Many people in the United States have probably heard of cartoons like Sailor Moon, Dragonball Z, Voltron, Gundam Wing, Speed Racer, Digimon, and the all-time popular Pokemon; Famous cartoons that have strange character designs: female characters with beautiful round eyes, incredibly big hair, and fantastic figures and bodies. Male characters usually have large amounts of massive muscles (as seen in Dragonball Z and GT), strong bodies and maybe, sometimes, giant robots as seen in cartoons like Robotech and Gundam Wing. Manga
Where did all these cartoons come from? To find the answer, look no further than Japan, the birthplace of Japanese animation, the source of all this madness.