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

devilmaykickass · Post by **devilmaykickass** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:42 am

Rurounikeitaro wrote:
SuperFusion wrote:
Rurounikeitaro wrote:Doubt the other two but I think IGPX's story is too well written to be made by Americans......wow, I'm really bashing them. If only they'd ask me to make the plots for American cartoons
I laughed at that. Though not with you.
Hey! I can make some good stuff! Imagine 5 yellow ninjas seeking revenge after their half caucasian half black master was beat up by a 5 year old taikwondo prodigi.......that was a joke, but sometimes cartoons stories can really be stupid to the point of asking why.

Please tell me you're being sarcastic and you aren't actually that clueless...

HeavyMetal · Post by **HeavyMetal** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:58 pm

Wow people get into it with this subject.

True enough I would call anime a style.

As with all styles it is influenced by other factors as I said before culture and Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (big eyes).

I will say this as an addition since someone brought up the definition of anime.

There could be an American Anime if it were culturely and artistically in tune with the animation style and the standard array of topics that fit within the definition of anime.

However, I've yet to see a single show that comes even close. Anybody know of one?

older_gohan · Post by **older_gohan** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 4:47 pm

I personally think Avatar: The Last Airbender captures a good sense of anime. Others don't like it but really the animation is good, the plot, interesting, and the concept unique.

hypes · Post by **hypes** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 5:39 pm

Actually, even some of the "American Anime" isn't even American. Totally Spies and that horror/mystery show that was on Nickelodeon for a week are French. I read about it in an Animation magazine a few years back...

EmilLang1000 · Post by **EmilLang1000** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:58 pm

O-O WHAT THE HELL? I know Code Lyoko (which can be used to answer the previous question) is french, but Totally Spies seemed American; Enlgish at least. I need to check on this.

Malificus · Post by **Malificus** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:37 pm

I have to agree with older_gohan on Avatar.

And I can't believe someone said Megas XLR isn't good as Japanese anime.

[size=0]I thought Totally Spies was Canadian for some reason...[/size]

older_gohan · Post by **older_gohan** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:39 pm

Megas XLR has anything a butt kicking robot anime could want. Not to mention a cool opening theme song.

Malificus · Post by **Malificus** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:41 pm

Teen Titans is good too, but not as good as Avatar or Megas. It has something they don't though, a Fooly Cooly reference.

older_gohan · Post by **older_gohan** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:49 pm

Really? What Episode?

Malificus · Post by **Malificus** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:05 am

It's the episode where beast boy gets a job so he can get a moped. And the Titans are after aliens who are capturing cows. Next to the Nosyarg Kcid (a.k.a. Larry, the extra dimensional kid who popped out of Robin's head, which I'll assume is just a coincidence, and not a nod to Naota's N.O.) and Mad Mod episodes, it's one of the weirdest TT episodes.

The moped happens to look almost exactly like Haruko's Vespa 180-SS. Except it's white, and the "P!" is now a "T!" Then, once BB is riding said mopen, he wears a helmet that looks like Haruko's (with the T!/P! change), along with an outfit very similar to Haruko's. Basically, Beastboy parodies Haruko that episode.

Oh, and if people haven't guessed yet, I say anime is just the style.