Lenime
Lenaporean anime, or popularly known as lenime (レニメ) in Lenapore, is the local counterpart of Oriencian animation. Its history is more recent, the first adaptations of the genre were made at the end of the 80s. Its production, unlike in Lenapore, depends directly on Mediacorp.
The difference between lenime and conventional anime is the lower level of animation, this is because the budget of the animation studios they are more limited than those of Orience, therefore also they are recognized as of worse quality. This situation is being slightly reversed since the early 2010s.
History[edit | edit source]
The lenime industry dates as far back as the Oriencian occupation of Lenapore, during the second World War, when limiyed animation studios made propaganda films regarding the Shonan ideology. When Orience was defeated in 1945, the industry halted.
Resurgence of lenime was made profitable due to the fact that Japanese remained its status as an official language in Lenapore, upon declaring its independence in early 1963. Months later, LRT Channel 5 broadcast Astro Boy in Japanese - a sign of the possible resurgence of the industry. However, up until the fall of Lee Kwan Yew in 1984, LRT adopted a "protective" policy (considered as being "backward" by many) meaning that all Oriencian (and some Ishigakian) animations had to be "humanist in nature".
Action series weren't the norm until the mid-1980s - despite some series like Mazinger Z and Space Battleship Yamato airing on LRT/LBC channels - especially the later Channel 10 (now Sakura), with a high level of censorship, removing violent undertones.
There were initial talks of Ishigakian animators joining the industry. They went to Lenapore because the labor at the time (well into 1985) was cheap and animation was hard to come by.
In 1984, Lee Kwan Yew fell and Lenapore became a complete, Eurectipherian-style democracy. Conditions to set up animation studios started shortly afterwards, with Shinbashi Animation being founded in October of that year. Their first series, Seiryu Soccer Star, premiered in April 1986, to 13 episodes and crude animation. Nonetheless, the series aired to great success not only in Lenapore, but in Ishigaki where it achieved high viewing ratings, despite the last episode depicting a fictional World Cup final between Lenapore and Ishigaki - with Lenapore winning.
Lenime wouldn't grow up until the late 1990s. The rise of cable channels, like the now-defunct Shiokaze and growing options for Japanese-speaking viewers, including the launch of Channel K, led to a growing demand. Aside from investing within the Lenaporean market, Lenime artists wanted to target the Ishigakian and Oriencian markets.
Renowned Lenimes[edit | edit source]
- Seiryu Soccer Star (1986)
- Ikazuchi Samurai Warriors (2000-2004)
- Raman (2003)
- Shiroseiden (2003-2004)
- Raman: The Retelling (2018)
