Compare and Contrast

Anime and Cartoons

   Anime and cartoons are both animated still images. They're both fiction and especially made to entertain people. Though some people say anime is just another genre for cartoons, others say that anime is just another name for cartoons they just call it anime in japan. But if you will ask me i'll just say anime and cartoons are both the same but they have a differences too. If you're watching anime and cartoons at the same time you can easily  tell the difference between the two. The way they're were drawn for example, you'll notice that anime characters had an almost perfect and most of the time exaggerated as far as the physical features is concerned while cartoons  look like deformed but resemblance to human can be spotted in various cartoons too. Anime also had a much good story than cartoons, maybe because cartoons was made to purely entertain unlike the anime you'll be entertain and learn at the same time.

   According to history anime was originally came from japan while cartoons was from america. Unlike cartoons  anime had a genre, a genre is a term for category or any other forms of art. It just show that anime is not only aimed for kids but for adults too. There was a genre of anime like seinen, seinen was especially made for older men. While cartoons was especially aimed for kids, because cartoons usually intended to induce laughter. But i'm not saying that older people should not watch cartoons because i am for example i watched cartoons too. All i am just saying is that anime and cartoons can be the same but they were different in may ways too.

   While anime in Japan refers to all animated productions, English dictionaries define the word as Japanese style of motion picture animation. The word anime is said to have been derived from the French term dessin animé while others claim that it was used as an abbreviation during the late 1970s. The word "Japanimation" was also in vogue in the 70s and 80s and referred to anime produced in Japan.

Cartoon, on the other hand , was initially used as a model or study for a painting. Derived from the word karton meaning strong or heavy paper, these were depicted by great artists like Leonardo da Vinci and gained appreciation in their own right. Over the turn of the centuries, the term cartoon was distanced from its original meaning and used excessively to define a humor picture with a caption or a dialogue.