Probably 99% of アニメ fantards (such as myself) have heard someone call アニメ "a cartoon."
Whenever I hear this, I explode with reasons the two could not possibly be any different!
Here is the 一覧 of reasons I have in case anyone else runs into this argument によって chance:
1. アニメ is from Japan, and ONLY Japan... カートゥーン are dumped here from everywhere else.
2. アニメ is for all ages; カートゥーン are either for practically four 年 olds または forty 年 olds, with nothing decent inbetween.
3. アニメ MAKES PEOPLE CRY. DO あなた KNOW ANYONE WHO HAS CRIED BECAUSE OF ADVENTURE TIME?! NO, あなた DON'T.
4. アニメ contains realistic proportions and natural movements. Sorry Nickelodeon, but most people can't flip crabby-patties like that.
5. I have never seen a cartoon with a larger fanbase than that of an animes (aside from MLP: FiM but that's pretty okay if you've ever seen it). People don't fill up whole フォーラム talking about last nights ep of Total Drama Island.
Thanks for reading, and if あなた do like any of the shows I sorta made fun of, sorry in advance, its just there to prove my point
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