Sentence:  For <WSD>anagraphic</WSD> reasons and because of their disciplinary way of thinking, the first people to examine Japanese serial animation in the early 1980s either used an approach that could be defined as a generational response to the "anime" phenomenon, or chose to use elements of film theory not entirely fitting the new language introduced by Japanese commercial animagion. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Pertaining to the representation of an existing item in words or symbols.