" wrote:RustyClaymore 11:27 - Ah yes, Socks is the single raindrop responsible for the flood. XD
AnimeGirl (post: 1379565) wrote:They're actually making a LIVE action of this, looks cool, it's just called "The Last Airbender" (I need to see the cartoon XD). I'm not really sure what to say about this (especially since my bro and I are working on an anime, and not being Japanese, does that mean it's not an anime? ????), so I guess my vote is: I'm lost..... XD
Fish and Chips (post: 1379532) wrote:No, it shouldn't.
I'm not really up on Avatar. I know what it is, I can recognize it, though I couldn't tell you much about it. However, I think its dangerous to apply labels to a medium like that.
One of the reasons I enjoy Anime as a medium is because it's not really held down by anything. There are no necessary genre conventions, it's a concept more than a style. The problem is the minute you start to label things by what they appear to be, you limit what they can be. Why would you think Avatar is Anime? Because it carries certain Anime sentiments? If so, then you're confining Anime within those sentiments. Is it because of the art style? Is Anime even one art style? There are certain characteristics prevalent in Anime, yes, like there are in anything, but they shouldn't define it. A mystery will usually have a murder and a murderer, but a murder and murderer isn't necessarily a mystery.
Avatar isn't Anime. It's ours, which is very much the same thing, but is also different in its own way. It's just as problematic to associate it with Japanese animation as it is to disassociate it with American animation.
Sheol777 (post: 1379761) wrote:I tend to agree with Roy Mustang.
Avatar is most definitely not anime. That being said, it is one of the greatest american cartoons to ever be made. It has a great story and .....I could go on.
A decent definition of anime I hard once was 'japanese cartoons made for japanese people'
Etoh*the*Greato (post: 1379817) wrote:By that definition, the Big O's second season would not be Anime as it was merely made by Japanese people but was not, in fact, intended for Japanese audiences.
Fish and Chips (post: 1379532) wrote:No, it shouldn't.
I'm not really up on Avatar. I know what it is, I can recognize it, though I couldn't tell you much about it. However, I think its dangerous to apply labels to a medium like that.
One of the reasons I enjoy Anime as a medium is because it's not really held down by anything. There are no necessary genre conventions, it's a concept more than a style. The problem is the minute you start to label things by what they appear to be, you limit what they can be. Why would you think Avatar is Anime? Because it carries certain Anime sentiments? If so, then you're confining Anime within those sentiments. Is it because of the art style? Is Anime even one art style? There are certain characteristics prevalent in Anime, yes, like there are in anything, but they shouldn't define it. A mystery will usually have a murder and a murderer, but a murder and murderer isn't necessarily a mystery.
Avatar isn't Anime. It's ours, which is very much the same thing, but is also different in its own way. It's just as problematic to associate it with Japanese animation as it is to disassociate it with American animation.
ScalpelFactory wrote:It's not made in Japan, therefore not anime.
Blitz wrote:Frankly, as long as it's got big, saucery eyes, I'm gonna call it Anime no matter what anyone else thinks.
My point is once you reduce defining something to one thing, you make it that one thing, and hinder its ability to be or become anything more. Yes, certain artistic trends and styles exist in Anime, but if you're going to classify something as Anime because the art style looks the same, it becomes entirely about the art style. By that logic any Manga that borrows heavily from Western art is An American or European comic, and any Anime a cartoon.Yamamaya (post: 1382291) wrote:But there is a notable difference between Japanese animation and American animation in art style. Even though there is a great diversity of art styles in anime, you can still recognize it as anime.
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