Anime vs. Cartoon

Animenoun

(uncountable) An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.

Animenoun

(countable) An animated work originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.

Animenoun

An animated work, regardless of the country of origin.

Animenoun

alternative spelling of animé|nodot=1, the resin of the courbaril.

Animeadjective

Of a different tincture from the animal itself; - said of the eyes of a rapacious animal.

Animenoun

A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenæa courbaril), and much used by varnish makers.

Animenoun

a hard copal derived from an African tree

Animenoun

any of various resins or oleoresins

Animenoun

a style of Japanese film and television animation, typically aimed at adults as well as children.

Anime

Anime (Japanese: アニメ, IPA: [aɲime] (listen)) is hand-drawn and computer animation originating from Japan. In Japan and in Japanese, anime (a term derived from the English word animation) describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin.

Cartoonnoun

(comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.

Cartoonnoun

(comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.

Cartoonnoun

(arts) An artist's preliminary sketch.

Cartoonnoun

(animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.

Cartoonnoun

A diagram in a scientific concept.

Cartoonverb

To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.

Cartoonverb

(arts) To make a preliminary sketch.

Cartoonnoun

A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; - used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael.

Cartoonnoun

A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of "Puck."

Cartoonnoun

same as comic strip.

Cartoonnoun

a motion picture consisting of a series of frames, each being a photograph of a drawing rather than a frame produced by filming a scene of true action, and in which the objects are displaced slightly in succeeding frames so as to give the appearance of motion when projected as a motion picture on the screen. The types of characters portrayed in such films are often similar or identical to those in a comic strip.

Cartoonnoun

a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

Cartoonnoun

a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence

Cartoonverb

draw cartoons of

Cartoon

A cartoon is a type of illustration that is typically drawn, sometimes animated, in an unrealistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved over time, but the modern usage usually refers to either: an image or series of images intended for satire, caricature, or humor; or a motion picture that relies on a sequence of illustrations for its animation.