Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4440927-20150410030856/@comment-34326521-20150524130302

"Anime" is what the Japanese call "animation". Only in the west do some people separate western animation and Japanese animation. If you go to Japan and show them Spongebob Squarepants, they'll say it's an anime. If you show them Dragon Ball, they'll also say it's an anime.