How come some people think American Cartoons rule over Anime? ((Please read description))?

Question

I'm not saying Anime rules over American cartoons either, but why do people think it's so horrible? Is it because its Japanese?
Are people using Anime so they can be racist?

Answer 1

people will use anything to be prejudice, i like both, anime for action, american for comedy.

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Answer 2

Don't know... Maybe because

1) Peers- if their friends don't like it and say it's un-cool, they have a higher chance of not watching it.
2) Parents- some parents think it's too violent and has adult content, so they don't allow their children to watch it (some does but not all).
3) Religion- In some people’s faith they think fantasy is evil so, therefore anime is evil.
4) Cartoons- I have met people that can’t connect to it. They can't see anime as anything other then cartoons (drawings) so they can’t accept it. Not being able understand or perceive it because they can’t get past that it is cartoons.
5) Little to No imagination- some people don’t understand the concepts of fantasy and loves realism, so therefore they can’t understand them because they “make no sense.” (Note: they are the ones that watch the show and say, “That can’t happen!” or “Its makes no sense at all!” or “There is no such thing as magic!”) They can’t use their imagination because they focus on the realistic world.
6) Other people don’t like Japan, for one reason or another and refuses to buy or watch anything from there.
7) Culture barrier- some people have a hard time understanding the Japanese culture.

Answer 3

There's no such thing as American anime and no such thing as Japanese cartoons. Cartoons = America Anime = Japan. Now, I do have to agree that most cartoons suck nowadays with the exception of a few, like Regular Show, MLP:FiM and sometimes Family Guy and The Simpsons. I have not seen Gravity Falls or other popular cartoons except the ones I listed. As for anime, some sucks and some is good, just like cartoons. I don't think you can really generalize, since its such a broad spectrum.

Answer 4

It's just a matter of taste. I personally hate manga and anime because it generally has NO basis upon which I can base a reference for personal experience. Some random city full of people and the good people have a big robot, and the bad people have a big robot AND a big space ship... OR Some half cat guy hangs out with a bunch of pre-pubescent teens and has a GIGANTIC sword, but don't get him angry or else he might become more cat than man, which is apparently a bad thing, etc...
American cartoons tend not to stray so far into utter random nonsense, and have something like a sitcom structure, with which American audiences are generally more comfortable watching.

Answer 5

I think it's the art sometimes, compared to an old warner brothers cartoon alot of Anime is very poorly animated, which is the same with alot of modern cartoons. Lack of facial expresions is what bothers me alot. FLCL was one that wasn't boring to watch, but stuff like that full metal or that Hack sign show are very dull artisticly.

Answer 6

Truely I like Full metal Alchemist and JL unlimited, so think anime and American animation are both cool

Answer 7

because they like cartoon more than anime..or maybe they love their country and would like to support them.personally i dont think cartoon rule over anime and vice versa.i like them both but love anime and manga.i believe this is their culture..i mean cartoon is around them when they were child...and ppl love to memorize old thing...so,they like cartoon more than anime and wont accept anime is better than cartoon....so they keep on saying something bad about anime.

Answer 8

I love anime and manga!!!!!!!!! I love Fruits Basket! I think people are being racist. They don't want to accept that japan is good at animation and if i say so myself better at it then american cartoonist. no offense!!!

Answer 9

because a lot of times it doesn't make any sense, or its about hamsters, they say stupid things and now-a-days they are like taking over saturday mornings. i miss the variety of the saturday morning cartoon shows of old. especially X-men that was a good show.

Answer 10

I love anime and american comics! They're different and you have to respect both types of art for what they are