what is your favorite anime series of all-time? favorite anime movie?

[pokoko]

pezus said:

BasilZero said:

pezus said:

blkfish92 said:
My favorite anime is definitely Avatar the Last Air Bender, movie I'm not sure.

Do we call that an anime now? If we do, you can imagine that is on my list as well. But, since it's not made in Japan, I don't think it qualifies.

Doesnt have to be made in Japan to be qualified as anime ;O

Well not so sure about anime entirely, but Manga especially, there's a few made in Korea from what I know.

 

Hmm google begs to differ:

an·i·me

 

noun /ˈanəˌmā/  

1. Japanese movie and television animation, often having a science fiction theme and sometimes including violent or explicitly sexual material

But if what you say is true, where is the line between anime and every other animated TV show/movie?

 

Technically, "anime" is simply short for "animation", which is how the word is used in Japan.  There, "anime" encompasses all animation, no matter the origin.

However, "anime" has become a loaner word in the west, and is here considered to be only animation produced by a Japanese studio (though the actual work is sometimes performed in other countries such as South Korea).

So, really, both can be correct in the right context.

Also, that definition is off, since most anime probably would not be thought of as science fiction.