ShadowSoldier said:
Gahars said:
ShadowSoldier said:
Gahars said:
Seriously, I hate it when people use that definition, because there's really no truth to it. They are still both cartoons; calling either one a "cartoon" doesn't mean it's somehow inferior.
I'm going to keep using that definition. And who said anything about it being inferior?
Because that's the obvious implication; that using the word "cartoon" is somehow demeaning, and must be avoided at all costs.
Saying, "They're not cartoons, they're
anime!" just comes off as pretentious and elitist.
Wow. Cartoon isn't demeaning at all. Umm, hello, ACME cartoons. Anything but bad. It's different art styles. Like I said, every Anime I've watched, has one big story. Fullmetal Alchemist, Dragonball Z (I find it has a better continuous story than Dragonball), Chobits just to name a few. And I compare them to what I see on TV, The Simpsons and all the other shows I listed don't have a continuous story. They make references sure, but it's not part of a story.
Hence the term
implication; it's the message people send when they argue that eastern animation isn't in the same category as "cartoons".
And it seems like you're just stereotyping animation from two different regions based off of an incorrect assumption; not every piece of eastern animation is DBZ, Chobits, or Fullmetal Alchemist, and all American animation is not the Simpsons.
And going by style, that's like saying a novel written with sparse description and a novel written with purple prose are somehow not both novels, but belong in entirely different categorizations. Animation is the same way; different regions may animate with different styles, but in the end, they are both still animation, which makes them cartoons.