Quit bringing up the Big O, it's the only argument I've heard whenever I argue how there's no industry for anime in North America at the moment. Every time, I get the same answer, "Well, look at Big O, that was partially influenced by North America." It's like Xbox owners who constantly use Halo or KOTOR as reasons why Xbox is so much better than PS2.
Big O was an awful series, and it's second season seemed to have been made in half-hearted commitment. It's an awful example of how Americans can influence anime. Now, if North American viewers can influence something as large as the proper conclusion of Rurouni Kenshin series with the addition of the Enishi arc, now THAT would be quite significant of an achivement, as Kenshin was incredibly successful in Japan.
Transformers is NOT an anime, as it was created by Hasbro. However, there have been times where Japanese studios obtained the license to create various anime series of it. Fundamentally, at its very root, it is NOT an anime, since the original series was American-originated (though many credit its creation due to the overwhelming popularity of the Macross-ripped Robotech's transforming planes).
Note that in a traditional sense, an 'anime' is normally reserved for series where it's creation and animation is Japanese in origin. Many series these days use Korean animators (cause they're cheaper than Japanese) to work on parts of various scenes in anime. However, using cheaper labor often means a loss in consistency and quality of animation at times, so it's still limitedly used. Just because a series is partially made in a French studio doesn't make it any less of an anime, UNLESS its director and/or creator is non-Japanese. Then you have something like Cybersix, which was Japanese animated and even directed at times, but was created and scripted by non-Japanese.
Mantis421, my comments were merely to correct your previous statements, not to ridicule you. Either I correct you, or the next person who notices your mistake will. And also, Full Metal Alchemist has been licensed already by Funimation (nooo....the bastards), so it should see release sometime this year or early next.
Big O was an awful series, and it's second season seemed to have been made in half-hearted commitment. It's an awful example of how Americans can influence anime. Now, if North American viewers can influence something as large as the proper conclusion of Rurouni Kenshin series with the addition of the Enishi arc, now THAT would be quite significant of an achivement, as Kenshin was incredibly successful in Japan.
Transformers is NOT an anime, as it was created by Hasbro. However, there have been times where Japanese studios obtained the license to create various anime series of it. Fundamentally, at its very root, it is NOT an anime, since the original series was American-originated (though many credit its creation due to the overwhelming popularity of the Macross-ripped Robotech's transforming planes).
Note that in a traditional sense, an 'anime' is normally reserved for series where it's creation and animation is Japanese in origin. Many series these days use Korean animators (cause they're cheaper than Japanese) to work on parts of various scenes in anime. However, using cheaper labor often means a loss in consistency and quality of animation at times, so it's still limitedly used. Just because a series is partially made in a French studio doesn't make it any less of an anime, UNLESS its director and/or creator is non-Japanese. Then you have something like Cybersix, which was Japanese animated and even directed at times, but was created and scripted by non-Japanese.
Mantis421, my comments were merely to correct your previous statements, not to ridicule you. Either I correct you, or the next person who notices your mistake will. And also, Full Metal Alchemist has been licensed already by Funimation (nooo....the bastards), so it should see release sometime this year or early next.