Avatar technically not anime! - Page 2

syd · Sep 24, 2007, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by tsurara

~_~; Which is like Americans saying "Tacos" are now "hard tortillas with cheese, lettuce and ground beef inside" and then everyone going to Mexico and shouting about the inclusion of chicken or soft tortillas.

The bottom line is: it's not a distinction that even NEEDS to be made. The only reason to argue that something "isn't" anime is to exclude it from a silly imaginary club that was created largely by people who were more or less ignorant of the word's original usage.

In Japanese "pants" mean underpants.

That doesn't mean "pants" automatically = "undies" worldwide because the Japanese have chosen to embrace a linguistic mistake. If a Japanese person corrects my English or informs me that my usage of the word "pants" to refer to my trousers is wrong, I'm going to chuckle at him and think him a total asshat.

That is That is exactly the way I feel. Who are we to decide if it is or if is not
…. Anyways before I came to the States I never saw a hard taco shell in my life and what’s up with people putting sour cream in tacos.

*tsurara* · Sep 24, 2007, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by syd

what’s up with people putting sour cream in tacos.

But sour cream in tacos is delicious...

syd · Sep 25, 2007, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by tsurara

But sour cream in tacos is delicious...

Don’t get me wrong sour cream is good especially in tostadas but come on. It would be like me putting mustard in Sushi.

**LenMiyata** · Sep 25, 2007, 12:59 PM

Grumble Grumble Grumble

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Originally Posted by syd

Don’t get me wrong sour cream is good especially in tostadas but come on. It would be like me putting mustard in Sushi.

Oh come now, both wasabi and hot mustard are common condiments for sushi, with many of the cheaper brands of wasabi just being flavored hot mustard...

Were drifting too far from the main topic folks, time to get back on track...

Sasuke Is Emo · Sep 25, 2007, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by toonfan630

Yeah, Tsurara is absolutly correct. And it's people like you S.I.E that are so...I don't know the word at the moment. Wait, I remember now. STEREOTYPICAL. Chibi doesn't define an anime. Chibi is stupid to put into an argument like this.

dude i tottaly think its an anime! i wanted to hear other people thoughts on it and its lack of certian elements and i know chibi doesnt make or break an anime but theres other things they dont put as well. kust too lazy to write them

god

i was saying TECHNICALLY the kwy word being TECHNICALLY

and again off topic?

tsk tsk len in my other thread u let it get quite of topic too!

*highteckdudu* · Sep 26, 2007, 12:00 PM

that sucks! I was beliveing that too. oh well its not the end of the world!

Chiefblackhammer · Sep 26, 2007, 12:17 PM

anime is the French word for animate or animation which encompasses both the japanese style and american style. While I see both Tsu and Len's points I will have to say that trying to be "technically" correct is dumb in this sense as the definition (much like that of Ecchi or Otaku) varies from region to region.

Hassun · Sep 26, 2007, 02:55 PM

Like Mr. Miyata quoted, I only apply it to animation which originated in Japan.
When you talk about anime you're talking about the Japanese stuff. It's handy to differentiate.

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