日本动画（日语： アニメ  ），又叫日式动画，是指日本制作的动画。日本动画发展出特有的风格与文化。

日本动画具有丰富多样的剧情、强烈的视觉效果，以及角色外表与个性设计独特。日本动画的每部作品都有明确且独立的故事背景，较能够迎合不同年龄和性格的观众群。日本动画的传播手法包括电视播送，依靠如DVD和电影院，网络等作媒介。

以针对较主流的作品而言，日本动画向来具有动作片、偶像剧的元素。有不少作品会借由虚构故事刻画生命、死亡、战争、人性和社会问题等等的深入议题。日本动画多数由漫画改编，其次才是原创，而近年来电玩和轻小说改编的也有越来越多的趋势。

Anime(Japanese:アニメ, [anime]) is Japanese hand-drawn or computer animation. The word is the abbreviated pronunciation of "animation" in Japanese, where this term references all animation without regards to the nation of origin. Outside Japan however, anime is used to refer specifically to animation from Japan or as a Japanese-disseminated animation style often characterized by colorful graphics, vibrant characters and fantastical themes. Arguably, the stylization approach to the meaning may open up the possibility of anime produced in countries other than Japan. For simplicity, many Westerners strictly view anime as an animation product from Japan. Some scholars suggest defining anime as specifically or quintessentially Japanese may be related to a new form of orientalism.