Anime is the name used to refer to Japanese cartoons. Anime is often inspired by Manga, which are Japanese comics. Anime and Manga is BIG business in Japan. They are normally targeted at both children and adult crowds. The result is that Anime consists of very good works of art and also very low quality PRODUCTS. I take interest in watching good anime, and once in a while some bad ones too. Courage is a common theme in Anime because in one hand, to survive in Japan with all those natural disasters, it is compulsory. There are other trivia such as music and games also related to these anime. It's big business!