Cinema, Animation & Media of Hestrova

The media industry first appeared in the 1960's with the introduction of films and television. Until this time, though television, animation and cinema were known to exist, none had existed in Hestrova before.

Rather than broadcast television shows and films from foreign countries, the media industry of Hestrova set about creating their own content. This was largely done to ease the public into the ideas of the various forms of media by showcasing to them content that was not only created by Hestrovan, but contained content that Hestrovans would be familiar with.

Cinema
The first film studio in Hestrova was Tulkoyarvess, which still exists today. The first movies made by the studio centered around various historical and folk figures, as well as characters and events within stories, songs and poems native to Hestrovan culture. Perhaps one of the most well known subjects is Gadrog, a character from a famous Hestrovan poem who has appeared in a total of 20 films and 3 television series.

Many of the first films were centered around war, combat and martial arts, all things regularly seen within the history and culture of Hestrova. It wasn't until the 1970's that movies reached significant genre diversity.

Animation
The first animation studio was Galkureneet, which at first only created and released theater films and TV movies, though the company would eventually movie into animated TV series as well.

Unlike others countries, such as Newland, Hestrovan animation has never been specifically targeted at young children. Animated films and TV shows were created for either children or adults, depending on the content. Often "mature animation" was made by the same studios that made animation directed towards younger audiences. Even Kolatrun (animation containing uncensored sexual acts) was created by the same studios.

In later and recent years however this has changed, with animation studios generally focusing on creating and releasing age specific content. Underage animation is made by select studios, mature animation is made by select studios and kolatrun is made by select studios.

Referred to as Hestrani outside of Hestrova, Hestrovan animation is immensely popular. Some have even compared the popularity of hestrani to be on the same level, if not close to the same level as Anime from Jijan.

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