Actually, anime was adopted from the French word for the English word of animation. Strange how that worked out, but ya...if you've seen Kaena: The Prophecy then that's got an anime-like atmosphere. True it was made in France, but it's similar to the 3D animation of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within...only main difference is that they were made in different regions of the world. And then there are the animations here in America where they actually can't be considered anime. One example can be Britney and Mr. Whiskers. I've never been the biggest fan of a lot of America's new animated shows because they lack a lot of things that the old American shows had. Especially in plot...or moral. So, whenever I find an anime on I'm thrilled because it has the elements that an animation should have.cholinms wrote:I don't know if this makes any difference ,but the reason that it's called anime is because there is no word for animation or cartoons in Japanese.
They adopted the American word for it, just as the English language borrows from almost every known language in the world. Therefor Anime literaly means something that is animated. Whether it's CG, 2D hand drawn, or a combination of live-action with iether one, shouldn't make a difference.
An "Is this anime?" sticky
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Actually, I believe the general consensus is that anime is short from animeeshon and loaned from English.tinkerbell185 wrote:Actually, anime was adopted from the French word for the English word of animation.cholinms wrote:They adopted the American word for it, just as the English language borrows from almost every known language in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime#Terminology
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