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so my officemate and I were trying to classify Avatar. It's not japanese, and it's got a more traditional cartoon bent to it than most anime, but it holds true to a lot of anime tenets. How would you classify Avatar, /c/?
>> Chuck Norris
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a shitty comic
>> Anonymous
shit sucks
>> Anonymous
nigger
>> Sam
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It's a cartoon.
Anime means animation. Cartoon is also animation. We just use anime to refer to animation that comes from Japan for the sake of clarity.
Avatar comes from America, so it's a cartoon. Period. End of story.
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unfortunately this faggot is correct
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A failure of an American cartoon trying to capitalize on the success of anime. I've watched several episodes and it sucks. It's the stories in anime that make it so good not the art style. Anime does not pander to children and can be tragic and sad even for kids shows.
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>> Anonymous
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Look up Doraemon, Nintama Rantaro, Akazukin Cha-Cha, Kimba the White Lion, Astroboy, and the list goes on.

Yeah, the last two have some pretty tragic moments, but you know, so does Avatar.

I'll agree with Sam about classification. However, I don't agree with the weeaboo otaku who obsess over what is anime/cartoon because they think western stuff sucks.
>> Ganonymous !QMWqTaenbY
>>500552
>However, I don't agree with the weeaboo otaku who obsess over what is anime/cartoon because they think western stuff sucks.

This is why /a/ sucks.
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Anime is cartoon, no matter how you spin it. Avatar is an american made cartoon created by two guys who were inspired by some of the best anime ever made, by Hayao Miyazaki. Based off that alone, they did an awesome job on portraying the mysticism and imagination captured in movies like Spirited Away and Castles in the Sky or Princess Mononoke.

But what I love most about Avatar: The Last Airbender is the unique form of animation portrayed. Story line was okay at first but had progressively gotten better but it was the animation that pulled me in. While I'm not fondest of the character designs they came up with, I am most attracted to how they move. Anime tends to take short cuts A LOT and use freeze frame action scenes but Avatar takes no short cuts and makes every motion realistic and precise. Anothing thing I like about it is how it stays true to the martial arts they portray. Beautiful and very real. The fact that they trained all their artists in kung fu and had a personal Sifu instruct them on how to animate certain movements is a testament to their desire to be accurate. And finally, I'm happy to see more than one cultural influence in an 'anime' type show for a change. I was getting sick and tired of seeing everything from a Japanese perspective until this came along. I really do appreciate another point of view or attempt at a unique art style such as this.

This is why I personally love Avatar. I could go on more about character development and wicked awesome soundtrack, but I'll just stick to the main topic and say that it is anime by comparison but not by origin.
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I like Avatar, good show.
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>> Anonymous
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has one of the most kick ass cute characters ever, Toph, how could I not like it?
>> Anonymous
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moar toph! i like the animation too, it's very smooth and not choppy like most animu
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Avatar wins because of foaming mouth guy.
>> Anonymous
>>500552
What sad moments do you speak of? People dying: Naruto, DBZ (yes, even DBZ people die and don't come back, android 16 for example), Inuyasha, Gundam, even Robotech are all KIDS shows. Hell I even cried at the end of Tiny Snowfairy Sugar and it's made for 8-11 year old girls.

You can't get that in American cartoons. We pander to children, we expect that kids are too young to watch death or violence or a series with a sad ending we have to show them that no matter what everyone's happy in the end.

Go read Pita Ten, holy God that manga was sad, everybody loses! And it's made for kids! That's why I can't stand American cartoons, no guts to show kids that sometimes life sucks.
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>> Anonymous
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Jet died Yue died Katara and sokkas mother died Suki may be dead Zhao died Zukos mother killed azulon
>> Viaggiatore !lDZfmmdTWM
>>500677

SPOILER: Foaming mouth guy is Ang's father.

You're going to have to trust me on this.
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>> Anonymous
dude!! sauce on that mae pic! That's the very best original artwork I've seen on Avatar in a while! Come on, we need moar and better work people
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i found it on deviantart
>> Anonymous
link to this awesome artist?
>> Anonymous
i don't have it anymore to lazy to look for it
>> Anonymous
Avatar is a good show. Great drawing and animation. They have developed there charectors and managed to make Kitara NOT a bad mary-sue.
>> Anonymous
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Needs less Mai and moar rock loli.
>> Anonymous
It's obvious the weeaboos who are bashing the avatar saying it lacks depth haven't been watching the whole show. They probably saw a few episodes the Nick likes to repeat and then said the whole show sucks because they have a few episodes that are just for fun.

The Avatar is a great show, probably the best show that Nick has made.
>> Anonymous
>>500840
Fuck that. Moar Mai.
>> Anonymous
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ya damn right, you've gotta be blind to not realize the awesomeness that is Avatar.
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stop that.
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