Thoughts on Veggie Tales, most underrated old anime?

10-03-2018, 01:21 PM

Gantai Wrote: Look up the word Anime... I refuse to argue with you over it.
I see no benefit in it.

Now if this is merely a disagreement, I will continue by saying you might be right that American Cartoons are labeled that in Japan I don't know and I don't have any way to prove you wrong. (Mostly cause I don't feel like researching it because it's 4:17 AM) But what I can say is that Anime is more geared towards a more adult audience whereas American Cartoons are geared towards the younger audience with exception to very few. I have never seen an American Cartoons from big names mind you that come close to being as free as Anime tends to be.

Second Cory in the House which is offtopic but is stated in the thread is a meme which is why I stated even for the meme in the post.

I see a benefit for it, doing what forums were intended to be used for, discussion. Also, about looking up that word. Anyone who's done some searching around would be aware of the immense disagreement that's come around that word thanks to weebs. There is no word commonly used for "Animation" or "Cartoon" in Japan, they simply say "Anime". Which is why they refer to series such as Simpsons, Family Guy, Avatar, Castlevania etc as "Anime". They do this because in Japan "Anime" is used instead of "Animation" and is used to explain something that is animated. 10 years back, the weebs would riot if you tried to tell them otherwise. A few years ago, the majority started to agree that "anime" refers to a specific type of animation style which originated from Japan. Regardless of where the current animation style was used. The only reason this would change like this is evolution of language.

This evolution stemmed from the fact that people incorrectly believed the "anime" was a Japanese thing only. Now they are more into the idea that it isn't. Also, the only thing you directly commented on is completely incorrect. Anime isn't generally geared towards a more adult audience than American animation, or Chinese animation for that matter. Avatar: The Last Air Bender had a target audience from anywhere between 10 to 30. Within Japan there is a manga and anime genre known as "Seinen" which has it's target group towards young adult males (age 16-25, roughly). On the same note we have "Kodomo" which has it's target group in younger audiences. Then we have "Gekiga" genre which focuses more of the more mature and adult audience. Originally manga was also directed towards a young audience, something anime complimented by bringing the same audience a new form of media, animation.

So no, anime is nor was more focused towards adults or young adults than kids. Likewise, American animation can be focused towards kids or adults depending on the target the creator wants to achieve.Take "Castlevania" which is a new and modern animation made in America with a specific focus on adults. As mentioned earlier, Avatar and its sequel "Legend of Korra" both targeted young adults and adults for their audience and don't dare tell me that Family Guy and RobotChicken had young kids as their target audience. (The list is increasingly long btw.)

Also, what the hell does "Free as anime tends to be." even mean? You mean free as in you can get it for free or free as in creative freedom? Because if you are really arguing that, then go watch Legend of Korra or South Part. Both vastly different series who are known for taking a lot of creative freedom in it's messaging and art style. The actual topic was whenever or not "anime" means "animation" in Japan, which it does. However if you want to know if a Japanese person views some American or Chinese made animations, you would have to ask that specifically. Know the reason for that? Because they don't differentiate between "anime" and "animation" the same way the Western audience did. Which they only did to become "special little snowflakes" online.