| Well, if you talk about anime as a "style" then NO, Avatar: The Last Air Bender is not an anime. It is defined as an anime-influenced cartoon. But if we're talking about anime as a "product", they're all the same. We call western cartoons as anime. We call Korean animation as anime. We call all hand drawn or computer animation as anime. That's just how it is. Stop damn twisting the meaning of anime. That's not cool. |
Flume said: FIREF0X said: Agreed. Avatar is more for adults than it is for kids. smh at the people in this threadlol at people saying Avatar is a children's show. This 'children's show' had more maturity than a lot of animu I've seen that were aimed towards teenagers and adults. +1 Had some really meaningful dialogue, and Aang was a great protoagonist. |
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| I think it's a cartoon because it's not Japanese |
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Hulmy-chan said: People still think anime are cartoons and it's 2014? Yeah, because they are. |
kingcity20 said: Oh for the love of -_- nvm gotta love MAL |
JumpinJackCrash said: this has to be one of the dumbest comment in this thread.. Cartoons aimed at kids and anime aimed at adults? say whaaaaat?Not this again... It's a cartoon because it wasn't made in Japan. Not to mention, Avatar is also aimed at children (like most cartoons). Most anime are for teenagers and adults. |
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| Anime and manga are just Japanese cartoons no matter how you look at it. Tell me how anime and manga are not cartoons. tsudecimo said: Flume said: Agreed. Avatar is more for adults than it is for kids. smh at the people in this thread +1 Had some really meaningful dialogue, and Aang was a great protoagonist. These guys know the deal. You weaboos need to watch some. |
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| Why do people even want it to be lumped in with what many non-Japanese people consider to be Japanese animation? What's wrong with Avatar being "just" a cartoon? I love Archer, The Boondocks, Young Justice, Jem, Teen Titans, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and a lot of other cartoons. They may not be "anime-influenced" (well TT and The Boondocks kinda are, but not a lot) like Avatar. But even if they were, I wouldn't tell people they're not American cartoons. Shit like that just causes confusion. I honestly think it's disrespectful to the creators. Two Americans created a show that was aimed at an American audience, and people want to lump it in with animation from another country, just because it isn't a generic animated comedy series. This is why we can't have nice things. |
| A great cartoon. |
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| Anime are cartoons too,but mindless people will always think cartoon= kids stuff. (High school DxD is also cartoon,but aimed for certain type of people) Anime means japanese animation so they are japanese cartoons,Avatar is just cartoon. I thought this was common knowledge. Rivalrun said: Why do people even want it to be lumped in with what many non-Japanese people consider to be Japanese animation? What's wrong with Avatar being "just" a cartoon? I love Archer, The Boondocks, Young Justice, Jem, Teen Titans, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and a lot of other cartoons. They may not be "anime-influenced" (well TT and The Boondocks kinda are, but not a lot) like Avatar. But even if they were, I wouldn't tell people they're not American cartoons. Shit like that just causes confusion. I honestly think it's disrespectful to the creators. Two Americans created a show that was aimed at an American audience, and people want to lump it in with animation from another country, just because it isn't a generic animated comedy series. This is why we can't have nice things. +1 |
kawaii-despair said: +2Anime are cartoons too,but mindless people will always think cartoon= kids stuff. (High school DxD is also cartoon,but aimed for certain type of people) Anime means japanese animation so they are japanese cartoons,Avatar is just cartoon. I thought this was common knowledge. Rivalrun said: Why do people even want it to be lumped in with what many non-Japanese people consider to be Japanese animation? What's wrong with Avatar being "just" a cartoon? I love Archer, The Boondocks, Young Justice, Jem, Teen Titans, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and a lot of other cartoons. They may not be "anime-influenced" (well TT and The Boondocks kinda are, but not a lot) like Avatar. But even if they were, I wouldn't tell people they're not American cartoons. Shit like that just causes confusion. I honestly think it's disrespectful to the creators. Two Americans created a show that was aimed at an American audience, and people want to lump it in with animation from another country, just because it isn't a generic animated comedy series. This is why we can't have nice things. +1 |
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| Avatar isn't an anime since it was made in America. |
| no it's a children's cartoon like spongebob |
| Ok, lets try to put it in a category. It is a serious Cartoon that was inspired by Japanese animation style. Good enough? |
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Milk_is_Special said: Ok, lets try to put it in a category. It is a serious Cartoon that was inspired by Japanese animation style. Good enough? They already have that category. It's called anime influenced animation. |
X3blizzard said: RedRoseFring said: all anime are cartoons but not all cartoons are anime, so saying cartoons are animes is wrongSo.....basically cartoons. So....anime are cartoons, and cartoons are anime. |
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Drunk_Samurai said: Ok, the its in that category.Milk_is_Special said: Ok, lets try to put it in a category. It is a serious Cartoon that was inspired by Japanese animation style. Good enough? They already have that category. It's called anime influenced animation. |
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Rivalrun said: Why do people even want it to be lumped in with what many non-Japanese people consider to be Japanese animation? What's wrong with Avatar being "just" a cartoon? I love Archer, The Boondocks, Young Justice, Jem, Teen Titans, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and a lot of other cartoons. They may not be "anime-influenced" (well TT and The Boondocks kinda are, but not a lot) like Avatar. But even if they were, I wouldn't tell people they're not American cartoons. Shit like that just causes confusion. I honestly think it's disrespectful to the creators. Two Americans created a show that was aimed at an American audience, and people want to lump it in with animation from another country, just because it isn't a generic animated comedy series. This is why we can't have nice things. Rumours say that Boondocks was inspired by Samurai Champloo. But yeah, +3. |
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Milk_is_Special said: Why don't we separate anime by tone too? It's animation that was influenced by anime, everyone accepts that so it's redundant. This topic is about whether it's an anime.Ok, lets try to put it in a category. It is a serious Cartoon that was inspired by Japanese animation style. Good enough? |
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M3k4toku said: Rivalrun said: Why do people even want it to be lumped in with what many non-Japanese people consider to be Japanese animation? What's wrong with Avatar being "just" a cartoon? I love Archer, The Boondocks, Young Justice, Jem, Teen Titans, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and a lot of other cartoons. They may not be "anime-influenced" (well TT and The Boondocks kinda are, but not a lot) like Avatar. But even if they were, I wouldn't tell people they're not American cartoons. Shit like that just causes confusion. I honestly think it's disrespectful to the creators. Two Americans created a show that was aimed at an American audience, and people want to lump it in with animation from another country, just because it isn't a generic animated comedy series. This is why we can't have nice things. Rumours say that Boondocks was inspired by Samurai Champloo. But yeah, +3. Boondocks started 8 years before Samurai Champloo, as a comic. |
Clymenus said: It's a cartoon that's better than a lot of anime. |
Clymenus said: It's a cartoon that's better than a lot of anime. Yep, and I also thought it's an anime for a long period of time haha |
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Rance-sama said: M3k4toku said: Rumours say that Boondocks was inspired by Samurai Champloo. But yeah, +3. Boondocks started 8 years before Samurai Champloo, as a comic. Oh really? It must of been the opposite then. Or maybe it might of been inspired by Bebop, not so sure. |
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Sxsxarael said: You see people, in Japan, the term "anime" refers to all forms of animation from around the world. But you westerners, for simplicity's sake, strictly view anime as an animation product from Japan. And here you are arguing what Avatar is. It's a damn anime, cartoon, korean animation, it's all of the above. /thread |
ibrahim2712 said: You mean all of the ones next to this.Sxsxarael said: You see people, in Japan, the term "anime" refers to all forms of animation from around the world. But you westerners, for simplicity's sake, strictly view anime as an animation product from Japan. And here you are arguing what Avatar is. It's a damn anime, cartoon, korean animation, it's all of the above. /thread |
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| Thread locked We have seen many Avatar threads before and they always end badly with trolls taking over. Anime by Defenition is a style of animation made in Japan, Avatar was made in the United States and therefore is not an anime. Thread locked to avoid it from going out of hand and for being a duplicate. |
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