Anyone here watches Samurai Jack

bloodyfang · Post by **bloodyfang** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 8:19 pm

kthulhu wrote:Hehehehe..... I bet there is one Japan based animation forum where the members argue over American cartoons and how they should be called.

Member 1: Scooby-Doo is animation to the Gaijins, and anime to us!
Member 2: Scooby-Doo is anime all around!
Member 3: Scooby-Doo is animation to us and anime to the Gaijins!
Member 4: Scooby-Doo is the suxxors!
Member 5: I like the Jetsons.

kthulhu there is always an antithesis

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 8:23 pm

I agree with Nick. The de facto thought that pops up in most Western peoples' heads when they hear "anime" is "Japanese Animation", as well as an image of Speed Racer, a mecha, or La Blue Girl

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It's kind of a moot argument though, since many East and West animation companies will off load some of the drawing work to Korean studios. I know "The Simpsons" does this, and they even mentioned Asian outsourcing in the episode about the "Itchy And Scratchy" movie. Japan, being even closer to Korea, probably does this also.

dokidoki · Post by **dokidoki** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 8:24 pm

From one of my "old forum" posts...

10 print "Anime is JAPANESE animation! Look it up!"
15 print "In Japan, 'anime' can refer to American animation too."
20 print "But we're not in Japan!"
25 print "Being made in Japan doesn't always make it better."
30 print "What about Japan/other country co-productions?"
35 print "Shut up!"
40 print "Screw you, hippie!"
45 goto 10

leathelanime · Post by **leathelanime** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 8:31 pm

Well good ole Nick flamed me.....And yes it IS anime....geez if they meant for it to be "Japanese Animation" why didnt they name it "Japanime" or some other bugged shit like that...But its all Anime (Animation for short) to me and thats final...

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 8:36 pm

you know it is possible for a word to have 2 meanings or defenitions.

FirestormXIII · Post by **FirestormXIII** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 8:45 pm

leathelanime wrote:....geez if they meant for it to be "Japanese Animation" why didnt they name it "Japanime" or some other bugged shit like that...

Actually this was the case for a while, until anime became the popular term.
Japanimation, anyone?

leathelanime · Post by **leathelanime** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 8:46 pm

I know that....But Anime (or animation)Isnt just created in japan.....Its created all over the world.

bloodyfang · Post by **bloodyfang** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 8:47 pm

aaaagggghhh don't call it that firestorm

leathelanime · Post by **leathelanime** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 8:56 pm

I remember that name...

Gatsthedarksword · Post by **Gatsthedarksword** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 9:07 pm

bah, anime is japenes animation in my opinion it doesn't make something good or bad, while i would never glorify any american animation by calling it anime when to me it's not. i get anoyed at people who just call anything anime i believe they need to know a little about it to call it their favorite show. spongebob sgaurepants is a hilaroius show but it's not an anime. this question is mostly personal preferance but i'm sure any die hard fans of anime would never whant the jetsons or some other american toon called an anime. wait thats it it's so simple

Toon= american

anime= japanese

there problem solved