Has there ever been an American anime?

Anlushac11 · Post by **Anlushac11** » Sat May 31, 2003 9:43 pm

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Has there ever been an American attempt to do a anime style animated feature?

I know we have Disney and some of the cartoons but has any Amercican company attempted to do a series or film where they attempted to copy the Japanese style?

Was just curious.

borpii · Post by **borpii** » Sat May 31, 2003 10:10 pm

Even if they did I don't think it would be considered 'anime', but just a really nicely drawn cartoon. 'Anime' is short for 'Japanimation' so ours would be something like 'Americamation', huh?

jasper-isis · Post by **jasper-isis** » Sat May 31, 2003 10:14 pm

Dementia 7 Studio made D7 Peacemaker. It looks like they're planning to have an OAV and three theatrical release. The first DVD is already out.

Warpwind · Post by **Warpwind** » Sat May 31, 2003 10:16 pm

actually i think "anime" is a french word meaning animation (duh!) I've no idea of the origin of it's current use though

as to the topic..
I'm not aware of any american productions of anime, they seem happy to rip up japanease releases and turn then into watered down dubbed kiddy verisons.
I have seen a couple comic companies try their hand at manga... Darkhorse springs to mind .. but other than that
*shrugs*

jasper-isis · Post by **jasper-isis** » Sat May 31, 2003 10:16 pm

*Studios
**releases

Having trouble with plurals tonight...

aaronlye · Post by **aaronlye** » Sat May 31, 2003 10:51 pm

Anime (properly pronounced ah-nee-may) is merely a truncation of the English word 'animation' transformed into Japanese katakana 'a-ni-me-sha-n'. Because the full word is presumably too lengthy by Japanese standards (just like how the German word for 'moonlighting/freelance work' gets transformed into 'arubaito' in Japanese, then truncated into 'baito' to mean the same thing), it gets shortened into 'anime'.

As for the question - has there been any American anime? If you go by Japanese standards, the answer is a resounding 'yes'. Why? To the Japanese, "American anime" is the stuff that comes out from Disney and Dreamworks and whoever else does the stuff. Just look at any of the Japanese anime magazines (particularly Animage), and you'll see that whenever they cover an American cartoon that gets dubbed in Japanese and released in theatres, they refer to it as 'anime' as well, without making any distinction. Case in point, if you have the March 2003 issue of Animage, turn to page 106 and look for the box story on "Lilo and Stitch", and you'll see that the first line is pretty much translates into "Disney's new anime 'Lilo & Stitch'"

FirestormXIII · Post by **FirestormXIII** » Sat May 31, 2003 10:57 pm

Urban Visions, which did the drop-dead gorgeous looking Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, is located in America. In Los Angeles, if I'm not mistaken.

TheRealNeoHentaiMaster · Post by **TheRealNeoHentaiMaster** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 6:07 am

Urban Visions is just a Distributor, they didnt actually animate it. Vampire Hunter D Blood Lust was animated by Mad House studios, the best animation company ever, and its located in Japan.

gambitt · Post by **gambitt** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 6:45 am

But only did an American dub which confuses everybody.

borpii · Post by **borpii** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 3:12 pm

aaronlye wrote:Anime (properly pronounced ah-nee-may) is merely a truncation of the English word 'animation' transformed into Japanese katakana 'a-ni-me-sha-n'. Because the full word is presumably too lengthy by Japanese standards (just like how the German word for 'moonlighting/freelance work' gets transformed into 'arubaito' in Japanese, then truncated into 'baito' to mean the same thing), it gets shortened into 'anime'.

As for the question - has there been any American anime? If you go by Japanese standards, the answer is a resounding 'yes'. Why? To the Japanese, "American anime" is the stuff that comes out from Disney and Dreamworks and whoever else does the stuff. Just look at any of the Japanese anime magazines (particularly Animage), and you'll see that whenever they cover an American cartoon that gets dubbed in Japanese and released in theatres, they refer to it as 'anime' as well, without making any distinction. Case in point, if you have the March 2003 issue of Animage, turn to page 106 and look for the box story on "Lilo and Stitch", and you'll see that the first line is pretty much translates into "Disney's new anime 'Lilo & Stitch'"

Cool

I wonder if they obsess over our stuff like we do theirs? I admire people that know things like this, ya know.