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Hynad on 19 October 2013
NobleTeam360 said:
I think Anime in general is aimed at a more mature audience than Cartoons. That could just be me though.


Anime is just the way japanese people call what we call cartoons... -__-



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nuckles87 on 19 October 2013

"Anime" and "cartoons" are just semantics. In the end, it is all animation. If you want a catch all term for moving drawings, there it is.



dahuman on 19 October 2013
Lafiel said:
dahuman said:

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.

I've heard japanese use the word "anime" a lot. It's very common to abbreviate things in Japan by dropping syllables, like "pokèmon", which originally was named pocket monsters or "poketto monsta". Similarly while the official word is "animation" in normal conversations it usually is called "anime".

not on my end for some reason, maybe I'm too formal lol.



pokoko on 19 October 2013
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



dahuman on 19 October 2013
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 :)



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forest-spirit on 19 October 2013

Ok? Anime is just a shorter version of animation, which means animated film or cartoon. It's mostly used to describe animated films made in Japan but I've seen it used with western stuff as well.



NiKKoM on 19 October 2013

Why hasn't this thread evolved into a discussion about Hentai and Porn?

.. Kids these days...



 

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NobleTeam360 on 19 October 2013
Hynad said:
NobleTeam360 said:
I think Anime in general is aimed at a more mature audience than Cartoons. That could just be me though.


Anime is just the way japanese people call what we call cartoons... -__-

Yeah I know that???????



Lamace on 19 October 2013

Yeah, you aren't wrong.

noun
1.
a simple drawing showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, esp. a satirical one in a newspaper or magazine.
synonyms: caricature, parody, lampoon, satire; More
a comic strip.
synonyms: comic strip, comic, funnies, graphic novel More
a simplified or exaggerated version or interpretation of something.
"this movie is a cartoon of rural life in America"
2.
a motion picture using animation techniques to photograph a sequence of drawings rather than real people or objects.
synonyms: animated film, animation; More


But then again, going by the definition, you could argue that video games are cartoons too, same with paintings and so on.



outlawauron on 19 October 2013

Anime is a classification of a type of animation. As is cartoon. They're not the same, but neither is inherently worse than the other.



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