Anime ARE cartoons!

[dahuman]

pokoko said:

dahuman said:

pokoko said:

You can't go wrong with 'animation'.  It's really the correct term and it's free of the context associated with either 'anime' or 'cartoons'.  Whatever the terms mean technically, they've both become linked with particular styles.

When I first got involved with anime, back when we used to trade VHS tapes online, the term most people used was 'Japanimation', which sucked to type out all the time.  Then the people who were actually acquiring and translating the raws from Japan began borrowing the same word the Japanese used, 'anime', and I was glad it caught on.  'Japanimation' sounds lame.

I've never heard Japanese use 'anime," they just say like "animation" with their Japanese accent that goes ani-may-shien lol. I do remember people using Japanimation though, that's the 90s' lol.

No, 'anime' is a Japanese word.  Even though the origin is likely English, we're borrowing the word back.  It's commonly used in Japan.

Origin:
1980s: Japanese, shortened from animēshon, based on English animation   http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/anime

good to know :)