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This is the nomination thread for the weekly featured anime thread!
Nominate series here! I will leave this thread up for 96 hours, and I will throw all suggestions into a poll that will also stay up for 96 hours. The only requirements as of this second are that the series not be hentai, is not illegal, and will not otherwise put PC in hot water. I do reserve the right to strike series from candidacy if I feel it fits that last criteria.
...umm, Boku Dake ga Inai Machi. If I'm only supposed to nominate ongoing seasonal shows. If not, then Gintama (2015) [with that degree symbol at the end or whatever lol].
...umm, Boku Dake ga Inai Machi. If I'm only supposed to nominate ongoing seasonal shows. If not, then Gintama (2015) [with that degree symbol at the end or whatever lol].
You can nominate from any season or any franchise that has an anime as long as it doesn't violate the 3 rules in the first post. I'm nominating Yuru Yuri, myself.
Eh, I say keep it. I wouldn't even say it's anime-styled save for the surface aesthetics (excluding how the characters act or move), but as long as we don't get bombarded by Western Cartoons it shouldn't be a problem.
Eh, I say keep it. I wouldn't even say it's anime-styled save for the surface aesthetics (excluding how the characters act or move), but as long as we don't get bombarded by Western Cartoons it shouldn't be a problem.
I think he's referring more to the other part of the comment "any show that shows 60% animation, even american" rather than RWBY specifically. I definitely wouldn't want that. RWBY is fine though. :p
Eh, I say keep it. I wouldn't even say it's anime-styled save for the surface aesthetics (excluding how the characters act or move), but as long as we don't get bombarded by Western Cartoons it shouldn't be a problem.
I think he's referring more to the other part of the comment "any show that shows 60% animation, even american" rather than RWBY specifically. I definitely wouldn't want that. RWBY is fine though. :p
The following is my opinion. It is difficult to define what an anime is because the subject is broad. Anime can be used to describe anything that has been animated, because anime is an abbreviation for animation. Anime was not a word in the American English vocabulary until about 1987 where reporters stopped using the word Japanimation which was used to describe animation created in Japan. The reason for the switch from Japanimation to anime was because Japanimation was determined to be a racial slur. To this day I still have friends who refer to animation created in Japan as Japanimation. I am also told a number of animated shows targeted to an English speaking audience. I do not have any concrete evidence but as I'm also told its cheaper to animate over seas I certainly believe it. Boondocks and Animatrix are the first anime to make me aware of this. While I believe animated shows, and film targeted towards a Japanese audience have better quality in terms of characters and story. It is important to give credit when credit is due to any animated show or film regardless of the targeted audience or country of origin.
RWBY's origins are the internet as are One-Punch Man's.
Warning Stupid Rant that I was going to delete but thought it could be worth posting. Take the following with a grain of salt if you chose to read.
Spoiler:
I'm going to do my best to not have any fallacies, or spark debates, or make accusatory arguments.
In japan anything that has animation is anime. They do not have two seperate words for the genre. In my day to day life I interchange the words anime, and cartoon fluidly. When I was a child I called Sailor Moon, Thundercats, Voltron, Dragon Ball, Transformers, Pokemon, Digimon, Card Captor Sakura, G.I. Joe, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Street Racer, Robotech, Cowboy Bebop, Slayers as cartoons. Other people may have called those shows an archaic word now, Japanimation. Which is now called Anime.
I wish I could find more concrete evidence, but I'm told a lot of American Cartoons are animated over in Asia such as The Boondocks, Jem, Some of Batman The Animated Series (which is really good by the way)
Or what about non-Asian works that appear on anime streaming websites like Code Lyoko (which I thought was an anime when I knew what anime was), Samurai Jack, Teen Titans. Totally Spies makes its way on Streaming Sites. Steven Universe, Avatar (possibly the start of all this controversy)
A few English Shows are dubbed into Japanese. My Little Pony, and RWBY quickly come to mind. Rwby was also given a manga in JP. Star Wars was also given a Manga.
How do we even classify Panty & Stocking, and Aku No Hana?
The following is my opinion. It is difficult to define what an anime is because the subject is broad. Anime can be used to describe anything that has been animated, because anime is an abbreviation for animation. Anime was not a word in the American English vocabulary until about 1987 where reporters stopped using the word Japanimation which was used to describe animation created in Japan. The reason for the switch from Japanimation to anime was because Japanimation was determined to be a racial slur. To this day I still have friends who refer to animation created in Japan as Japanimation. I am also told a number of animated shows targeted to an English speaking audience. I do not have any concrete evidence but as I'm also told its cheaper to animate over seas I certainly believe it. Boondocks and Animatrix are the first anime to make me aware of this. While I believe animated shows, and film targeted towards a Japanese audience have better quality in terms of characters and story. It is important to give credit when credit is due to any animated show or film regardless of the targeted audience or country of origin.
RWBY's origins are the internet as are One-Punch Man's.
Warning Stupid Rant that I was going to delete but thought it could be worth posting. Take the following with a grain of salt if you chose to read.
Spoiler:
I'm going to do my best to not have any fallacies, or spark debates, or make accusatory arguments.
In japan anything that has animation is anime. They do not have two seperate words for the genre. In my day to day life I interchange the words anime, and cartoon fluidly. When I was a child I called Sailor Moon, Thundercats, Voltron, Dragon Ball, Transformers, Pokemon, Digimon, Card Captor Sakura, G.I. Joe, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Street Racer, Robotech, Cowboy Bebop, Slayers as cartoons. Other people may have called those shows an archaic word now, Japanimation. Which is now called Anime.
I wish I could find more concrete evidence, but I'm told a lot of American Cartoons are animated over in Asia such as The Boondocks, Jem, Some of Batman The Animated Series (which is really good by the way)
Or what about non-Asian works that appear on anime streaming websites like Code Lyoko (which I thought was an anime when I knew what anime was), Samurai Jack, Teen Titans. Totally Spies makes its way on Streaming Sites. Steven Universe, Avatar (possibly the start of all this controversy)
A few English Shows are dubbed into Japanese. My Little Pony, and RWBY quickly come to mind. Rwby was also given a manga in JP. Star Wars was also given a Manga.
How do we even classify Panty & Stocking, and Aku No Hana?
I'm using the consensus English definition, which applies to anything originally produced by a Japanese studio. Anime isn't a style of animation. Otherwise, Disney works could be called Anime, as the huge expressive eyes of early Disney works have inspired the modern huge and expressive eyes that are all over modern Japanese animation.
Boondocks, while fantastically animated, is produced by an American studio. Plain and simple.
But anyway, could you create a thread on this topic you wish to continue? I'd do it but I'm posting on my phone right now.
Not really.
Anime as an abbreviation of animation is Japan-only thing.
On the internet and the west, anime is what is used instead of, what you even mentioned, Japanimation. that is, describing animation that comes from Japan.
A few English Shows are dubbed into Japanese. My Little Pony, and RWBY quickly come to mind. Rwby was also given a manga in JP. Star Wars was also given a Manga.
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