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A Sub Genre of a Piece of Media That was Originally Thought to Only Originate in Japan but has Since Spread its Way to Places like South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and China, Basically its Any Sort of Animation that Either Comes from a Foreign Place like Asia, Europe, Canada, Russia Etc or is a Piece of Animation That is Unknown thus is More Exotic or Out of the Ordinary Than Most Mainstream Cartoons Which Most American Cartoons take the Looney Tunes or Calarts Format for Kids or Take the Simpsons or South Park Format for Adults While Anime Has a More Realistic Meaning Sometimes Combining Both The Cutesy Aspects of a Kids Cartoon with the Deep Themes of an Adult Cartoon from the West, Anime Can Either Range from a 2 Minute Short Like Aggretsuko, or Wallace and Gromit, a 30 Minute Show like Moomin, Sonic Underground, The Critic, Dragon Ball, a Full Length Movie Series like Most Studio Ghibli Films or Watership Down or Even Commercials like McDonalds, Dr Pepper, Hagen Das, AT&T, Dempsters, PETA, Dairy Queen, Wendy's Etc, Anime Used to Only Known to Be Found in the Back of Video Stores and Libraries But Has Since Gained Mainstream Appeal thanks to Series like Pokemon, Dragon Ball, Speed Racer, One Piece etc Anime is more than a Japanese Cartoon its an International Movement thats Been Around Since the 1950s and is Never Gonna Stop
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