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And "imation" is not a word, idiot. You went to school; fucking think.
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If a portmanteau is made from a proper noun, then it remains as a proper noun.
For instance: Bollywood (which I used to think was a pejorative) is capitalized.
For instance: Bollywood (which I used to think was a pejorative) is capitalized.
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I think what's even worse is calling western-made stuff anime. I've seen headlines mentioning Star Wars, Batman, etc. anime. Is "anime" just a term for a visual style now?
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Apparently. Like it makes sense when it's a western franchise or whatever and the cartoon or comic is made by a Japanese studio. But yeah there's a ton of stuff made in the west now that looks vaguely like traditional anime or just steals specific elements but it's sure as shit not anime. Amerime which is aptly stupid sounding.
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It isn't a pejorative. Meanwhile a word you know beyond a shadow of a doubt is a pejorative, you keep using. This really undermines your story of you heroically telling your friend he was racist for yelling out the car window at some Asian girls.
But you know who else calls western-made animation "anime"? Every single man, woman, and child in Japan. "Anime" is just the phonetic abbreviation of "animation". They use it for everything. Disney movies, the Young Justice cartoon, The Simpsons... they call all of it anime.
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I do.
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According to the Wiktionary, it isn't offensive. I even hyphenated it to appease the snowflake sjw cucks.
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I was at a car show once, and unbeknownst to me the musical act for the day was Coolio (I had just, again unknowingly, missed seeing Vanilla Ice the previous day). As Coolio takes the stage and a crowd of onlookers appear (most of the people present still checking cars, stereos, and babes) Coolio says:
“Y’allllllll like cartoooooons?”
And then banged out the Dexter’s Laboratory rap.
“Y’allllllll like cartoooooons?”
And then banged out the Dexter’s Laboratory rap.
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Spend a lot of time appeasing yourself, do you?
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Japan Animation. Letters are often dropped when making a portmanteau. In this case, it is the repetitive two.
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I'm starting to think you have lower self awareness than Joe8.
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Do you concede the point on the capitalization??????
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So Scooby-Doo is an anime?
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...with a dash of autism
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In Japan yes, In America no.
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Neither is "mation". But when Filmation was formed, they combined the words Film and Animation and dropped the ANI and a repetitive M.
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What’s fascinating about this thread is that often Norton drops some cryptic reply and then doesn’t respond to others asking what he meant or looking for clarification.
But today he has chosen “Japanimation” as the hill in which he will die upon.
I’m writing the script to the film as we speak.
But today he has chosen “Japanimation” as the hill in which he will die upon.
I’m writing the script to the film as we speak.
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I also use the soft "J" sound (like the French)
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That's a nice way of saying he replies with a non sequitur when he didn't actually understand the question.