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--It\\\'s important to note that the western definition of \\\"anime\\\" differs from the Japanese definition. As suggested in the paragraph above, \\\"anime\\\" is really not a style but a term. In Japan, it refers to all animation, whether it\\\'s eastern or western, cel or CG. Thus, you may see Disney movies filed under \\\"Anime\\\" on a Japanese website, such as Amazon.co.jp. It\\\'s mostly outside of Japan that \\\"anime\\\" strictly means \\\"Japanese animation,\\\" while non-Japanese animation is called by the much more generic term \\\"cartoons\\\" or \\\"animated features.\\\"--


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime#Visual_characteristics
---Many anime have a very different art style from what would commonly be called \\\"anime style\\\", yet fans still use the word \\\"anime\\\" to refer to these titles.---



Oh and look at this:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimeGenres

It seems like anime is not a genre itself.


Also I highly recommend you to read this thread:
http://www.confusedmatthew.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1143

Especialy this one quote from it:

--I hate it when people refer to anime as a genre. Anime is not a genre! If someone thinks it\\\'s a genre, that\\\'s usually a tell-tale sign that they really don\\\'t know much about it.

Anime isn\\\'t even really a style. Anime is a cartoon from Japan. It is no more a genre or style than \\\"cartoon from the United States\\\" is.

Death Note, Case Closed/Detective Conan, Lucky Star, Naruto, Excel Saga, Gurren Lagann. All of those are anime, but no one can claim they\\\'re the same genre...--

--It\\\'s important to note that the western definition of \\\"anime\\\" differs from the Japanese definition. As suggested in the paragraph above, \\\"anime\\\" is really not a style but a term. In Japan, it refers to all animation, whether it\\\'s eastern or western, cel or CG. Thus, you may see Disney movies filed under \\\"Anime\\\" on a Japanese website, such as Amazon.co.jp. It\\\'s mostly outside of Japan that \\\"anime\\\" strictly means \\\"Japanese animation,\\\" while non-Japanese animation is called by the much more generic term \\\"cartoons\\\" or \\\"animated features.\\\"--


Oh and look at this:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimeGenres

It seems like anime is not a genre itself.


Also I highly recommend you to read this thread:
http://www.confusedmatthew.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1143

Especialy this one quote from it:

--I hate it when people refer to anime as a genre. Anime is not a genre! If someone thinks it\\\'s a genre, that\\\'s usually a tell-tale sign that they really don\\\'t know much about it.

Anime isn\\\'t even really a style. Anime is a cartoon from Japan. It is no more a genre or style than \\\"cartoon from the United States\\\" is.

Death Note, Case Closed/Detective Conan, Lucky Star, Naruto, Excel Saga, Gurren Lagann. All of those are anime, but no one can claim they\\\'re the same genre...--

--It\\\'s important to note that the western definition of \\\"anime\\\" differs from the Japanese definition. As suggested in the paragraph above, \\\"anime\\\" is really not a style but a term. In Japan, it refers to all animation, whether it\\\'s eastern or western, cel or CG. Thus, you may see Disney movies filed under \\\"Anime\\\" on a Japanese website, such as Amazon.co.jp. It\\\'s mostly outside of Japan that \\\"anime\\\" strictly means \\\"Japanese animation,\\\" while non-Japanese animation is called by the much more generic term \\\"cartoons\\\" or \\\"animated features.\\\"--

Oh and look at this:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimeGenres
It seems like anime is not a genre itself.

Also I highly recommend you to read this thread:
http://www.confusedmatthew.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1143
Especialy this one quote from it:

--I hate it when people refer to anime as a genre. Anime is not a genre! If someone thinks it\\\'s a genre, that\\\'s usually a tell-tale sign that they really don\\\'t know much about it.

Anime isn\\\'t even really a style. Anime is a cartoon from Japan. It is no more a genre or style than \\\"cartoon from the United States\\\" is.

Death Note, Case Closed/Detective Conan, Lucky Star, Naruto, Excel Saga, Gurren Lagann. All of those are anime, but no one can claim they\\\'re the same genre...--

--It\\\'s important to note that the western definition of \\\"anime\\\" differs from the Japanese definition. As suggested in the paragraph above, \\\"anime\\\" is really not a style but a term. In Japan, it refers to all animation, whether it\\\'s eastern or western, cel or CG. Thus, you may see Disney movies filed under \\\"Anime\\\" on a Japanese website, such as Amazon.co.jp. It\\\'s mostly outside of Japan that \\\"anime\\\" strictly means \\\"Japanese animation,\\\" while non-Japanese animation is called by the much more generic term \\\"cartoons\\\" or \\\"animated features.\\\"--

Oh and look at this:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimeGenres

It seems like anime is not a genre itself.

Also I highly recommend you to read this thread:
http://www.confusedmatthew.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1143

Especialy this one quote from it:

--I hate it when people refer to anime as a genre. Anime is not a genre! If someone thinks it\\\'s a genre, that\\\'s usually a tell-tale sign that they really don\\\'t know much about it.

Anime isn\\\'t even really a style. Anime is a cartoon from Japan. It is no more a genre or style than \\\"cartoon from the United States\\\" is.

Death Note, Case Closed/Detective Conan, Lucky Star, Naruto, Excel Saga, Gurren Lagann. All of those are anime, but no one can claim they\\\'re the same genre...--