Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4440927-20150410030856/@comment-34326521-20150529062824

AwesomeBoy wrote: But there is a difference. They call japanese cartoons anime, though no one gives a darn to the meaning of it. They call other cartoons 'cartoons' which are made out of Japan. But if it is made in Japan, then it is called anime to recognize it easily. So :

In the real world = Cartoons out of Japan = Cartoons, Cartoons of Japan = Anime.

In the dictionary world = Cartoons of all countries = Anime. Hope that helped.

It's just used to recognize, nothing else. Regardless of what you call it, anime will still be called anime and cartoon will still be called cartoon no matter if they are the same meanings. Only people outside Japan (mainly in Europe and the USA) make that distinction. If you show a Japanese person Spongebob and Dragon Ball, they'll say they're both animes (animations).