Americanime is an American cartoon with visual art influenced by Japanese animation, also known as anime. It's mostly a fad; cartoonists exploiting the recent popularity that anime has gotten in North America in the past decade or so.
It has the thin veneer of anime, but the characters, plots, and dialogue all lack the depth and clever writing of their Japanese cousin, and the stories are all episodic (with one of the exceptions being Avatar perhaps. That Americanime rivals its Japanese counterparts in writing.) In other words, it's a kid's cartoon that is drawn like an anime.
It has the thin veneer of anime, but the characters, plots, and dialogue all lack the depth and clever writing of their Japanese cousin, and the stories are all episodic (with one of the exceptions being Avatar perhaps. That Americanime rivals its Japanese counterparts in writing.) In other words, it's a kid's cartoon that is drawn like an anime.
by Mechaghostman2 February 21, 2016
A North American cartoon that attempts to mimic or copy japanese anime style, due to the increasing popularity of anime in North America. The characters are drawn similarily to usual anime, but the eyes are simpler. The characters' personality also attempt to mimic the exaggerated way anime characters act, and come off just looking dumb.
Person A: I love Totally Spies and Martin Mystery! The drawing style is so cool!
Person B: God, I hate that dumb americanime. It's just North Americans trying to rip-off regular good ol' anime.
Person A: ...
Person B: God, I hate that dumb americanime. It's just North Americans trying to rip-off regular good ol' anime.
Person A: ...
by aries.girl September 7, 2006
A North American cartoon that attempts to mimic or copy japanese anime style, due to the increasing popularity of anime in North America. The characters are drawn similarily to usual anime, but the eyes are simpler. The characters' personality also attempt to mimic the exaggerated way anime characters act, and come off just looking dumb.
Person A: I love Totally Spies and Martin Mystery! The drawing style is so cool!
Person B: God, I hate that dumb americanime. It's just North Americans trying to rip-off regular good ol' anime.
Person A: ...
Person B: God, I hate that dumb americanime. It's just North Americans trying to rip-off regular good ol' anime.
Person A: ...
by aries.girl September 5, 2006
Trash Crap... It is trash.
It is the worst unoriginal idea of the world. WE ARE AMERICAN, NO NIPON/COREAN O ANYBODY.
We had original style, the ability of create new things, but the anime make a brainwash to the nowadays animators and cartoonist. I cant believe it. We are losing we american soul.
You can see which they made to the looney toons.
They cancel unlimited SpiderMan ç
They cancel Invader Zimand the angry beavers.
They eliminate Pepper Ann and Doug of Toon Disney.
They are here, and they are taking our minds. And I'm crying while the mind of our children are in a corruptization with demoniatic-mosters cards and commercial stuff.
It is the worst unoriginal idea of the world. WE ARE AMERICAN, NO NIPON/COREAN O ANYBODY.
We had original style, the ability of create new things, but the anime make a brainwash to the nowadays animators and cartoonist. I cant believe it. We are losing we american soul.
You can see which they made to the looney toons.
They cancel unlimited SpiderMan ç
They cancel Invader Zimand the angry beavers.
They eliminate Pepper Ann and Doug of Toon Disney.
They are here, and they are taking our minds. And I'm crying while the mind of our children are in a corruptization with demoniatic-mosters cards and commercial stuff.
Americanime. The lost of our souls. the commercialization of our dreams to stupid "cards and videogame"seller anime.
by erick the revenger of the cartoon August 1, 2006
An American cartoon that plays out like a Japanese anime (Steven Universe, Avatar, Samurai Jack). In order for a show to be considered an Americanime it must follow these rules
1. The show must be from The United States
2. It must be influenced by Japanese Anime (Death Note, Bleach, Naruto, Etc.)
3. It must be animated
4. It must have action of some kind
5. It must have a beach episode
Americanimes got popular in the 2000s with Samurai Jack, Jackie Chan Adventures, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. But the first one to get the Americanime title was Batman: The Animated Series. So it got started in the 90s
1. The show must be from The United States
2. It must be influenced by Japanese Anime (Death Note, Bleach, Naruto, Etc.)
3. It must be animated
4. It must have action of some kind
5. It must have a beach episode
Americanimes got popular in the 2000s with Samurai Jack, Jackie Chan Adventures, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. But the first one to get the Americanime title was Batman: The Animated Series. So it got started in the 90s
by Tyler2003 July 19, 2020