Poll of the Day > I do not say anime, I say Japanese cartoon.

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It's what they are.
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i just say cartoon
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Yes, anime are Japanese cartoons. Why use an extra two syllables, though? Cars are internal combustion-powered transportation devices, do you use the latter term over "car"?
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Why even subdivide this that far? They are just cartoons.

i just call everything anime. since it's shorter.
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I say Japanese cartoon if talking to a normie or anime otherwise.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KqF9G_DQls

I dont care what you do you seem bad
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Ok bro
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You can call it what you want, but every extra syllable used is time you could spend talking about how great Lucky Star is.


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When talking about western cartoons, I call them westime.
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What's the meaning behind "cartoon"?
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I don't say burgers. I say hamburgers
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Whether I say something is anime or a cartoon depends on how it's laid out. If you can more or less watch episodes in any order and not be missing anything, it's a cartoon. If you have to watch them in the established sequence to be able to keep track of what's going on, it's anime.
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Talon5967 posted...

Whether I say something is anime or a cartoon depends on how it's laid out. If you can more or less watch episodes in any order and not be missing anything, it's a cartoon. If you have to watch them in the established sequence to be able to keep track of what's going on, it's anime.

There are animes that aren't in chronological order. And there are American cartoons that are in chronological order
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JOExHIGASHI posted...

Talon5967 posted...

Whether I say something is anime or a cartoon depends on how it's laid out. If you can more or less watch episodes in any order and not be missing anything, it's a cartoon. If you have to watch them in the established sequence to be able to keep track of what's going on, it's anime.

There are animes that aren't in chronological order. And there are American cartoons that are in chronological order

for me it was always about the style like if japan put out a cartoon that looked like family guy, I wouldn't call it anime. where as i've called avatar the last airbender an anime because to me it fits the overall style without being from japan. (least I heard it wasn't made in japan or even asia)
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How new and interesting. Are you this month's gimmick poster?
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Considering that anime is just a Japanese word for hand drawn/computer animation, if you actually go by definition the terms are mostly interchangeable outside of using cartoon to refer to non-animated works.

I say japanese cartoons

I also say comics instead of manga