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AniDB Definition:Anime: Difference between revisions
→So what IS an anime?: https://anidb.net/post450996
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:* An anime has to be '''professionally produced'''. This means that fan made shows are not considered anime. | :* An anime has to be '''professionally produced'''. This means that fan made shows are not considered anime. | ||
:* It has to '''have a plot'''. For instance an animated soap commercial is not an anime. | :* It has to '''have a plot'''. For instance an animated soap commercial is not an anime. | ||
:* The anime needs to be '''created primarily for the Japanese, or other Asian | :* The anime needs to be '''created primarily for the Japanese, or other East-Asian market'''. For instance, Disney may collaborate with a Japanese company on the making of a film for the United States, but it is not an anime even though a Japanese company is involved. | ||
===Isn't that arbitrary and exclusive of good Western animation?=== | ===Isn't that arbitrary and exclusive of good Western animation?=== | ||