Anime is not a genra, and this is why. Enough uninformed hatred from both sides.

[Zay-el]

It definitely ain't a "genra", I'll give ya that.

 

[bushwhacker2k]

'Anime' is a Stereotypical generalization of Animation that comes from Japan, nothing more, nothing less.

Pretty much sums it up right there.

What it generally equates to is often subject to who is writing and drawing it, but at a base level, that is what anime is.

 

[Scarim Coral]

To be frank I just use the word "Japanese anime" or "Japanese animation" toward the people who don't know anime or confuse me to referring westen animation.

 

[Cheesepower5]

If The Simpsons and South Park are cartoons, so is anime.

Three very different types of cartoon, but I prefer to have a term I can use to blanket all three anyway. And the word anime is still conveniently there to refer only to Japanimation.

 

[Liberaliter]

Why is this even an issue anyway?

 

[Sutter Cane]

a serious dramatic piece of animation

Anyone else feeling a bit irritated how anime fans seem to believe that anime is superior in every way...

By the way ive seen Anime that cannot be taken seriously at all, and i havent seen anime that i could take seriously, maybe there is some out there, i wouldnt know.

Notice how i avoided actually mentioning anime specifically in my post? There was a reason for that. I was talking about all dramatic animation, not simply anime. I mention this in a follow up post. I don't think anime is superior

 

[joebthegreat]

*yawn* http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/genre

Genre: a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like: the genre of epic poetry; the genre of symphonic music.

Word Origin & History:

genre
1770, from Fr. genre "kind, sort, style," from O.Fr. (see gender). Used especially in Fr. for "independent style," as compared to "landscape, historical," etc.

Basically, any way to categorize your stuff. Usually going to take the form of an adjective.

You have horror animation
You have romantic animation
You have comedic animation

You have "anime" animation
You have "western-cartoon" animation
You have "CGI" animation

You have FPS game
You have RTS game
You have RPG game

and note that nothing prevents something from including all these different styles

You have horror/action "anime" animated RPG game
You have romance/comedy "western-cartoon" graphic novel

If you want to say that Japanese animation has a distinct "style" then you are saying that Japanese animation has a distinct "genre".

Avatar: The Last Airbender is actually a good example of this. It uses the "style" common in Japanese animation, despite being produced in the West. How would you describe that style? "It's anime style"? That is clearly a genre in this case.

Face it, the term "anime" has evolved to be a genre in it's use in the English language. It describes a distinct style of animation, similar to CGI or western-cartoon. What does it even matter?

 

[PhiMed]

~Snip because this is getting stupid~

And I would answer it, if it weren't so poorly phrased as to be incomprehensible. What the hell are you asking there? Is there an actual question in that grammatical quagmire? Static cartoons have been around since at least 1500 B.C., so I'm not really sure what the age of animation has to do with it.

I think that your assertion is that "because they are animations, they cannot be cartoons". I think this is why you gave me an uncited definition of animation (that never uses the word cartoon) as proof that anime are not cartoons. I guess you're saying that animation is older than cartoons, so therefore cartoons are subservient to animation. Either way, you're wrong in just about every way imaginable.

This line of logic reminds me a of a story. Sit down. You might learn something.

When I was in high school, there was a mentally challenged kid with language difficulties who got into a fight. When he was asked why he struck the other child, he said, "because he was lying." They asked him what the other child was lying about, and he said, "That Toyota Camry." You see, the other child had called it a car.

This kid couldn't grasp the concepts of categorical nouns and synonyms. So, to him, it was incomprehensible that the words car, vehicle, ride, sedan, automobile, etc. could describe the same thing. To him, it was a Toyota Camry, and any other name for it was a lie.

You remind me of that kid.

"No, it's not a car! It's a Toyota Camry! Those aren't dolls! They're action figures! It's not a cartoon! It's an animated film!"

Whatever, man. Brush up on your English.

So now you are picking at my post layout? Are you really that petty?
I'm sure I'm not the only one here that can see you digging your own pit of pathetic, leave while you are behind, seriously.[/quote]I think I'm done speaking with you. You continually announce victory after making non-responses with no point whatsoever, and that's just weird.

I'm starting to think you may actually have a mental disability, and that's making me feel bad about engaging you.

 

[Azure Sky]

]I think I'm done speaking with you. You continually announce victory after making non-responses with no point whatsoever, and that's just weird.

I'm starting to think you may actually have a mental disability, and that's making me feel bad about engaging you.

Good, I asked you to leave after your first post, I think it is about time you did.

*yawn* http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/genre

Genre: a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like: the genre of epic poetry; the genre of symphonic music.

Word Origin & History:

genre
1770, from Fr. genre "kind, sort, style," from O.Fr. (see gender). Used especially in Fr. for "independent style," as compared to "landscape, historical," etc.

Basically, any way to categorize your stuff. Usually going to take the form of an adjective.

You have horror animation
You have romantic animation
You have comedic animation

You have "anime" animation
You have "western-cartoon" animation
You have "CGI" animation

You have FPS game
You have RTS game
You have RPG game

and note that nothing prevents something from including all these different styles

You have horror/action "anime" animated RPG game
You have romance/comedy "western-cartoon" graphic novel

If you want to say that Japanese animation has a distinct "style" then you are saying that Japanese animation has a distinct "genre".

Avatar: The Last Airbender is actually a good example of this. It uses the "style" common in Japanese animation, despite being produced in the West. How would you describe that style? "It's anime style"? That is clearly a genre in this case.

Face it, the term "anime" has evolved to be a genre in it's use in the English language. It describes a distinct style of animation, similar to CGI or western-cartoon. What does it even matter?

Yes and no, as most of the archetypical style identifiers are not present in all anime or manga.