what is anime?

[tripletres]

k guys. i know what anime is, otherwise i probably wouldnt be here. but i want to know what are the requirements that is needed to be an anime, because in the USA, there are a lot of cartoons that i wouldnt call anime. so what is needed? does it need to be drawn? have a story line? come from a manga? what?

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[leerock89]

Hhhmm for me I can just tell the difference between a cartoon and an anime by watching them. I mean look at the cartoon out now, ben 10, KND, Johnny Test. Then go take a look at Dragonball Bleach or Naruto and you see a difference in style and quality. And cartoons tend to be really really stupid.

[Rincewind]

If you ask me minimum requirements are : original speach japaneese , silly eyes , more expression in pictures than language , those strange expressions and ? hmm cant figure up more ,lol

[tripletres]

Hhhmm for me I can just tell the difference between a cartoon and an anime by watching them. I mean look at the cartoon out now, ben 10, KND, Johnny Test. Then go take a look at Dragonball Bleach or Naruto and you see a difference in style and quality. And cartoons tend to be really really stupid.
i think you may think im comparing the two, but im not. i want to know what anime needs to be called anime. i no that cartoons are stupid. they are in a complete different league than anime.

[quietchat]

Anime, generally a style that relies on a higher complexity of animation compared to traditional cartoons, with each detail of motion being much more smooth than instead of the sudden movements or squirmy style presented ina normal cartoon. Anime is also trademarked through the eyes, being expressive in any way, and having an elongated oval shape up and down. Another common occurance of anime is that the lines used to express when a person is defined, the outline, is almost non-existant or very thin, while cartoons have very easily determined outlines on every object, with exception being to the scenery which has no interation about it.

[Mugen]

I always go by the rule 'If it's an animated cartoon created in Japan, it's anime'.

[sousuke]

anime is just basically cartoons from japan.

[Magicbird]

Anime deals more with the way the person looks, a lot of details. While cartoons mostly deal with scenery[ i think]

[quietchat]

I forgot to mention a couple other things in my explanation.

Anime usually will have a re-occuring theme or plot throughout it's episodes, for example in Trigun the main character is focused mainly on finding his brother. Eureka Seven is rebellion against the state, so on. Each of the episodes have a direct connection, or a similar connection, between every episode.

With cartoons, the plot lasts as long as the episode, which in some cases may only amount to 10 minutes an episode. Only rarely will there be a re-occurance, but even this is usually restricted to a special, for example Rugrats and it's multi-part Christmas episodes.

[Unknown]

"If you do a search on 'what is anime' or 'anime introduction' using a web search engine, you'll find tons of links and descriptions. What I am going to do here is to sum them up. So, what is anime? Anime is the most common word used by fans to refer to Japanese Animation.

Is anime the same as cartoon? Technically yes, however for anime fans, anime is not cartoon. See the definition above, anime refers to Japanese animation. So, the rule of thumb is as simple as: if it's not originated from Japan then it's not an anime (while the contrary is not true).

People usually think that anime is the animated version of japanese comic (manga). While in most cases this is true, however, not all anime is based on manga. For example, some anime are based on video games like Sakura Taisen and Tales of Eternia."

http://animenfo.com/anime101.php

[MelBrooks]

I forgot to mention a couple other things in my explanation.

Anime usually will have a re-occuring theme or plot throughout it's episodes, for example in Trigun the main character is focused mainly on finding his brother. Eureka Seven is rebellion against the state, so on. Each of the episodes have a direct connection, or a similar connection, between every episode.

With cartoons, the plot lasts as long as the episode, which in some cases may only amount to 10 minutes an episode. Only rarely will there be a re-occurance, but even this is usually restricted to a special, for example Rugrats and it's multi-part Christmas episodes.

so true so true

[quietchat]

What do you consider for Samurai Jack or Powerpuff Girls then, which were obviously meant to replicate the style but were developed in the U.S.?

[Unknown]

What do you consider for Samurai Jack or Powerpuff Girls then, which were obviously meant to replicate the style but were developed in the U.S.?

Wannabe anime?
Or weeaboo creators?

[quietchat]

Doesn't really matter, they are considered anime.

[Unknown]

Anime...Animation..hmm

[sousuke]

i was right!!!

[fayt]

Well I never really thought of this but I think a a cartoon doesn't really have the "THINGS" an anime has.For example Ben 10 doesn't make any sense like why the aliens just appear all of a sudden(no offense to the ppl who like) and Naruto has an a reason why the ppl did this in like almost every episode.
(I think)

[MelBrooks]

What do you consider for Samurai Jack or Powerpuff Girls then, which were obviously meant to replicate the style but were developed in the U.S.?

i guess there both cartoons but Samurai Jack is cool i rank it a semi-anime

[sousuke]

i thought samurai jack originated from japan