also cartoons depicting scenes of Japanese life. This is also a form of artistic expression. Just as words are expressed in novels, pictures are expressed in paintings.

How do comics exist for us? Comics are usually presented in the form of books and periodicals. They are humorous, easy to read and have a wide readership. They are the most commercialized products in all kinds of publications, and their profits are enviable. Animation, as its name implies, is an active cartoon. In fact, comics laid the foundation for animation. As a part of fine arts, cartoons and animations show human culture and civilization from an artistic point of view and reflect human spirit. Today's world has also formed a situation dominated by the United States and Japan, especially Japan, where Japanese animation has become a symbol of the Japanese nation. However, as a symbol of world culture, the United States has gathered talented artists from all over the world, led by Disney, and created elegant galleries. For children, it should be pure; For adults, it should be beautiful. Comics are also the art of the mind, so there should be eternity beyond thinking.