An "Is this anime?" sticky

quadir · Post by **quadir** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:14 pm

Scintilla wrote:2004 - Toshifumi Takizawa directs "<a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... 7">Samurai 7</a>", animated by Studio Gonzo, produced in high definition at a cost of $300K per episode
1985 - Austrian rock singer Falco records "Rock Me Amadeus"!

funniest thing I've read on the forums. For those who don't get the joke, this fanfilm set to the song will help you a great deal.

quadir · Post by **quadir** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:17 pm

quadir wrote:this fanfilm set to the song will help you a great deal.

Er, not quiete, but pretty similar, sorry about that, I jumped the gun. Same concept.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 4:44 pm

The fact is, what the site considers anime is not a clear cut black and white issue, and I highly doubt that it ever will be. So why SHOULD it be? They decide on a case to case basis, and I think thats perfectly fine. You see, this actually allows for actual THOUGHT to be put into allowing certain things. If you make a clear cut set of rules defining anime, then I bet a large majority of you would end up pissed because something that otherwise should have been included will end up falling on the wrong side of the line.

Its just like those assinine zero tolerance policies in schools these days. When you try to make something thats inherrantly gray into something black and white, everyone loses.

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:40 pm

I like the idea of an easily accessible list of existing anime as put forward by TJ. Other items not on the list can be added when it becomes present.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:28 pm

Lyrs wrote:I like the idea of an easily accessible list of existing anime as put forward by TJ. Other items not on the list can be added when it becomes present.

Yea.

Think of it this way, in a really doubtful case, someone might actually make an AMV thinking they can upload it here, only to get to the actual uploading stage to suddenly discover that they can't.

Having an up-front list of anime might actually warn a few of those cases in advance. Of course, I'm under no illusion this will suddenly stop people from making non-anime videos and then getting pissed that they weren't allowed to upload or had them deleted; but it might save a bit of extra headache for some, and, if anything, give the administration a higher moral ground when someone comes whining about being denied - and you could just pull a "Well, you should've looked here before you started", thereby offloading all blame to them for failing to obtain easily-accessible info beforehand.

Good suggestion.

quadir · Post by **quadir** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 3:11 pm

Zarxrax wrote:Its just like those assinine zero tolerance policies in schools these days. When you try to make something thats inherrantly gray into something black and white, everyone loses.

He's not asking for a stronger or clearer stance on what is and isnt anime. He seems to want that LIST of animes that are in the database, and those marked as not allowed, to be more publicly accecible (then on your top fav, and upload video). So you can check it seperatly before you make a vid you want to upload here.

YouTube · Post by **derobert** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:41 am

dokool wrote:The difference? If you buy a bottle from the US instead of from France, it's called sparkling wine.

Outside the EU, I think it's normally called champagne...

What does the EU's attempts to get around international law on fair trade have to do with the definition of anime?

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 4:54 am

derobert wrote:
dokool wrote:The difference? If you buy a bottle from the US instead of from France, it's called sparkling wine.
Outside the EU, I think it's normally called champagne...

What does the EU's attempts to get around international law on fair trade have to do with the definition of anime?

As far as I know (and again, I'm not an expert at this), different countries in the EU have name protection over specialty foods made in their region, to protect their country's heritage or something along those lines.

Anyway, it seemed relevant at the time. Sure, it's not like Japan is going around threatening to sue anyone who claims that, say, Teen Titans is anime, but it provides a historical precident... of sorts.

cholinms · Post by **cholinms** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:15 pm

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.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:16 pm

Over there, yes.

Over here, no.

I think that difference should be sufficiently clear.