| aikohualda said: yes it is.. but it is a genre with-in a genre.... anime are cartoons that originated from japan... manga is a comics that originated from japan... jrpg are rpg from japan.... lion is in the cat family... |
pretty much that.
| 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
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Not really much of a Anime person myself but yes it is cartoons. Cartoons however can have mature story lines
Defintion of Cartoon
Cartoon - animated movie: a movie made using animation instead of live actors, especially a humorous film intended primarily for children
MDMAlliance said:
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. 
anime falls under the general umbrella of cartoons. Just like video games have many genres so does animation
Yeah of course they are cartoons.
Pretty much the only people arguing against that are hardcore anime fans that have a problem with the word "cartoons" since cartoons are being generally seens as a medium for kids. As they consider anime as something of a more "refined" and "mature" form of entertainment (which it really isn't most of the time, trust me I've seen enough anime to say that), they feel that the classification "cartoon" doesn't do justice to "the great artform" that is anime.
| MDMAlliance said: I've always felt like what really separates anime and cartoon is how the story is treated. Example: Spongebob I feel safe to say is a cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender I do not. Hunter x Hunter I feel safe to say is an anime Gintama I do not Most cartoons also use different means of expressing their emotions. Anime use more symbolic expressions while cartoons use more literal ones, it seems. |
What would you call to name a few: Watership Down, Fire and Ice, Fantastic Planet, A Scanner Darkly in that case?
Anime is more oftenly used for mature stories but certainly doesn't have a monopoly on that.
| RenCutypoison said: Yes, animes are cartoons. Still, we make a difference because the style is different. It's not made the same way, it's a different culture, sometimes not the same public (not many western cartoons for the 18-25 ) |
simpsons, family guy, futurama, south park, there are more. many cartoons are also made for adults, or adults and kids.
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