American-born Anime: True Anime or High-Quality Imitation?

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:41 pm

Bardiel13 wrote:Call me a conservative, but as they call gay marriage a civil union, I shall call American Anime "Anime-ish styled cartoon." Fair enough?

Gay marriage and the term anime are nowhere near the same level of importance. The defintion of a word is nothing when compared to a course of action that is shunned by religion.

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:14 pm

Bardiel13 wrote:they call gay marriage a civil union

I just wanted to let you know this has the same type of answer as the whole anime thing.

Bardiel13 · Post by **Bardiel13** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:02 pm

It's got nothing to do with importance. It was just an example of what people are referring to certain things that can be called what it was originally intended to be called. Talk about blown out of proportion

... And who knows... maybe I shun Trying-to-be-anime American cartoons...

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:13 pm

I didn't really care until older gohan tried to prove something that just was not.

older_gohan · Post by **older_gohan** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:32 pm

I swear, you post one definition showing what anime is defined as and people get a bug up their butts. Just so you know, I copied and pasted the definition straight from webster. Your welcome to go look for yourself.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:49 pm

I have a good one that's valid as well

con·no·ta·tion
Pronunciation Key (kn-tshn)
n.

1. The act or process of connoting.
2.
1. An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing: Hollywood holds connotations of romance and glittering success.
2. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.

Fall_Child42 wrote:Well Most anime is animated in Korea anyway, along side most american cartoons.

so its ALL Koreanime! ¦:P

Also, quoted for emphasis.

EmilLang1000 · Post by **EmilLang1000** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:59 pm

SuperFusion wrote:I didn't really care until older gohan tried to prove something that just was not.

older-gohan wrote:I copied and pasted the definition straight from webster.

Now, now, older_gohan, shame on you! Trying to use facts to get in an argument - how low can you go?

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:34 pm

EmilLang1000 wrote:
SuperFusion wrote:I didn't really care until older gohan tried to prove something that just was not.

older-gohan wrote:I copied and pasted the definition straight from webster.
Now, now, older_gohan, shame on you! Trying to use facts to get in an argument - how low can you go?

Webmaster fails. It's all about a place called www.Dictionary.com where they actually know what the hell they're talking about. A place that knows that an etymology is not a sentence. Unlike 'webmaster'.

kthx

EmilLang1000 · Post by **EmilLang1000** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:55 pm

Okay, I try to stay neutral here, Superfusion, but you really leave me no choice.

First of all, Dictionary.com IS pretty accurate; however, it is, like most things on the internet, prone to being incorrect from time to time.

Secondly, it's not WebMASTER, thank you; it's WebSTER, as in WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY, used by EVERY university, college, and lower education facility in the United States, and most in Canada, as THE reference source most trusted concerning the English language. The only more reputable source would be the Oxford dictionary, which contains literally EVERY word, both proper and slang, in the english language (this means ALL words spoken in ALL English-speaking countries). However, Webster's is considered just a reliable a source as the Oxford dictionary.

I'm afraid older-gohan wins out in a debate over the definition for actually citing a widely published and reputable source, whereas you seem to have simply come up with your own definition. Now please stop the flame-baiting.

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:08 pm

EmilLang1000 wrote: as in WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY, used by EVERY university, college, and lower education facility in the United States

Is this fact or are you just pulling things out of your ass? I haven't seen that book in the three schools I've been to.

EmilLang1000 wrote:I'm afraid older-gohan wins out in a debate over the definition for actually citing a widely published and reputable source, whereas you seem to have simply come up with your own definition. Now please stop the flame-baiting.

Webster.com doesn't even have the word "Japanimation". Why would I be willing to trust a site on its anime defintion if it doesn't even have its alternate name?