For more information, check out one of the many Anime Home Page , and the self-proclaimed Anime Turnpike for links to ANime sites. In animation, there is always a tradeoff between smoothness and detail.
Much anime starts out as manga , or Japanese comics.
There is a large market for anime movies in Japan. As often as not, the largest grossing domestic release or the biggest awards will go to an animated film. Several have gone to movies by Hayao Miyazaki , one of Japans most talented and respected film makers, animated or otherwise. A lot of anime movies are based upon TV series, such as the 6 Urusei Yatsura movies. This is an anime that goes directly to video sales and rental, without being shown either on TV or in the theater first.