Why call it anime?

[Fluufy]

They're literally just cartoons. Why do animated shows from an abnormal country get a special label? At the end of the day they're pretty much the same as any American show.

I also commend the one artist / studio that gets hired to work on every cartoon there.

[King Of Nothing]

To refer to the fact that they are cartoons from Japan, simple as that. There are some people who may get mad at calling them cartoons, but it's not my case.

[Radene]

Convention.

I secretly think the true intention is to rustle people's jimmies.

[Duckilous]

I suppose they called it "anime" to make it easier to refer to Japanese cartoons or artstyle.

[Hireath]

In my native country, The word Cartoon don't exist, So they both are called Animations !

Cartoon is a word that is used by the one who invented it !

[SpaceyMatt]

It was a plot originally for them to take over America. It worked a little only. :D

[zongivila]

Fancy word for saying cartoons

[Stellar Fox]

They cant call it cartoons because its just underage sexso they called it anime

[King Of Nothing]

Stellar fox님이 먼저 게시:

They cant call it cartoons because its just underage sexso they called it anime

Just say that you want free replies at this point.

[Duckilous]

Stellar fox님이 먼저 게시:

They cant call it cartoons because its just underage sexso they called it anime

Please tell me you don't seriously thought anime = hentai/loli.

[shoopy]

Fluufy님이 먼저 게시:

They're literally just cartoons. Why do animated shows from an abnormal country get a special label? At the end of the day they're pretty much the same as any American show. :Horse:

I also commend the one artist / studio that gets hired to work on every cartoon there. :dogface:

How do people know anime when they see it, before somebody tells them?

[Crystal Sharrd]

Because it's the Japanese word for cartoon, taken from animé, the French word for animated, as they originally didn't have a word for it.

[Waryth]

Blame Japan for coining the term "Anime" (A-ni-me) instead of cartoon (ka-ru-tuun).

Those are just syllables written in roumaji and saying karutuun in Japanese is already complicated to them especially pronouncing the letter R.

This is how it all started therefore to make it specific, Japanese cartoons are called anime.

[Lusus Symphonia]

I'm happy they have a different name for the form of inferior animation compared to things such as "The Avatar" which is the best cartoon I've seen.

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[Radene]

Red Monk님이 먼저 게시:

I'm happy they have a different name for the form of inferior animation compared to things such as "The Avatar" which is the best cartoon I've seen.

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Hey...Legend of Korra was the one and only time when the characters I was shipping from day one actually became the official couple :D

[WERElektro]

"abnormal country"...
well... yeah.... ehhhhh.nope.