Should Anime Only Be Anime If It Was Made In Japan????

[Krie]

Should you have to be from Japan or print a comic in japan to even consider it under the title of a ANIME/ MANGA????

 

[Jaymes]

"Anime" is just one of those funny shortened words the Japanese seem to be so fond of; simply short for "animation". Manga's literally "whimsical pictures", so I imagine some of the more morbid or adult artists would have a small fit if they saw their things being categorized in stores under a word associated with children's comics. There's another word that slips my mind that refers specifically to the adult comics.

Woo, tangent.

Given the association of anime and manga as specifically from Japan, I'd say yes. It'd be a bit of false advertising to say something's anime or manga and not have it be from Japan. Besides, why would someone need to use Japanese words when there are already words for comics and animation in their language? We have grpahic novels, animated films, animated series, it's manhwa in Korean... and so on and so forth.

 

[Krie]

that is very true.
However i wish to publish my own sort of "Manga" i classify it as such b/c i use that type of drawing in the comic. So therefore, why can it not be classified as a Manga????

 

[Jaymes]

I'd say simply because it's not. Manga's specifically Japanese.

Would you classify Snow White as anime? The early anime artists of Japan looked to Disney at the time and imitated their style. But since Snow White is thoroughly not made in Japan, it's not anime.

 

[Krie]

but that is not drawn in the manga style. there are different styles such as Chibi, Manga, and the original american type like the one of your beloved Snow White

 

[Bastion]

Well I think you could label it as manga.. If you use the style the Japanese do. Their are distinct differences between the styles of animation in America and Japan. Perhaps if you use Japan's style you can create your own.
example..
If you take a foreign restaurant for example. They make Japanese food... It is made in the way the Japanese culture would make it, it does not neccesarily have to be a Japanese cook. But all in all.. It is called Japanese food because of the way it is cooked, served, etc.. So would it not be Japanese food? Just because it was made in America is not a good reason to say it is not Japanese food!

I have no idea where I am going with this now.. I hope it makes sense because it does not make sense to me anymore.. :highfive:

Oh and. I love you babeh! <3 ^_^

 

[nutshell]

I think, today, anime has transcended what it orginally was and has become an actual style that may be imitated around the world. So, yes, I think you can have anime outside Japan, but there is only one, true original anime - and that's from Japan.

 

[Jaymes]

I think you're kind of missing my point. In the 40s, anime artists in Japan imitated Disney's animation style. To my knowledge, even though it resembled the style, they didn't call it Disney-style or American-style animation, simply because it wasn't. It was made in Japan by Japanese people who had been influenced by Japanese culture their entire lives.

Similarly, while some comics and cartoon shows in other countries are imitating the various anime and manga styles, they shouldn't be called anime and manga any more than anime and manga should be called graphic novels or cartoons.

I'm gonna go ahead and move this to the debate section, since it's not staying a discussion.

 

[Krie]

what i am saying is if you draw in a certain style then that is what you should classify it by. Maybe back then it was but now if you look at it it is filed under the american style not the Japanese style i feel bad if they claim that sucky animation type either way.

 

[Ori]

Nope, bth Malaysia and Korea have made Anime.

 

[Jaymes]

what i am saying is if you draw in a certain style then that is what you should classify it by. Maybe back then it was but now if you look at it it is filed under the american style not the Japanese style i feel bad if they claim that sucky animation type either way.

What?

Nope, bth Malaysia and Korea have made Anime.

Do they or we classify it as anime? If they do, is it because they've shortened the English word for "animation", or are they claiming it's similar to the Japanese animation?

 

[Ðanisty]

[/color][/b]Do they or we classify it as anime? If they do, is it because they've shortened the English word for "animation", or are they claiming it's similar to the Japanese animation?

Not sure on that one, but what I can tell you is that it is marketed and distributed to the U.S. as anime. I've bought "anime" at the "anime section" of Best Buy and similar stores that wasn't made in Japan.

 

[Ori]

[/color][/b]What?Do they or we classify it as anime? If they do, is it because they've shortened the English word for "animation", or are they claiming it's similar to the Japanese animation?

Well they have based it on Anime and sold it as Anime, so I think the debt to Japanese animation is quite substantial.

 

[Unedited]

But wouldn't Snow White be anime to a Japanese person? Isn't anime, in Japan, just anything that's animated? The English for cartoons?

It seems to me, that the words 'anime' and 'manga' were brought in to the English language to separate the Japanese style from the American style, so if you're drawing in Japanese style, call it manga. If you call it a 'comic,' then all the manga-loving people are going to pass over it, and the comic-loving people who look at it will be disappointed, leaving you only with those odd people who love both. (Who knew someone could actually enjoy a graphic novel based on content, and not souly on style?)

 

[Booko]

Should you have to be from Japan or print a comic in japan to even consider it under the title of a ANIME/ MANGA????

Is that like saying you have to be from the U.S. to call your music "Jazz"?

 

[Ody]

Personally i don't care due to the fact I HATE anime!

 

[Booko]

Personally i don't care due to the fact I HATE anime!

I used to, but then when I think of anime what comes to mind is SPEED RACER and DRAGONBALL Z.

But my kids sat the old bag down and made her watch Advent Children a few months ago (the Japanese version with subtitles) and it's nothing like that other crap.

 

[DeadVegas]

You have to watch the right anime for it to be entertaining.

On topic, Anime has become it's own style. If you make it in Anime style, it's Anime. The Japanese food analogy worked well.

 

[finalfrogo]

Should you have to be from Japan or print a comic in japan to even consider it under the title of a ANIME/ MANGA????

No. Anime is just a style that happens to originate in Japan.

Wait, anime is just the animation. Manga is the style right? Doesn't the modern term for anime mean animation using the manga style?