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ChaffyExpert (Banned) Feb 2, 2018 @ 6:07pm
What qualifies as Anime?
Can non-Japanese animation made in the style of Japanese anime be considered anime? Alot of these "non Japanese anime" are considered cartoons, but are considered anime by other people. If you do consider non-Japanese animation as anime, what makes it anime? Is it "I will know when i see it" ? Or maybe it counts as anime if it follows the same style.

What are your thoughts?
Last edited by ChaffyExpert; Feb 2, 2018 @ 6:10pm
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ChaffyExpert (Banned) Feb 2, 2018 @ 11:22pm 
Originally posted by HighDesertMike:
Originally posted by Traror:

"Our people are now buying your blue jeans and listening to your pop music. I worry the rest of the world will also succumb to the influence of your culture." comes to mind for some reason.
Traror I guess I didnt realize you were Japanese at first.. Hope I did not offend you.. I really do respect your culture that is thousand years ahead of our 200 year old culture..

Im not.. i was making a Civ 5 joke. Actually it's the other way around, i made this thread because i'm American.
Last edited by ChaffyExpert; Feb 2, 2018 @ 11:23pm
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HOT DOG Feb 2, 2018 @ 11:30pm 
Originally posted by HighDesertMike:
You havent lived until you hang out drinking in Japan at a real karaoke bar they take that stuff serious...
Good Times though!

I've seen the nightlife in Japan on YouTube. I don't know why you would want to be in Japan at a karaoke bar.
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ChaffyExpert (Banned) Feb 2, 2018 @ 11:31pm 
Originally posted by INVISIBLE BRAIN:
Originally posted by HighDesertMike:
You havent lived until you hang out drinking in Japan at a real karaoke bar they take that stuff serious...
Good Times though!

I've seen the nightlife in Japan on YouTube. I don't know why you would want to be in Japan at a karaoke bar.

Ignore the Japan part, Why would you want to be in a karaoke bar at all.
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HighDesertMike Feb 3, 2018 @ 12:00am 
Originally posted by Traror:
Originally posted by INVISIBLE BRAIN:

I've seen the nightlife in Japan on YouTube. I don't know why you would want to be in Japan at a karaoke bar.

Ignore the Japan part, Why would you want to be in a karaoke bar at all.
I guess you wont know until you try it.. Its a lot more fun to be there.. You can't experience life thru YouTube and say you've done it... Seeing it on your computer screen is not like really experiencing it. Just viewing a slice of it...
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Stolas! ❤ Feb 3, 2018 @ 12:10am 
Originally posted by HighDesertMike:
Originally posted by Traror:

Ignore the Japan part, Why would you want to be in a karaoke bar at all.
I guess you wont know until you try it.. Its a lot more fun to be there.. You can't experience life thru YouTube and say you've done it... Seeing it on your computer screen is not like really experiencing it. Just viewing a slice of it...
I just don't like singing near people, its awkward.
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novasunshine Feb 3, 2018 @ 12:12am 
It has to be japanese.
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Dick Fusion Feb 3, 2018 @ 1:22am 
Anything weeaboo
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[FFK3] Trovaa Feb 3, 2018 @ 1:30am 
Originally posted by Fusion:
Anything weeaboo
pretty sure ramyeon isn't an anime
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hedy Feb 3, 2018 @ 1:37am 
Anime is japanese cartoons. So
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Violeta Feb 3, 2018 @ 1:39am 
If its not created, at least in some small part in japan it is fake anime aka not anime. And only the uneducated or the unhonorable would call it anime.
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Hannah Nelson! Feb 3, 2018 @ 2:05am 
Anime in essence is a cachall phrase for japanese. As in, "those plushes look realy anime(japanese)" , "i dont speak anime(japanese)" , that drawing is anime(japanese) as ♥♥♥♥.
It carries the connotation of japanese animation style and the general strangeness of japan to westerm cultures. Thus it is used in that context and not others where japanese is meant Ex: "USSR stronk remove suishi(japanese)".

So in summary anime is a vague term with no solid definition. Not to mention if it acctualy does there is about 0 chance we will arive a meaningfull conclusion on steam off topic.
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Mikasa Ackerman Feb 3, 2018 @ 2:35am 
by definition , Anime has to be an animation ( since anime is short for animēshon)
generally people mean cartoons that come from japan or have the other anime characteristics like the drawing style (the new maya the bee series is 100% anime for example , not a cartoon)

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Xero_Daxter Feb 3, 2018 @ 2:50am 
If it's made in Japan then it's anime. There are a lot of American Anime-Style Cartoons like "The Boondocks".

We wouldn't call Manga, Comics. It still technically is though but Manga is basically Japanese Comics. And we wouldn't call Comics, American Manga, wouldn't we? Lol.
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Saturday Ex-Wife Vibes Feb 3, 2018 @ 4:24am 
Simply looking at the artstyle.
and Japanese dub.
Last edited by Saturday Ex-Wife Vibes; Feb 3, 2018 @ 4:24am
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ChaffyExpert (Banned) Feb 3, 2018 @ 8:12am 
Originally posted by Xero_Daxter:
If it's made in Japan then it's anime. There are a lot of American Anime-Style Cartoons like "The Boondocks".

We wouldn't call Manga, Comics. It still technically is though but Manga is basically Japanese Comics. And we wouldn't call Comics, American Manga, wouldn't we? Lol.

Actually, Amerimanga is a real term.

Some people don't like it because of "discrimintion". I find it better than just calling it comics, at least the term recognizes it as a subgenre.
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