American Anime

[ShunNakamura]

Can people read? I heard illiteracy was striking our shores but I thought it was a hit and miss thing... not super conclusive. I do not like having to requote myself because someone misreads.

Now as a note, I got no problem with people who use the word anime to refer to all forms of animation(since I see it as a viable use of it), however, it IS defined as japanese style animation. Meaning any who use it that way are well within being right and shouldn't have the 'purists' trying to shove them around. Their use is just as right as the 'purists'(and actually in this region that is the correct usage; however, the internet breaks down region barriers so I could care less who's culture you use when using words, just make sure others know what you mean).

It wasn't an issue til people tried to say that I was wrong for using the original, inclusive definition.

And I believe you were the first one to say someone was wrong for using it to refer specifically to animation from japan.

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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What it sounds like to me is you were saying they were wrong.(if you would have just kept it with the first paragraph, it likely would have been fine since you were mention how another culture uses it)

What I am saying is that the ENGLISH use of the word(and this is easy to proof until you present an official english source that says the dictionary is wrong when it concerns the english usage of the word) is "style of animation developed in japan".

They are right with the use of the word. You are using a non-standard(when concerning english) use of the word. Doesn't make you wrong, unless you try to claim that is the english use.