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  • zildjian133
    FFR Player
    • May 2003
    • 1138
    #1

    Cartoon or Anime?

    Is dragon ball z/gt a cartoon or anime? Yeah there's a bunch of other cartoons/animes I'd wonder if you people think they're cartoons or anime...
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    • dragon_of_black_flames
      FFR Player
      • Jan 2005
      • 7
      #2
      RE: Cartoon or Anime?

      the dragon ball series' are anime

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        • Corlath
          FFR Player
          • Oct 2004
          • 30
          #3
          RE: Cartoon or Anime?

          ya... anything that origionated from Japan and has been dubbed over.. badly in the case of the DB series... are anime.... Lupin the III is anime.. Family Guy is not anime..... see the difference?
          \"Celebrate comrades, for your friends lay dead, for your families lay slain. Yes, my friends, celebrate, for this moment\'s evil has fallen, and tomorrow\'s looms before us.\"
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          1988-???

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            • jewpinthethird
              (The Fat's Sabobah)
              FFR Music Producer
              • Nov 2002
              • 11711
              #4
              RE: Cartoon or Anime?

              Ugh...

              Its weird. Anime is similar to a rectangle (the shape). A rectangle can also be a classified as a square. Like how and Anime can be classified as a cartoon...but not the other way around.

              So, there isnt really a point to asking if it is an anime or a cartoon since it can be either.

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                • CypherToorima
                  Boss of all bosses
                  • Jul 2003
                  • 2452
                  #5
                  RE: Cartoon or Anime?

                  You got that backwards (I think) A square can be called a rectangle, but a rectangle can't be classified as a square.
                  I'm a figantic gaggot

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                    • Afrobean
                      Admiral in the Red Army
                      • Dec 2003
                      • 13262
                      #6
                      RE: Cartoon or Anime?

                      Guys, anime doesn't specifically mean a Japanese cartoon. Anime, unless I'm mistaken, comes from a combination of East and West. "Anim" comes from Latin, I believe, and it means motion. "E" comes from Japanese, and it means picture. Because of this, anime doesn't mean "japanese cartoon," it is merely the japanese word for cartoon.

                      Therefore, if what I just said is correct, Family Guy is most definitely an anime.

                      EDIT: Cypher, I believe you're correct.

                      EDIT NUMBA 2:
                      Originally posted by etymonline.com
                      anime
                      c.1985, Japanese for "animation," a term that seems to have arisen in the 1970s, apparently based on the Eng. word. Manga (q.v.) is Jap. for "comic book, graphic novel," but anime largely are based on manga and until 1970s, anime were known as manga eiga or "TV manga." The two terms are somewhat confused in Eng.
                      That seems to at least somewhat support what I said. Also, I learned in Japanese class that "eiga" meant movie. Is this right, or would a better term be something like motion picture?

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                        • MetroidPrime
                          FFR Player
                          • Jan 2005
                          • 1
                          #7
                          RE: Cartoon or Anime?

                          But since anime is a japanese word wouldnt it be considered japanese?? right..the japanese probably call family guy a cartoon.

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                            • Afrobean
                              Admiral in the Red Army
                              • Dec 2003
                              • 13262
                              #8
                              RE: Cartoon or Anime?

                              Actually, what I was getting at was that the japanese would refer to Family Guy as anime. And since anime is a Japanese word, that means that if the Japanese say it means "any cartoon" I don't think we should be like "no, it means Japanese cartoons."

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                                • Squeek
                                  let it snow~
                                  • Jan 2004
                                  • 14444
                                  #9
                                  RE: Cartoon or Anime?

                                  The point is that "Anime" has become a term that Americans use to describe cartoon shows from Asia. Nobody would refer to Family Guy or the Simpsons as anime. We have a word for it here and we'll use it to differentiate the two.

                                  ~Squeek

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                                    • CypherToorima
                                      Boss of all bosses
                                      • Jul 2003
                                      • 2452
                                      #10
                                      RE: Cartoon or Anime?

                                      It's like comparing red apples and green apples. Both are apples, they just come from somewhere else than each other.
                                      I'm a figantic gaggot

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                                        • jewpinthethird
                                          (The Fat's Sabobah)
                                          FFR Music Producer
                                          • Nov 2002
                                          • 11711
                                          #11
                                          Re: RE: Cartoon or Anime?

                                          Originally posted by Afrobean
                                          That seems to at least somewhat support what I said. Also, I learned in Japanese class that "eiga" meant movie. Is this right, or would a better term be something like motion picture?
                                          Yes, Eiga is the correct term for movie (or motion picture if you live int the 1930s).

                                          And I always get the "sqaure rectangle" comparison mixed up. Really, I dont care, as long as my point came across.

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                                            • SotN
                                              FFR Player
                                              • Dec 2002
                                              • 1159
                                              #12
                                              RE: Re: RE: Cartoon or Anime?

                                              Conventionally, Anime refers to any series animated in the japanese style (notorious for big eyes, funny hair, exaggerated emotions). It is referred to as Anime in japanese because it comes from the english "animation", through common use by the hardcore fans it became the standard word to refer to animated works in Japanese.

                                              We English speakers borrow the word (taking it back, gogo language) to differentiate between western works and eastern works, so calling Family Guy anime is incorrect on all counts.

                                              What does this mean? An Candadian art studio can produce an anime-inspired work, but it wont be called anime (in English). A korean studio can produce the same thing, but it will be referred to as anime due to not being western.
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                                                • Corlath
                                                  FFR Player
                                                  • Oct 2004
                                                  • 30
                                                  #13
                                                  RE: Re: RE: Cartoon or Anime?

                                                  Exactly sotN.... It's basically east versus west... we classify their cartoons in a different catagory than we classify our own. They just simply have "Cartoons" seeing as they are less "racist" (wrong term, but it gets my point across) towards our cartoons.
                                                  \"Celebrate comrades, for your friends lay dead, for your families lay slain. Yes, my friends, celebrate, for this moment\'s evil has fallen, and tomorrow\'s looms before us.\"
                                                  Me
                                                  1988-???

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                                                    • User6773
                                                      #14
                                                      RE: Re: RE: Cartoon or Anime?

                                                      Anime is the French word for Cartoon. It is not Japanese. That is why there is an accent over the e (not shown here.)

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                                                        • Tsuteto
                                                          FFR Player
                                                          • May 2004
                                                          • 1312
                                                          #15
                                                          RE: Re: RE: Cartoon or Anime?

                                                          Animé. That's how you type it truly. Nonetheless though, animé is just something to describe a specific genre of cartoons. Even then, using the word is still pretty large. I mean, you can break it down to realistic, cartoonish, chibi, etc etc etc. However, it was mostly put here:

                                                          Originally posted by SotN
                                                          What does this mean? An Candadian art studio can produce an anime-inspired work, but it wont be called anime (in English). A korean studio can produce the same thing, but it will be referred to as anime due to not being western.
                                                          God my head hurts too much for this...

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