![]() If the definition is relaxed it is a style of animation, that originated in Japan. In a strict sense Anime is animation created in Japan.Wikipedia actually has a nice relatively concise article on Anime. It's great escapist entertainment! The key thing that make Anime TV shows work for me is that they are more focused on long form story telling and on character development. I know next to nothing about it except that when I land on the right one, I really enjoy it. So how does episodic Anime fit into this? What is Anime? In the last couple years I have been gently exposed to this form of entertainment and recently went on a spree. ![]() The difference is that is important I think is long-arc storytelling and character development - animated movies have it (to some degree), your average Saturday morning American cartoon does not. ![]() Cartoons however? Those things I could watch for hours on a Saturday morning when young? Not so much. I dearly loved animated movies as a child and it is something I've carried with me into adulthood, even middle adulthood. ![]()
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