Remember when I said to chill? That still applies....
If you read Zainox's post, you will see that he said the same thing I did. I just made a longer version of it.
That's what I said, is it not? That "Anime" and "Cartoon" are essentially the same things? That only a cultural context separates the two terms? As I said, if we are going to use the literal definitions, this thread could have ended a long time ago. Most people won't argue that the terms are interchangeable in the literal sense. In the back of the minds of most people, the terms "cartoon" and "anime" mean the same thing.
HOWEVER, and this is the point that appears to be escaping you, most anime fans would refrain from calling anime "cartoons", since the term "cartoon" has been culturally reserved for Western animation (along with the social stigma of the word "cartoon", but that is a separate discussion). This is the reason why most anime fans would readily say that Kuroshitsuji is an anime, but hesitate at calling it a "cartoon"; one either goes with the literal translation and undermine the cultural definition of "anime" (as in undermining the reason why we separate the two) or state that there is a difference when one doesn't exist. There is no winning that argument, so it is better that people recognize these definitions ahead of time instead of asking whether an anime is a cartoon. Its the same thing as asking if a tiger is a cat or if rain is water.
Immediately. The "Is anime a cartoon?" discussion is something that has been done over and over again on AF. Plus, as I said, most anime fans already know that, inherently, there is no difference between the two terms. Its just that within the anime community, there is a difference, but (technically) only where the shows come from.
Since it is obvious that you asking about the literal definition, something that most people already intrinsically know, yeah, you are looking a little derpy right now.
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