Anime ARE cartoons!

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dahuman said:

MDMAlliance said:

dahuman said:

I'm originally from Asia and I grew up watching Japanese animation more than American animation, guess what we called them both? Cartoons. Anime is a made up word that is making American people more stupid just like the word ain't, which both of those words I use depending on the situation. I'm not saying it's not valid, I'm just saying it's stupid since people just want to feel like they are fucking cool with a new word even though at the end, we are all nerds anyways.

I don't like using the word cartoon because of the connotation behind the word.  Definitely don't use the word "anime" to seem cool. lol

Think about it though, you don't like the connotation behind the word "cartoon" is pretty much why you use the word "anime," surely cartoon is more an uncool word for you to describe what you see as Japanese animation.

It doesn't have to do with being cool or uncool.  I don't mind watching something people tend to call cartoons.  However, I don't like people using a reductionist word and/or tone for something I'm watching that's actually more serious.  Cartoons definitely have the connotation of humor, comedy, "mindless violence" and all.  If it were up to me to choose how to call all of them, I'd just say they are all animations.