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Enticing Anime Novel Art

These Anime Book Covers Will Inspire Modern Youth Audiences to Read

— January 22, 2014 — Pop Culture
The Kadokawa publishing group in Japan has released new anime book covers for classic Western fairy tales and novels. These new covers replace older editions with more Westernized art in favor of cute and colorful art that is meant to attract the large number of kids who read manga and watch anime in Japan.

Anne of Green Gables has been turned into an adorable doe-eyed child, while the Three Musketeers have suddenly become very pretty and gallant looking. Many of the young women characters have become seductive and almost doll-like. The child characters are cute, exaggerated and very energetic. These anime book covers are bright and colorful and bound to attract a new generation of young readers while reinventing the imagery of iconic fairy tale stories.
Trend Themes
1. Anime-fication of Classic Novels - The trend of replacing classic western art with cute, colorful anime-style covers for books aims to attract young audiences to read by making the covers more relatable and visually appealing.
2. Seductive and Doll-like Illustrations - The use of seductive and exaggerated doll-like illustrations in anime-style book covers for young adult novels innovates the traditional artistic style and aims to appeal to the youthful audience.
3. Reinvention of Iconic Fairy Tale Stories - The reimagining of classic fairy tale stories through anime-style book covers offers a modern twist to the stories, targeting young audiences who are familiar with anime and manga elements to entice them to read a familiar story with a fresh perspective.
Industry Implications
1. Publishing Industry - The trend of using anime-style covers for classic western novels offers an opportunity for publishers to target a younger audience by adding more visually appealing covers to transform the western book titles into recognizable stories for younger readers.
2. Book Retail Industry - By attracting young readers with modernized covers, the book retail industry can benefit from increased sales volume and target younger demographics for selling classic literature.
3. Anime and Manga Industry - The synergy between anime and manga industries and classic western literature offers innovative opportunities for creating visual adaptations that merge traditional and modern artistic styles that can appeal to young readers and reach new markets.
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