Is anime a cartoon?

Today we're gonna be talking about something that many people have been debating for a long time. IS ANIME A CARTOON? Now some people just assume it is and then there's weebs. We'll get offended and they're like anime isn't a cartoon you little ***. D

espite this difference of opinions we 

must stay civil and discuss this like normal human beings we can't get too emotional. There are different arguments and different thoughts on the matter but before we get any deeper we have to define what we mean by cartoon according to Google. The first definition is a simple drawing showing the features of its subjects and a humorously 

exaggerated way especially a satirical 

one in  a newspaper or magazine by that standard anime wouldn't really be a cartoon and then this brings us to the second definition which is a motion 

picture using animation techniques to 

photograph a sequence of drawings rather than real people or objects and when you look at it that way an anime would probably be considered a cartoon it is just a 2d animation from Japan it's not like it counts as something else just because Japanese people drew it. Ah see anime is a cartoon, it's their kids it's for babies no that's impossible anime isn't just for kids. There is lots of content that wouldn't be good for this three-year-old would you like me to show you?

[Applause]

That's the key word to the next 

argument a lot of people get triggered 

when anime is called a cartoon because 

it gives off the vibe that anime is for 

kids and only babies watch anime. For the 

people who call anime cartoon if they 

mean cartoon as in for kids or the same 

thing as any Western animation they are 

quite wrong every time. I watch anime,

 

if you think anime is only for kids just 

watch attack on Titan, JoJo's Bizarre 

Adventure, Akira or a silent voice. At the 

same time it's not all just adult media 

either Shonen likely the biggest genre 

of anime literally means for young boys 

shoujo for young girls and then there's 

anime that really is meant for little 

kids like Doraemon or Pokemon. Saying 

anime is for kids is like saying all 

books are for kids. There's kids books 

and adult books and everything in 

between. You can't judge a whole media 

forum that easily.

 

Brad one of the big aspects of cartoons 

is humor the goal is to entertain the 

audience and make them laugh. There's 

times when a character starts walking in 

midair and then 10 seconds later 

realizes that they're gonna fall. You'll 

have characters die but then come back 

five seconds later that kind of thing 

doesn't happen in Naruto unless you're 

talking about the Edo Tensei. Of course 

some anime have cartoon aspects to them 

and in some way one piece would be 

considered a cartoon because the 

characters literally get hit with things 

that should kill them but somehow 

survived but there is a difference 

between for example one piece and Looney 

Tunes in Looney Tunes. Bugs Bunny gets 

hit with an anvil and he survives and 

then the audience laughs the end in one 

piece 

Sanji gets hit with the same amount of 

force and he survives and the story goes 

on for years while the characters get 

stronger there's lots of emotional 

moments and the whole world expands and 

you know that that's the difference,

 A

nime tackles lots of serious topics and 

handled older content than the average 

American cartoon. It doesn't even have to 

be like super violent or sexual language 

filled or anything like that like 

there's lots of anime that are clean 

technically but also present themselves 

in a more mature or higher art form than 

an episode of Tom Jerry. Don't get me 

wrong I love Tom & Jerry. I grew up with 

it it's much better than some of the 

cartoons these days but it should be 

clear that Tom and Jerry and spirited 

away are different types of animation. E

ven Walt Disney didn't consider his 

movies to be cartoons he would get mad 

when people call a cartoon even if 

that's what they were technically 

because he considered it to be a higher 

art form.

 America 

itself has adult cartoons or more mature 

cartoons 

it's just that majority of them are 

humorous and because of the focus on 

humor. I'll consider shows like Simpsons 

or Rick and Morty to be cartoons. SO AGAIN

 is anime a cartoon? It 

depends on what the person who calls it 

a cartoon means if they mean a form of 

animation then yes anime is a cartoon 

but if they mean it is a funny show for 

little kids with the ridiculous 

exaggerations than they are incorrect. A

nyways I hope 

that kind of cleared things up for 

anyone who's wondering.