Boondocks is an anime?
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It is not anime.
It may have some stylistic similarities but lacks a lot of the expressions and unique character design, and setting, (no middle school girls with pink hair fighting seemingly endless waves of demons.)
Also, unlike much anime that is adapted from manga, The Boondocks is based on the three panel comic strips,(not comic books,) of Aaron McGruder, meaning that The Boondocks is no closer to being anime than the Charlie Brown Christmas Special.
It may have some stylistic similarities but lacks a lot of the expressions and unique character design, and setting, (no middle school girls with pink hair fighting seemingly endless waves of demons.)
Also, unlike much anime that is adapted from manga, The Boondocks is based on the three panel comic strips,(not comic books,) of Aaron McGruder, meaning that The Boondocks is no closer to being anime than the Charlie Brown Christmas Special.
Well its style is definatly close to what the style of cartoons generally called anime. That's about as close I can get to defining it before "this is what anime is", "this isn't what anime is", "anime is this", "anime is that", "anime blah blah blah..."
I was thinking the same thing after I posted that and knew I was gonna get that response.nicholaxxx said:
But still, there's a difference between American cartoons like Boondocks (I've never watched it) or sponge bob and anime like Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni (great anime btw)
Apparently its made by the same people who made Appleseed. So yes, it does. You could look this up yourself.Mr. Gency said:
Probably doesn't technically count, though Aaron McGruder certainly drew inspiration from anime. He even named Samurai Champloo as an inspiration, in fact, and you can see a lot of that when you look at the fight scenes.
Avatar isn't anime due to its western production, manga isn't anime because it's a different (though closely related) medium, but hentai? That can <url=http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/2889/51cb1erx0lsl500aa300.jpg>most certainly be anime, as well as a number of other things.
Say wha?Konaerix said:
Avatar isn't anime due to its western production, manga isn't anime because it's a different (though closely related) medium, but hentai? That can <url=http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/2889/51cb1erx0lsl500aa300.jpg>most certainly be anime, as well as a number of other things.
Anime is animation, Japanimation is animation from Japan. Do we really have to get all pretentious about the title?
Football is called football becasue it's adapted from rugby football (which was known as football at the time), while football (soccer) was known as association football at the time and was more commonly called soccer.
Well scratch that, I guess we do have to get all pretentious about a title.Nihilism_Is_Bliss said:
Eh...? Football is called football because the ball is a foot long?MikailCaboose said:
Football is called football becasue it's adapted from rugby football (which was known as football at the time), while football (soccer) was known as association football at the time and was more commonly called soccer.
Madhouse animate it...it is technically anime. Although to be honest does it really matter? It's a kick arse show.
Considering it is based of a comic strip, if western origin, and the content matter is very western, there isn't much that could constitute this being an anime.ninonybox360 said:I keep seeing Boondocks comeing up in topics about anime....when did that show become an anime....granted sometimes it looks like it but i can't see it being anime. so escapists i say to you
Just because it looks a little like anime doesn't mean it is.
I've just heard that it was called that because it was a foot-long. Which it is. I just figured that that was true.manaman said:
