Is Avatar: The Last Airbender an anime?
Yes!
69.2%
435
No!
30.8%
194
629 votes
| I was suprised to see that MAL does not have Avatar: The Last Airbender in it's database. I'm sure this debate has been done to death on this site, so I'm just looking to see whether there's agreement on the AD forums one way or the other. Feel free to start debating it though if you feel like it. Just to be sure; this is about the series that aired on TV in the US from 2005 - 2008 (and by extension sequel), not about the movie which obviously is not an anime. |
AcaRoosterDec 17, 2017 8:55 AM
| All Dubs must die! "Its 2017 and anime is still legal. What the fuck is congress doing" - Totalbiscuit |
| I dont think of it as a anime. i cant really explain why i just dont |
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| I'm pretty sure it's not in the database because it was produced in the USA. For me anime refers to animated shows from Japan, so I don't think of Avatar as an anime. |
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Mirai said: I'm pretty sure it's not in the database because it was produced in the USA. For me anime refers to animated shows from Japan, so I don't think of Avatar as an anime. But there are non Japanese shows on this site though. https://myanimelist.net/anime/33926/Quanzhi_Gaoshou?q=avata Is Chinese, for example. |
| All Dubs must die! "Its 2017 and anime is still legal. What the fuck is congress doing" - Totalbiscuit |
| Here in MAL, only Korean, Chinese and Japanese animation works are accepted so I guess we have to stick with that. Avatar is not an Anime. |
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| No it certainly is not an anime (just like how RWBY and Cory in the House isn't anime) |
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| Alright, it seems that there's basically unanimity on AD with regards to this (so far, I'm the only one who's voted yes). I'm surprised. Well, my question has been answered. |
| All Dubs must die! "Its 2017 and anime is still legal. What the fuck is congress doing" - Totalbiscuit |
| If Avatar is an anime Scooby Doo is one too. |
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| Why are Cory in the House and Seinfield not on MAL? Would break it to #1 and #2 |
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| The only think that prevents it being qualified as an anime, is fact that it wasn't made in Japan. Still, it was so heavily inspired by anime, I think it deserves MAL entry. Especially, because there is quite a few non-japanese anime on the database already. |
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| It hasn't been produced in japan therefore it's not an anime. |
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| No. It's an American cartoon. I hope it answered your question. |
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| Yes it is. Avatar the Last Air Bender is actually anime. |
| It's not Japanese, or asian for that matter so it isn't anime. |
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| Don't consider it much an anime. I mean it's fine if you do and though it's story can work to that of anime story telling it has a very "western" appeal to it. I knew somebody was going to link this. |
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| If Boondocks isn't anime, Avatar sure as hell ain't |
| No No No Stay away from me filthy nickelodeon pleb. |
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Troll12345678966 said: Where is the «i dont give half a shit» option. Its an awsome serie, if its anime or not doesnt matter, in still gonna love the shit out of it! Nobody ever gives a damn about anything, nothing ever matters. It's all just fun and games anyway. Its just fun to hear what/how people think of something sometimes, is all. |
| All Dubs must die! "Its 2017 and anime is still legal. What the fuck is congress doing" - Totalbiscuit |
NihilisticLoner said: Anime literally means animation, so yes, Avatar IS an anime: https://kotaku.com/what-anime-means-1689582070 http://www.japanesewithanime.com/2016/08/anime-meaning.html By Panagiotes Koutelidakes https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-word-anime-mean Ey, don't bring you bait into my thread! Make your own as you're wont to do! |
| All Dubs must die! "Its 2017 and anime is still legal. What the fuck is congress doing" - Totalbiscuit |
| Who cares? It isn't like there is a rule that anime is better than other animated works, like cartoons. Avatar is better than 99% of anime. So why chain to a platform which is regarded as infamously as anime when it is better for avatar to not be an anime. Just call it a cartoon and you can still compare it to anime if you want. If you want to get technical, it isn't an anime only due to how the majority of the world views the word anime to mean cartoons from japan. However, if it looks like an anime, sounds like an anime, and feels like an anime, call it anime if you want to. |
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| Not to the standards of this sites database ... but apparently pingu is.. |
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| What kind of question is this Avatar is the best anime ever made |
 "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." |
NihilisticLoner said: Anime literally means animation, so yes, Avatar IS an anime In west anime is defined as japanese animation tho. I have seen the video but I can't remember most of it, what were his reasons for considering it an anime again? |
| 1) Anime is a Japanese colloquialism that is directly referring to animation. Avatar is anime to the Japanese and to us Gaijin. 2) Anime is animation that must be produced in Japan. Avatar is an American cartoon. There is also Korean and Chinese made anime which would not fill option 2. Option 1 is better as it is more encompassing in nature. |
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| I don't know if I like this kind of threads or the "who are the next big 3???" threads more. |
| Objectively Speaking it isn't and never will be but of course special snowflakes are free to believe in it being anime just like some people believe in an old, beared man in the sky. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
I used to think it does, sometimes to me it doesn’t. More often then not though, I get more confused the harder and deeper I think about it. |
| Thread locked Similar threads have been made countless times, use the search function for more detailed reasons on why it isn't considered an anime. |
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