People always have the misconception that anime has to be from Japan.
First of all like half of it comes from Korea.
Not to mention in America we're one of the few countries who narrowed it down so far.
Is it Japanime? Technically, no. Is it as good as one? Hell yes.

No I don't. Maybe I consider it 60% anime, but that's it.

i do not consider it an anime its just like a little cartoon thing. ^^

i consider it an anime...
sort of....
XD
well..
it's korean animation...
based on japanese and chinese culture and martial arts style...
(mostly chinese stuff though)
i don't kno if it throughs in anything korean...
i'm not that informed on all that junk... but yes... I do consider it an anime... even though it's not in any different language... just english...
but then no subtitles 2 read.. u can focus more on the show.
(trying 2 make the possitive side of avatar show)

It may look like an anime, and is written to be similar to one, but to me, it's not an anime. It's a well written American cartoon. :). Labeling as such isn't necessarily a bad thing, though- it makes American cartoons look a bit better. :)

Anime = Japaniese Animation. So, no because it is not created in Japan, even though the art looks like it's anime.

I agree with you. Avatar isn't a horrible series, but it definitely has its ups and downs. For every good episode, there tends to be at least one awful episode. Zuko Alone, The Puppetmaster, and The Runaway were wonderful episodes, but there were some episodes where I felt embarrassed to be watching the show. I don't think this has anything to do with the creators actually planning horrible episodes like The Swamp. Actually, I believe that this is a result of Nickelodeon trying to keep production values down so that they make the highest possible profit. It's a shame too, because this show is actually quite innovative, especially for an American television series for children.

Hmm.. Its a fusion in my opinion. But not wholly Anime. I have no qualms about it. Anime or not, its still good and one of the better Nickelodeon shows (but I still watch other shows). XD

I do consider it as an anime. The style is much like the japanese style. (just with the twist of America comics.) The art looks better than many animes in Japan too. Although it is not produced or created in Japan, it is still good. That's like saying that your "japanese" cartoon drawings in your notebook is not Manga because it is not from Japan. (just an example. xD.) I prefer to classify in style rather than origin.

Well from what it looks like to me, anime is just a professional way of saying "cartoon". So of course the drawing will be more professional rather than basic cartoon shapes like for example, the simple art outlines for the characters in SpongeBob. The Avatar has very good art and it's animated quite well. And so yes, I think it counts as anime. The only reason why anime is usually based upon Japanese animation is because their art is usually more professional than basic cartoon animation Americans tend to use for cartoons these days.

Well, I think I remember somewhere that the creators of Avatar wanted to draw it as anime. I think that it's really up to the person to decide whether or not an anime is an anime or a cartoon.

But if you saw in that extra episode when Aang was trying to ask Katara to the dance, and there was that message in the sky, it was chinese, not japanese.

I can't decide, but then Teen Titans, Totally Spies... They're drawn like animes, too.

It's not Anime due to the fact that Anime is nothing but a short term for Japanese Animation. People can claim something made in america is "anime" but in realiyt it's just another cartoon. Though it was made in an anime like style making it like an american version of anime.

it reminds me of anime but i would have to agree with everyone else. . . no.


It looks like anime but it doesn't have that Japanese touch.

I do not at all consider it an anime. If it's made in America, it's American.

I'd say no, it isn't an Anime, it's American made.

It just doesn't have that touch that Anime does, Anime is rarely really childish and cartoonish; most Anime has blood in it or cussing. Avatar is americanime, they claim it's Anime but it isn't. And as ` T i G e H said, that was Chinese, not Japanese.

It's a good series but it's not anime, as it wasn't made in Japan or by Japanese people. But it's a good sign of what might come in the future when America catches onto the anime/manga craze and does with it the same thing as they did with reality TV... bore us silly with doing it too much [email protected][email protected]

Nothing wrong with them using that art style for Avatar, of course! ^_^ It works, it looks good, and kids like it.