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Anime definition (uploading)
Lupin:
--- Quote from: vigo on August 30, 2009, 02:54:19 PM ---Transformers The Movie (animated), and Transformers the television series are both American animation cartoons. So by definition Transformers is not. The movie was released in japan 3 years after the American release.
So the point is, that Transformers isn't anime, but its here. Or it is anime because, although American in origin it was later released in Japan. Therefore, shouldn't other American animation that was released/adapted to Japanese audiences also be here?
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The TV series was produced by Toei Animation, a Japanese company. Transformers itself was based on the the toy line made by Takara, a Japanese toy company.
blubart:
just take a look at the ann page of both the series and the movie.
while transformers is an American brand (albeit based on a Japanese toyline) the animated series and movie where made by Japanese - which fulfills the definition for anime as southrop posted: "Animation Produced in Japan or by Japanese people/entities."
It has nothing to with that it was later released in Japan.
vigo:
--- Quote from: Lupin on August 30, 2009, 02:59:05 PM ---The TV series was produced by Toei Animation, a Japanese company. Transformers itself was based on the the toy line made by Takara, a Japanese toy company.
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Written and recorded in America. But ok, I'll bite. The release also year appears to be the same on each side. And I'll concede its production staff is mainly Japanese... so, ok then. By that token should Aeon Flux be considered anime? Someone mentioned "east asian country". One would think Luk Film, Korea would fit the bill.
Just because you can or can't search it on animdb, or ann: that shouldn't define anime.
So why is Aeon Flux not considered anime, but the Transformers Movie (might be)... the movie came out in America 3 years beofre it was released in Japan. Can you call it anime if you dub it in Japanese? Is Naruto then American animation?
I hope I'm not coming off too agressive. But seeing transformers listed made me question whether the site was STRICTLY japanese anime... to be honest I'd be happy if it wasn't. I'd love to upload material like Wizards, or Watershipdown. Of course no one would consider them anime (neither would I). But again, I can't call Transformers anime (at the very least the movie).
Lupin:
--- Quote from: vigo on August 30, 2009, 03:22:08 PM ---Written and recorded in America. But ok, I'll bite. The release also year appears to be the same on each side. And I'll concede its production staff is mainly Japanese... so, ok then. By that token should Aeon Flux be considered anime? Someone mentioned "east asian country". One would think Luk Film, Korea would fit the bill.
Just because you can or can't search it on animdb, or ann: that shouldn't define anime.
So why is Aeon Flux not considered anime, but the Transformers Movie (might be)... the movie came out in America 3 years beofre it was released in Japan. Can you call it anime if you dub it in Japanese? Is Naruto then American animation?
I hope I'm not coming off too agressive. But seeing transformers listed made me question whether the site was STRICTLY japanese anime... to be honest I'd be happy if it wasn't. I'd love to upload material like Wizards, or Watershipdown. Of course no one would consider them anime (neither would I). But again, I can't call Transformers anime (at the very least the movie).
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Was part of it produced in an East Asian country like Japan, Korea or China? No. How about Transformers? Yes. How about the movie? While it's true that the movie (which was most likely produced in its entirety in North America) came out three years later in Japan, note that it's distributor is Takara, the creators of Transformers.
blubart:
--- Quote from: vigo on August 30, 2009, 03:22:08 PM ---So why is Aeon Flux not considered anime, but the Transformers Movie (might be)... the movie came out in America 3 years beofre it was released in Japan. Can you call it anime if you dub it in Japanese? Is Naruto then American animation?
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as i said, take a look at ann:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6 <- Æon Flux (complete animation is done by Americans/Koreans in America)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2952 <- Transformers Movie (complete animation is done by Japanese, music and storyboard is done in America)
it's not that transformers isn't borderline anime, but there is a huge difference between it and animation like Æon Flux in terms of the definition.
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