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Anime is popular with the youth these days, and that obviously leads studios to creating anime-esque shows to capitalize on the success. The simple solution is to not watch crap American animation, and watch the few good shows that are out there. Invader Zim was fantastic, as ed metioned, and I'm sure there's still SOME good American animated shows out there. As Kishi also pointed out, it's not like all Japanese animation is good, either.
How many of you guys are defining 'good anime' by the fact that it comes from your beloved Japan?
I do define good anime as anime coming from Japan. I also define bad anime as coming from Japan.
Because anime comes from Japan.
Amen, ed. Invader Zim was brilliant.Quote:
Originally Posted by edczxcvbnm
Brilliant! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryűkishi
I miss Invader Zim...
Technically, I don't define it as Anime because it's not Japanese artists or based in Japan. It's usually crap. So I still look at them as american cartoons trying to do better, but can't. Nothing can match the quality that Anime is.
Don't smurfing get me started on the crapola that Totally Spies! is. That needs to just die.
American anime? All anime is, is a type of animation. Americans call this cartoons and Japanese call it anime. There is no such thing as American anime. Just as there is no such thing as Japanese cartoons.
Yeah but Japanese animation has... certain qualities and unique plots and all that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiny
Totally Spies is totally tubular!
Totally Spies is a complete puddle of piss on our beloved television.
American and Japanese have different animation styles mostly; I'll give you that. But, the only thing that defines something as anime is that it comes from Japan. The biggest misconception people make is that it's anime if it has a certain style.Quote:
Originally Posted by feona17
:p Yeah but you've got to admit that anime is pretty different from something such as... Superman or Care Bears. You get a different feel from 'cartoons' and 'anime'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiny
At Shiny: Actually, that's not true. Bugs Bunny is Anime, to the japanese. 'Anime' is a truncuation of 'Animation', and they use it to refer to Japanese, American, Canadian, etc. animation, noting the difference as 'Nihongo no anime' or 'America no anime'.
The only thing that makes anime is that someone is describing it as such.
Of course, I don't dissaprove of using it as an identifying name, provided two things are done-
1- You do not treat it like it's a style. It isn't. And shame on you for thinking that.
2- You also use similar locale terminology to refer to Korean, French, and other animations and comics. No special status for the Japanese, ya hear?
At Feona: No. I don't. Because trying to use EITHER Superman OR Care bears as a litmus test for american cartoons is like using DBZ or Hamtaro as a litmus for Japanese cartoons.
-_- Sorry there buddy. So you're saying that anime is just an abbreviation, therefore making this whole thread pointless?