| I'm just curious how the MAL community views this (inspired by a separate thread about ONAs by hohofish). I'm inclined to think that anything else other than Japanese animation is NOT anime, because once you expand that category, where's the dividing line between cartoons (think Pixar, Disney, Cartoon Network) and anime? |
| No it's not. Anime is japanese animation, not east asian animation. >inb4 anime refers to all animation in japanese |
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aiyaiyai said: Does it matter? They will stay here whether you like it or not. If I were you, I'd even start watching some. I watched some, they were terrible, I regretted it. I just don't want them classified together with anime because ... they taint the whole category. |
| Isn't "anime" the way cartoons/animation are called in Japan? Then everything animated is "anime". If by "anime" we mean " Japanese cartoons", then only the Japanese animation should be called "anime". If by "anime" we mean "cartoons in Japanese style", then it doesn't necessarily have to be Japanese animation as long as it is presented in that style. |
| Well every piece of animation can be considered " anime " since anime in Japanese is just " animation " . Disney shit is also anime in Japan . But in the " anime community " anime is considered to be just Japanese animation . |
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1r3n9 said: Isn't "anime" the way cartoons/animation are called in Japan? Then everything animated is "anime". If by "anime" we mean " Japanese cartoons", then only the Japanese animation should be called "anime". If by "anime" we mean "cartoons in Japanese style", then it doesn't necessarily have to be Japanese animation as long as it is presented in that style. I think even in Japan, they don't call foreign animations anime. As for classification by "style", that's an incredibly hard test to apply because even within anime (and I do mean Japanese anime) itself there are so many different styles... It's like how Japanese don't really consider "california maki" a real "sushi". It's some sort of weird emulation and they appreciate emulation is a form of flattery, but they'll never really consider it sushi. |
ShanAsunaMar 7, 2021 6:23 AM
ShanAsuna said: I'm just curious how the MAL community views this (inspired by a separate thread about ONAs by hohofish). I'm inclined to think that anything else other than Japanese animation is NOT anime, because once you expand that category, where's the dividing line between cartoons (think Pixar, Disney, Cartoon Network) and anime? No.Anime are Japanese made/produced cartoons made primarily for a Japanese audience. Chinese and Korean cartoons are not anime. |
| Anime is JP animation so no. Aren't Chinese cartoons called donghua or something? |
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| Doesn't matter. As long as I get to watch good shows, I'm all in. ShanAsuna said: I think even in Japan, they don't call foreign animations anime. They do. They just call it "foreign/overseas anime" |
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| if drawings are moving on a screen, it'a animation. if it's made in japan by animators fed with energy bars and ramen, it's japanese animation. |
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| Anime-styled/influenced animation. Let's use this term more frequently, rather than arguing about the definition of anime. Note: the fact that in Japanese anime = "any kind of animation" is irrelevant when we use that word in another language. |
| In Japan, everything that is animated is anime. Even Shrek is considered an anime there. |
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| technically everything that uses animation is anime, that is what the word means, now it just means asian animation with extra steps. |
Rudolfpikel said: No, they do. It's literally just their word for animation as it's a loan word from English. The rest of the world has since taken anime as its own loan word from Japanese to specifically mean Japanese animation. So broadly, outside of Japan, anime means Japanese animation, but in Japan, anime means any kind of animation, whether that be Kimetsu no Yaiba or Toy Story. https://animeanime.jp/article/2008/02/17/2787.html It seems you're right, that within Japan they just use the word "anime" as a short form for "animation". But the Japanese anime industry seems to be aware of the distinction between "anime" and "animation" adopted overseas and they've adopted it as well, for convenience's sake. It's also stated in the article that they don't consider it a dominant trend, to label productions mimicking the "anime-style" made outside of Japan as "anime". Instead, these productions are generally called "anime-styled animations" |
ShanAsunaMar 7, 2021 7:02 AM
| not really, but it's on myanimelist anyway. might as well watch some of them. |
| No, South Korean and Chinese animation never on my watchlist, No media/music from Korea and China in my watchlist. I don't watch or buy things from anti-japanese countries. |
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howlisbae said: not really, but it's on myanimelist anyway. might as well watch some of them. Ah... well, you might regret it (as I have), just saying. |
| I mean the thing is that animators from Japan/China/Korea frequently collaborate so I don't see why we can't have Chinese or Korean animation here |
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| No, Anime originated in Japan so any cartoon made in Japanese is considered anime, but if it's made anywhere else other than Japan its not Anime. |
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| Nah, Chinese animation isn't anime, they are called donghua. |
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| Yes. Anime is a word literally taken from English, that the Japanese use for animation (anime-tion lmao get it?) So it could be Chinese animation like Soul Land, Japanese like Soul Eater, or Western like Soul, they're all anime in Japan. Catalano said: Fuck lmfaoif it's made in japan by animators fed with energy bars and ramen, it's japanese animation. I feel so bad for the Japanese work culture in general, it sounds so fucking exhausting. |
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| it seems like anime has lost the definition long ago it is not in my opinion but you see the style is highly 'anime' like so they are considered anime |
| No. I don't mind them being on the site but Chinese animation is called donghua. It's its own thing |
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| If you use the term anime anywhere on the internet or in the real world, chances are people are going to think about Japanese cartoons. So to me, anime always refers to Japanese animation. |
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| Well the dictionary definition describes anime as a STYLE of Japanese animation, so I think that what counts as anime is subjective and more than just "this is anime" or "this isn't anime". |
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| If they add Chinese and Korean cartoons they should add American cartoons as well. |
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