apparently this is a very touche topic on this site, and I don't know why, but the c word (cartoon) is more offensive than the other c word. regardless, recent events have brought about this post to all of my fellow Japanese lovers out there. so, in a nut shell, Japan calls everything animated, either as animated, animation or cartoons, it's the western world, outside of Japan, that took it upon themselves to call it anime, meaning animation from Japan. now, with that stated, on this site we have something called non-anime, it's a tag Non-Anime referring to all material that is not from Japan, so it reads:
Tagged under Source Materials.
A collection of tags, gathering characters and series that are not (co-)managed by Asian studios.
The series/characters listed here MUST:
- have an Asian component in their franchises (e.g. the character Wolverine also appears in an anime series produced by
the Japanese studio Madhouse)
OR
- have anime-styled artwork submitted to Minitokyo (e.g. Elsa from the animated Disney movie
"Frozen").
We do not accept tags for characters/series that to do not fulfill either one or both of the conditions listed above.
It is preferable to create series tags rather than character tags, especially for series with few submissions.
Also see: Disney Characters.
with that stated Miraculous Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug ), as I'm picking that as random because when I saw it appear it is a French cgi whereas it isn't traditional animation but rather cgi, but it's listed as non-anime, there's also Disney. not to mention the newest Canada/American animation (cartoon) called Castlevania which just appeared on netflix, even netflix themselves is calling it anime. is it because it has that similar art style? thus, when the art style fits therefor that makes it anime and not animation? what if Disney, then wouldn't that be anime from America or are they cartoons? or what of Korea animation, China animation so is this anime or cartoons? in retrospect, a lot of people who watch animation in Japan are children, when you reach adulthood and still watching it you have become an official outcast. in Japan the parents/guardians will bully their children if they catch them watching animation, playing video games or engaging in anything else which might interfere with their studies.
now, the point behind this post, when does it become anime, because of the art style or because of location? and what do you call it, this is a hostile free zone, you will not be attacked because you call it anime, cartoons, animation and the likes, just trying to pull a poll from the group on your stance on the whole thing. I see no big deal myself, but some people are different. this is a hostile free zone, there will be no personal attacks to one or another, this is a polite conversation and discussion situation for the group Japanese Lovers, so that we can gather our minds and discuss cultures, even those who reside in other cultures because I know this is a world wide site, not just a site from America even though this site we type in English. so, please, gather around and let's have an idle conversation regarding something that has been in existence since the late 1800s.
