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Since the term anime is just a shortening for the term Animation, why is Japan’s Animation the only ones called Anime?!!!

From a technical point couldn’t any type of animation, I’ll use Animations like Spongebob Squarepants for example can also be referred to as Anime since they are also Animation?

Im not saying that they’re the same thing, and dont tell me that Anime is different because I already KNOW that, and dont tell me the differences between Anime and other animations because I know all of the differences, in fact I’ve stated those differences HUNDREDS of times before. So Im not looking for a lecture or a guide of how Anime is different from other Animations, Im well aware of that!!!
For this question Im not focusing on the types of animations, Im focusing on the term Anime and the full version of the word.
japanese animation may be unique, but ANIMATION IS ANIMATION even if the word is shortened.

Bonus:

1)Did Japan have Animations before Anime?, If so then what name did those animations go by?
And dont say standard Japanese-Art because obviously the Japanese were making things like Paintings centuries before Anime was even thought of.
For this I mean actual animation as in movement, not just pictures.

2)Would it really make a HUGE difference if all Animations were called Anime?

3)Would it really make a difference if Anime weren’t called Anime and were just simply called Cartoons instead?

Random BQ: Do you agree with this picture?

http://media.photobucket.com/image/otaku%20motivator/lizard_with_guns/motivate_otaku.jpg?o=1

Thanks for answering:)

Nerds Rule~!
I know that Anime is an Animation originated in Japan!!!!!!
Ok, I made a huge error, I wasn’t aware that all animations were referred to as Anime in Japan.

Thanks for correcting me…..

In Japan, the word ‘anime’ is actually used for ALL types of animation, not just animation with Japanese origins. For example, (your example ,hee) Spongebob would be referred to in Japan as anime.
My theory on why we use the word ‘anime’ to describe just Japanese animation is because, at least up until the mid 80′s, most Westerners were not familiar with the Japanese style of animation. It was so different, so foreign…So, naturally, people wanted to give it a different name…’anime’, not just ‘cartoons’. Also, because of the maturity level in many anime. In the Western world, we think of cartoons mostly as childish and made specifically for children, with no adult content. However, anime includes this; and should therefore not be lumped in with ‘cartoons’. Look one of the very first manga every translated (I know, not an anime, but it is a fine example) "Lone Wolf and Cub". It is a gem, by the way…but very, very mature. I mean, you simply cannot call it a cartoon. As I said before, ‘cartoons’ targeted audiences are generally thought of as children, but when anime hit the Western world, it was realized that they are not for children (at least many of the first ones to come over, especially during the video burning wave). That is my theory, at least.

Bonus:

1)Did Japan have Animations before Anime?, If so then what name did those animations go by?
- Many animations were known as ‘kashibonya’ in the late 1950′s. These were manga, basically for rent. Because of the economy slump, people couldn’t afford entertainment like movies, so comics were a good, cheap source. They actually started off as satirical newspaper strip comics, interestingly enough.

And dont say standard Japanese-Art because obviously the Japanese were making things like Paintings centuries before Anime was even thought of.

For this I mean actual animation as in movement, not just pictures.

- manga is animation with movement, so I included that in my above answer because it came before ‘anime’…

2)Would it really make a HUGE difference if all Animations were called Anime?

- Well, it already is in Japan. But, I think that because the Western world has been calling just Japanese animation ‘anime’, that they would not so easily automatically suddenly call all animation ‘anime’. It just wouldn’t happen so easily.

3)Would it really make a difference if Anime weren’t called Anime and were just simply called Cartoons instead?

- The answer to this is in my original paragraph before the bonuses. Too much history that we cannot simply ignore.

Random BQ: Do you agree with this picture?

- I think it is funny. I am fully aware of the derogatory sense of the word ‘otaku’, along with both its Eastern and Western origins and histories. I don’t necessarily ‘agree’ with it…I mean, look at Kosuka from Genshiken. He is an otaku type but has a girlfriend, is good-looking, and cares for his hygiene.
But, I never take that stuff personally, because I embrace the fact that it really is my lifestyle (social withdrawal and all)…Although, I have my values and political views.