Originally Posted by
Ryushikaze
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?
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