06-19-2003, 02:05 PM
Time to put my nose in this discussion 
kakomu:
I'm sorry to say, but your lack of respect for anime makes me wonder ... "anime are cartoons...Just made in Japan." ... I mean come on ...
General:
When i hear somebody dare to say that at work, i make a fist & get ready to sucker punsh them
It's my beleef that when somebody claims that anime = cartoon's, that those people are "Un-Educated". I'm sorry ...
Most people in the U.S. think that way, what i find a shame. The reason why i hate it when people compare anime with cartoon is becouse they are BOTH 2 DIFFEREND genre's.
Cartoon:
* Aimed at U.S. small children (lets face it, there are not many "adult" cartoon's out there).
* Most of the time some supper hero/group, kicking evil.
* A more fixed drawing style
Anime:
* Aimed at a age groep van children to adults.
* A hugh mix of story line's, from drama, action, to comedy & historical settings, and about everything in between.
* Same here, a more fixed drawing style, but a lot differende from the U.S. version's. The hugh eye's, hair etc ...
I can go on with this a while, but you get the point ( I dont want to wast my entire evening with posting a list that will be read by 5 people or so) ...These are 2 DIFFEREND genre's. Yes, in Japane they use the words Anime like Cartoon. But here come's the kicker: In Japan (95%) most of the cartoon's are what we label Anime. By it's own definition & nature, it's a genre by itself.
The same effect can be seen in the U.S., where most dumb people will call Anime Cartoon. This is becouse they are grown up with a 95% U.S. Cartoon drawing style (en plot).
A lot of people when they are exposed to Anime, see the difference, and called it by it's right name... Anime ...
Tell me how many U.S. Cartoon shows have the same level of dept that Anime has ... not many ... If there are so many show in the U.S. like that, why does my "drawn" dvd collection contain 99% Anime.
You can call it "Elitism" what we Anime fans do, some will call us nerde's becouse we like Anime, and becouse we call Anime ... Anime ... But they can't deny (yes they can, but they are dumb ) that Anime has more to offer then the Cartoon version's ... And i will say it again, Anime is a genre by itself. People who think otherwise have been brainwashed by to many US cartoon's
kakomu:
I'm sorry to say, but your lack of respect for anime makes me wonder ... "anime are cartoons...Just made in Japan." ... I mean come on ...
General:
When i hear somebody dare to say that at work, i make a fist & get ready to sucker punsh them
It's my beleef that when somebody claims that anime = cartoon's, that those people are "Un-Educated". I'm sorry ...
Most people in the U.S. think that way, what i find a shame. The reason why i hate it when people compare anime with cartoon is becouse they are BOTH 2 DIFFEREND genre's.
Cartoon:
* Aimed at U.S. small children (lets face it, there are not many "adult" cartoon's out there).
* Most of the time some supper hero/group, kicking evil.
* A more fixed drawing style
Anime:
* Aimed at a age groep van children to adults.
* A hugh mix of story line's, from drama, action, to comedy & historical settings, and about everything in between.
* Same here, a more fixed drawing style, but a lot differende from the U.S. version's. The hugh eye's, hair etc ...
I can go on with this a while, but you get the point ( I dont want to wast my entire evening with posting a list that will be read by 5 people or so) ...These are 2 DIFFEREND genre's. Yes, in Japane they use the words Anime like Cartoon. But here come's the kicker: In Japan (95%) most of the cartoon's are what we label Anime. By it's own definition & nature, it's a genre by itself.
The same effect can be seen in the U.S., where most dumb people will call Anime Cartoon. This is becouse they are grown up with a 95% U.S. Cartoon drawing style (en plot).
A lot of people when they are exposed to Anime, see the difference, and called it by it's right name... Anime ...
Tell me how many U.S. Cartoon shows have the same level of dept that Anime has ... not many ... If there are so many show in the U.S. like that, why does my "drawn" dvd collection contain 99% Anime.
You can call it "Elitism" what we Anime fans do, some will call us nerde's becouse we like Anime, and becouse we call Anime ... Anime ... But they can't deny (yes they can, but they are dumb
) that Anime has more to offer then the Cartoon version's ... And i will say it again, Anime is a genre by itself. People who think otherwise have been brainwashed by to many US cartoon's