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Calling something "anime" when it's unrelated to Japan annoys me greatly.

by Dalewyn 4y ago

jackmott 4y ago
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bowsamic 4y ago
Why?
- Dalewyn 4y ago
  For the same reason people get annoyed when someone says AMD CPUs have hyperthreading.
- lupire 4y ago
  If it's not from the anime region of Japan it's just sparkling comic characters. Or seriously, why use a Japanese word for something that already exists in English?
  - PurpleRamen 4y ago
    Anime is just a short for animation, so it's not really Japaneses, more Japanese slang of an English word. But in this specific case, the term anime is more referring to the specific art-style and game-concept, which originates from Japan.
    - jerf 4y ago
      I think some people's objection to the term is that they think it's just American animation and Japanese animation, why does Japan need a special term? But there are clear stylistic differences between many cultures and separate terms for them are inevitable. Japan definitely has a family of styles preferred there, versus American animation styles. (Note my plural.) Europe has different styles too, as does the many cultures of the rest of Asia that isn't Japan, and I'm sure if large animation industries start up elsewhere they will all end up with distinguishable styles too. Anime doesn't just distinguish between anime and "not anime"; it specifically identifies the Japanese styles. For this purpose it's fine, and I kinda think that anyone who is objecting to it doesn't understand the number of styles in the world already, not to mention the ones I'm sure we'll see develop over the next decades.
  - ajot 4y ago
    Did the japanese get a DOP for anime? That sounds great for them, but weird, as all DOP is for me.
notpushkin 4y ago
I got this exact formula from the Polygon article: https://www.polygon.com/23651589/file-taxes-2022-free-software-anime-dating-sim-steam https://www.polygon.com/23651589/file-taxes-2022-free-softwa... At first I hesitated, not because this wasn't made in Japan, but because dating simulators are not anime per se. This conveys this project's visual style really well though (like you can say “anime art” about the sort of pictures you can find on Pixiv), so I decided to leave this in. It also clues people in (just a bit) who don't know what a datesim / VN is. If you have any suggestions on another choice of word, I'd be happy to hear back!
aidenn0 4y ago
You might be interested in this TV show called One Piece it's a cartoon with VN artwork.
- GoblinSlayer 4y ago
  VN is gameplay, it can be done in any graphic style.

Calling something "anime" when it's unrelated to Japan annoys me greatly.

jackmott 4y ago

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bowsamic 4y ago

Why?

Dalewyn 4y ago
For the same reason people get annoyed when someone says AMD CPUs have hyperthreading.
lupire 4y ago
If it's not from the anime region of Japan it's just sparkling comic characters. Or seriously, why use a Japanese word for something that already exists in English?
- PurpleRamen 4y ago
  Anime is just a short for animation, so it's not really Japaneses, more Japanese slang of an English word. But in this specific case, the term anime is more referring to the specific art-style and game-concept, which originates from Japan.
  - jerf 4y ago
    I think some people's objection to the term is that they think it's just American animation and Japanese animation, why does Japan need a special term? But there are clear stylistic differences between many cultures and separate terms for them are inevitable. Japan definitely has a family of styles preferred there, versus American animation styles. (Note my plural.) Europe has different styles too, as does the many cultures of the rest of Asia that isn't Japan, and I'm sure if large animation industries start up elsewhere they will all end up with distinguishable styles too. Anime doesn't just distinguish between anime and "not anime"; it specifically identifies the Japanese styles. For this purpose it's fine, and I kinda think that anyone who is objecting to it doesn't understand the number of styles in the world already, not to mention the ones I'm sure we'll see develop over the next decades.
- ajot 4y ago
  Did the japanese get a DOP for anime? That sounds great for them, but weird, as all DOP is for me.

notpushkin 4y ago

I got this exact formula from the Polygon article: https://www.polygon.com/23651589/file-taxes-2022-free-software-anime-dating-sim-steam https://www.polygon.com/23651589/file-taxes-2022-free-softwa... At first I hesitated, not because this wasn't made in Japan, but because dating simulators are not anime per se. This conveys this project's visual style really well though (like you can say “anime art” about the sort of pictures you can find on Pixiv), so I decided to leave this in. It also clues people in (just a bit) who don't know what a datesim / VN is. If you have any suggestions on another choice of word, I'd be happy to hear back!

aidenn0 4y ago

You might be interested in this TV show called One Piece it's a cartoon with VN artwork.

GoblinSlayer 4y ago
VN is gameplay, it can be done in any graphic style.