Anime

Something that fat, sluggish, and smelly people can try to define for a solid fucking hour on Urban Dictionary.com! Seriously, you fucking tools, noone cares how much you can say about japanese animation. It doesn't make your hand into any more of a vagina. Go back to jerking off.

Anime" is a derivative form of "animation," coined in Japan to refer to all kinds of animation, both domestic and foreign. The word has a more specific meaning in Europe and North America, specifying Japanese animation. American fans of anime usually make a clear distinction between cartoons, such as Looney Tunes and Disney, and anime, which has certain different characteristics.

Anime, as defined in North America, has a distinct art style, often featuring large eyes, small noses, and bright colors. Animation from Japan is geared towards a Japanese audience, which has looser censorship standards, allowing nudity, violence, and mature themes in programming for children and teens; this is perfectly acceptable in Japan. Only a relatively small percentage of anime is pornographic (see hentai).

Unlike Disney animated movies and Saturday morning cartoons in America, Japanese anime is not always made for and marketed to children. Some anime have complex storylines and characters, exploring mature themes. Every genre is represented in anime, from drama to comedy to romance, fantasy to horror.

"Japanimation" is a synonym for anime, but is not used as much.

See also manga and otaku.
"She became an anime fan when she saw Fushigi Yuugi at a friend's house."

by HellSpawn August 25, 2006

animated

To be deceased yet exhibit qualities of life. Animated creature are often referred to as undead yet need not necessarily be so.

A necromancer animated zombies and skeletons, but only after being schooling the correct art of shoveling.

by Retroactivism June 19, 2004

anime

Simply put, it's animation. But, here in the States, it refers to cartoons from Japan. Anime can be classified as having spikey hair, large eyes, futuristic setting, sex, and violence. Some of these doesn't necessarily apply to all animes. People who hate anime tend to have seen only one or just the crappy ones and refuse to open their minds and learn more about it. They have nothing better to do than to put down those who like it. They seem to think that American craptoons are better. Sure, they're good, but nowhere near as good as anime. They also seem to think that they'll get girls because they diss it. Well, they're certainly not getting this girl (that's right, I'm a girl). I prefer people with brains, not close-minded assholes. Anyways, here are some good examples of anime: Cowboy Bebop, Dragonball Z (original version), InuYasha, Lupin III, Trigun, and some of the Gundam series.

by Elizabeth Reyes August 11, 2003

Anime

The reason why two bombs just wasn't enough it also resulted in the creation of hentai

In an anime we hear things like "STICK IT IN MY SLIT KYOTO KUN!!"

by Ultraman Nexus May 18, 2017

anime

1. Japanese word for animation.
2. A word used for animation brought from Japan to U.S. Many anime such as Rurouni Kenshin (my favoritte), Cowboy Bebop, and Hellsing are great. There are some very bad anime however like DBZ, DB GT (I do like the original Dragon Ball though), Pokemon, and Yu Gi Oh. Anime is often misjudged at my school as being for little kids. The people who say this are exetremely ignorant and often very annoying.

Rurouni Kenshin, Cowboy Bebop, Gundam, Hellsing, Final Fantasy Unlimited, Full Metal Alchemist, Last Exile

by Okita-Sama April 11, 2005

Anime

A form of Japanese animation that you'll find typically mutilated by American corporations when they "translate" the shows.

Cartoon Network and Funimation are two examples of fuckers who hack and slash good anime into unrecognizable shit.

by sigh August 25, 2006

Anime

Japanese animation; The reason to live.

Wow, if it weren't for anime, I would've definitely killed myself by now.

by Blue Mew42 March 12, 2018