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Topic	It's anima, not anime
Incredible 02/05/24 3:55:10 PM #27:	berlyman101 posted... "Animation" has a different connotation in English than "anime," so it's a useful term. Arbitrary social construct. People wanted a short term to describe Japanese cartoons so they went with "anime" even though that's technically redundant Japanimation/Japanima would have been better --- W fam <cite>Incredible posted [p:978671342] in It's anima... [t:80688799]...</cite> <quote>berlyman101 posted... </cite><quote>"Animation" has a different connotation in English than "anime," so it's a useful term.</quote>Arbitrary social construct. People wanted a short term to describe Japanese cartoons so they went with "anime" even though that's technically redundantJapanimation/Japanima would have been better --- W fam</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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