Аниме Game (Day 5) What is Аниме

Аниме is a cartoon from Japan.

... That's basically the gist of it. To quote a person on YouTube, "It's Looney Tunes from f***ing Japan."

Other than the fact that one comes from Japan, there are no differences between Аниме and american cartoons, contrary to what some Аниме Фаны might tell you.
Both can be aimed at kids,
both can be aimed at adults,
both can be light-hearted and kid-friendly,
both can be incredibly dark and violent,
both can tell a damn good story,
both can be comedic and make Ты laugh,
both can be tragic and make Ты cry,
and both can be very entertaining overall.

"Anime" is an abbreviation of the word "animation."

Аниме is also Japanese cartoons. It can be done using computer Анимация или it could be hand drawn.

Simply put.....

I could go on....and on...

Аниме is a Japanese animated TV Показать или Movie often involving themes like Sci-Fi или Fantasy. And there are also Аниме video games like BlazBlue and Yggdra Union and there are also Аниме Graphic Novels known as Manga. Most Animes are usually serious and emotional like Basilisk but funny and silly at the same time like Soul Eater. Animes usually involve violence and vulgarity like Elfin Lied. And some of them are also based on video games like Sonic X или Pokémon. And there is also Аниме Porn FYI.

(As I was told by my mother a few years ago, it could totally be wrong...) The word 'anime' was once a Spanish word (again, I could be wrong) and the Japanese coined it to mean their own animation.

Аниме isn't just animation, what determines Аниме is who wrote it/animated it. So for example, Young Justice and The Front may look akin to Japanese anime, but since Americans (or just non Japanese) wrote it, it wouldn't be considered anime.

Аниме can look any way it wants, there's no specific style of which all manga-ka/animators use, like I said, it's really about who wrote it that determines it. So just because something is Аниме или written by someone Japanese doesn't necessarily mean that their eyes have to be big или drawn a certain way, though it is known that the most detail is put into the eyes and the hair.

And my last, last last thing that I have to say about the difference between Аниме and Мультики is the quality. As my un-bais opinion, I feel as if Мультики are directed mostly to children/younger teens, albeit Adult Swim and the like. Аниме comes in many different ways, different plotlines, art, age group and what-have-you, it's not just DBZ and Наруто and Покемон and all that....there's an Аниме for everyone, whether you're into Shounen, Shoujo, Ecchi/Hentai, Yaoi/Yuri, Moe, Ты name it!

Everyone has an Аниме that's theirs.