Well the only thing that we can do, is wait for the movie and then
well see how good it is, hopefully he wont let us down, after all this could be his comeback who knows 🙂 .

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[quote=Laura L]Avatar the anime was awesome.

call me a dick or whatever for always bringing this up, but Avatar wasn't an anime.

But it wasn't.

What? Just because it wasn't made in Japan it isn't anime? That's really close minded.[/quote]
It's not close minded, it's fact. Since it was made for and debuted in America, it's listed as Western animation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime-influenced_animation

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[quote=silent killer][quote=Laura L]Avatar the anime was awesome.

call me a dick or whatever for always bringing this up, but Avatar wasn't an anime.

But it wasn't.

What? Just because it wasn't made in Japan it isn't anime? That's really close minded.[/quote]
It's not close minded, it's fact. Since it was made for and debuted in America, it's listed as Western animation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime-influenced_animation[/quote]

you know something if avatar sucked i bet almost no one would call it anime. SO cant you guys just give credit to the western animation industry on their best success in the past five years. 🙄

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that and when the next flight to japan

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[quote=Mamsmilk][quote=silent killer][quote=Laura L]Avatar the anime was awesome.

call me a dick or whatever for always bringing this up, but Avatar wasn't an anime.

But it wasn't.

What? Just because it wasn't made in Japan it isn't anime? That's really close minded.[/quote]
It's not close minded, it's fact. Since it was made for and debuted in America, it's listed as Western animation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime-influenced_animation[/quote]

you know something if avatar sucked i bet almost no one would call it anime. SO cant you guys just give credit to the western animation industry on their best success in the past five years. 🙄 [/quote]
I'm coming at it from a stylistic interpretation. Maybe that's wrong?

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[quote=KennEH!][quote=Mamsmilk][quote=silent killer][quote=Laura L]Avatar the anime was awesome.

call me a dick or whatever for always bringing this up, but Avatar wasn't an anime.

But it wasn't.

What? Just because it wasn't made in Japan it isn't anime? That's really close minded.[/quote]
It's not close minded, it's fact. Since it was made for and debuted in America, it's listed as Western animation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime-influenced_animation[/quote]

you know something if avatar sucked i bet almost no one would call it anime. SO cant you guys just give credit to the western animation industry on their best success in the past five years. 🙄 [/quote]
I'm coming at it from a stylistic interpretation. Maybe that's wrong?[/quote]
Well, seeing how you incorrectly labeled it as anime, it kinda is.

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[quote=KennEH!][quote=Mamsmilk][quote=silent killer][quote=Laura L]Avatar the anime was awesome.

call me a dick or whatever for always bringing this up, but Avatar wasn't an anime.

But it wasn't.

What? Just because it wasn't made in Japan it isn't anime? That's really close minded.[/quote]
It's not close minded, it's fact. Since it was made for and debuted in America, it's listed as Western animation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime-influenced_animation[/quote]

you know something if avatar sucked i bet almost no one would call it anime. SO cant you guys just give credit to the western animation industry on their best success in the past five years. 🙄 [/quote]
I'm coming at it from a stylistic interpretation. Maybe that's wrong?[/quote]
well to me its like calling a black person born in America African. the dudes black, but if compare him and an actual person born in africa side by side you'd find so many difference (and many similarities).

Ps. i also think that the people that created this intended it to be considered an anime. LIke i personally think Dramacon is one the best shoujo manga i've read over the years.

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tagging along to the debate:
why not call it anime?

'if it looks walks like a duck, talks like a duck, looks like a duck
than it is a ______"

tokyopop has clearly been influenced by manga
in the sense that they would like to do as japan are doing
tokyopop distributes what they literally call "manga" even though its american. if i "an american" make a japanese style kitana
than i have the right to call it a kitana
it doesn't matter if it wasn't originally created by a japanese
as manga transcends into anime>avatar the manga transcends into
what American laymen call "cartoons"but yet is clearly in the custom style of "anime'.its an anime just produced by a different country animation studio.

why because i am the president of the student council of course

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tagging along to the debate:
why not call it anime?

'if it looks walks like a duck, talks like a duck, looks like a duck
than it is a ______"

tokyopop has clearly been influenced by manga
in the sense that they would like to do as japan are doing
tokyopop distributes what they literally call "manga" even though its american. if i "an american" make a japanese style kitana
than i have the right to call it a kitana
it doesn't matter if it wasn't originally created by a japanese
as manga transcends into anime>avatar the manga transcends into
what American laymen call "cartoons"but yet is clearly in the custom style of "anime'.its an anime just produced by a different country animation studio.

Good Point 😀

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tagging along to the debate:
why not call it anime?

'if it looks walks like a duck, talks like a duck, looks like a duck
than it is a ______"

tokyopop has clearly been influenced by manga
in the sense that they would like to do as japan are doing
tokyopop distributes what they literally call "manga" even though its american. if i "an american" make a japanese style kitana
than i have the right to call it a kitana
it doesn't matter if it wasn't originally created by a japanese
as manga transcends into anime>avatar the manga transcends into
what American laymen call "cartoons"but yet is clearly in the custom style of "anime'.its an anime just produced by a different country animation studio.

Avatar is classified as Western animation because it was made for a western audience, not an eastern audience. Plus, the animation team that drew Avatar was Korean, not Japanese. And then the creators even say the drawing style was influenced by anime. And besides, some people call it Western anime, because it was influenced by the anime in Japan. Read the article in the link I shared earlier up there for more information.

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{Avatar is classified as Western animation because it was made for a western audience, not an eastern audience. Plus, the animation team that drew Avatar was Korean, not Japanese. And then the creators even say the drawing style was influenced by anime. And besides, some people call it Western anime, because it was influenced by the anime in Japan. Read the article in the link I shared earlier up there for more information.}

very informative, i compromise and completely agree
so than i would call it westernstyle anime as well

why because i am the president of the student council of course

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'if it looks walks like a duck, talks like a duck, looks like a duck
than it is a ______" but it only looks like a duck.To put it in terms that I can explain without going nowhere. Just because the Toyota MR2 was based on a Lotus design, doesn't make it one.

Avatar doesn't feel like an anime. That's the reason I shunned it at first. I thought it was trying too hard to be like anime, but then one boring day I sat down and watched a few episodes, and it was nothing like anime. Sure it has looks like anime but it is clearly not anime. I'd like to give you some good examples but if I did that I'd only be miming what other people have said as to why it shouldn't be considered anime besides the obvious not made in Japan thing.

THE TRAILER LOOKS GOOD
BUT THAN AGAIN
ALL M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN
MOVIE TRAILERS LOOK GOOD
BUT TURN OUT AWFUL!!
(except for the sixth sense)

Because M. night shyamalan created it

it smells fishy this I will concede on, with a caveat that Unbreakable was also one of his only good movies.

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i understand to the above replier

on my 16th birthday my dear sister told me she got a manga for me
than when i opened it, it was avatar the last airbender
i instantly frowned, and told her i did not like it,
this isn't manga, this is an american cartoon imitating manga.

i feel sorry looking back i wish i couldve said something like
thank you, this actually isn't a manga but i still appreciate it.

but during this topic i thought about it.

why because i am the president of the student council of course

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I can solve the problem. Was it produced by japanese?, was it directed by japanese? was it shown in japan?. If avatar got one or more of those we can call it an anime. Heck u cant call those new Powerpuff girls an american animation because it was made by japanese even if it was intented for americans.

You cant call the baseball in japan American Baseball, just like u cant say curry is a japanese food. It is just wrong.

i created a topic so that those taking apart of this debate move to.
that way we are not wasting space in the avatar the last airbender live action movie topic. debating on what is considered anime

heres ma link

http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=13461

why because i am the president of the student council of course

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