what's the different between cartoon and anime?

Question

because cartoon is gay just like sponge bob and anime rocks just like naruto?

Answer 1

anime is japanese. Ameranime is America's attempt at anime. Cartoons are 100% bull crap. (Except for American Dragon & Avatar) =D

Answer 2

Fundamentally, there is no difference.

But if we start peeling back the layers, we see that, in American cartoons, producers almost always have a target demographic in mind, usually children. A few rare exceptions, of course. My brother will not let his kids watch "Family Guy" or 'South Park".

Japanese anime tends to offer better quality in its animation overall. And while some producers will target a demographic age, it doesn't necessarily mean that a spillover will not occur. A good example of this phenomenon is Sailor Moon. At first glance, you would think that it's targeted at young girls. However, the intricate storyline and character development brings appeal across the board. Young boys and some adults have become regular viewers of Sailor Moon, although I believe some will hesitate to admitting to it, even among their like-minded peers.

I could go on and on, but I don't want to turn this into a graduate thesis. I hope that what I provided here helps, though.

Answer 3

ooooohhhhhh man.
This question is very good one. One in fact that I asked myself many times a few years ago! Cartoons are animations made in the US! Anime is a japanese word that means animated cartoon in english, but to the japanese, anime is an animation that is a mix of the many types of television shows. Comedy/action/drama/etc. People like me, otakus, are very sensitive about this subject. Like More Cowbell! and Zyura Koizumi said, we can go on for hours on hours disscussing this subject, but I will refrain from it! We otakus' have had problems with people believing anime and cartoons are one in the same, but cartoons are all done by computers now and even a few years ago when it was done by hand it had it's differences, but anime has always been done by hand and even today it is still done by hand except a few harder and newer animes. The old school animes that you see come on adultswim are all done by hand. And the artists are a big influence on what they call it. And another thing is the STYLE of the art work.

Answer 4

Cartoon is cartoon. ANIME is japanese animation. Its really different. Not all ANIME is same. Its have shonen type,shoujo type,echi type,hentai type and etc..

I give u the meaning CARTOON and ANIME that I take from wikipedia:

CARTOON
A cartoon is any of several forms of illustrations, with varied meanings that evolved from one to another

ANIME
Anime (アニメ, Anime?) (IPA pronunciation: [ɑnime] in Japanese, but typically [ˈænɪˌme(ɪ)] or [ˈænəˌme(ɪ)] in English) is an abbreviation of the word "animation". Outside Japan, the term most popularly refers to animation originating in Japan.

While some anime is entirely hand-drawn, computer assisted animation techniques are, in recent years, quite common. Storylines are typically fictional; examples of anime representing most major genres of fiction. Anime is broadcast on television, distributed on media such as DVD and VHS, and included in computer and video games. Additionally, some are produced as full length motion pictures. Anime is often influenced by Japanese comics known as manga. Some anime storylines have been adapted into live action films and television series.


more info at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon

Answer 5

Anime is just a Japanese word (yes! it is) for cartoon...we in the US etc call Japanese cartoons anime...they still are cartoons..just from a different country..you basically like foreign cartoons...

Answer 6

Some cartoons are meant for kids so of course they are gay... the anime was meant for the 12-adult so its "not gay"

Answer 7

anime is what the japanese call their style of cartoons so in the west it's referred to the japanese style of animation as well. Cartoons are basically the western style of animation.

Answer 8

cartoons are shows that are animated or it can also refer to comic strips. anime are japanese cartoons or manga. in japan, anime is used to refer to both the t.v. shows/movies as well as japanese comic books. in america we refer to only cartoons as anime and leave manga as a seperate categorey. although some otakus will try and be japanese with it.

Answer 9

Yeah man, Naruto isn't gay at all. I mean, it's not as if there's legions of perverted fangirls drawing horrible yaoi doujins of every concievable pairing or anything.

Answer 10

funny you mention spongebob because some of those episodes are so off the wall weird just like anime.