Anime Can you really call it anime when...

[Jahjahwarrior17]

I just wanna add something real quick here...Manga is a Japanese word, it means comic...if you were to say show a Japanese an American comic, like Spiderman or something...isn't it safe to say that he would call it manga because it is a comic

Oh and a side note...I really only liked the 2nd renaissance in the Animatrix because it kind of gives you a view on how the Matrix was started

[Otaku America]

[COLOR=Navy]This is a really great topic and one that I would like to have a word in. I believe there a few people out there who aren't Japanese, but are aspiring anime creators. Saying a person has to be Japanese to create anime is just a blind generalization IMHO. Seriously does a person have to be an American just to create a wrestling show? I don't think so.

Take Big O for example which is based on Batman: The Animated Series. It looks like a cartoon but people recognize this as an anime.

Another example would be Teen Titans. It has everything a traditional anime would have, deformed character expressions, stylized animation, etc. People are mixed up on this one, they don't know if it's a cartoon or an anime.

To me these are perfect examples of cultural cross-fertilizations. Big O mixing with western elements and Teen Titans mixing with eastern elements.

I think what makes an anime are its cultural references and or differences. Batman could be anime to Europe, Teen Titans could be anime to Japan , Totally Spies could be anime to America. [/COLOR]

[animebitch01]

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erm isn't it just a drawing style.
i'm confused what are you people on about if it a japanese thing or not. would you guys rather if it kept by the japanese. :animestun
japan may have made this style of drawing, but that doesn't mean we can't use it. and what would you call your original anime, if the style is anime but you ain't japanese. it doesn't make sense.
i respect that you guys have lot of appreciation for the japanese but still i seem to get the view that you guys feel that the japanese is a higher status than us non- japanese. Have anyone seen peach girl (made by an american) published by tokyopop and christopher hart's book on how to draw manga (alos an american) and both are in the catogory of anime.
yes japanese artist often draw better quality of anime but of someone anonymous put in this great anime art, and then you found out he's non- japanese, would you say it is then.
let's remember the japanese has shown the world of anime to the world passively, so they would expect that in time there will be other talented artist that are non-japanese.
yah?!?/

and yes they really did copy from the american cartoon style!