What is the difference between an anime and a cartoon? With the help of my little brother will attempt to explain some of the main differences between anime and cartoon. A lot of people might think that anime and western cartoons are the same thing, but I can assure you that they are very different, and here are some of the reasons why:

The first difference is most anime are mangas (Japanese comics) before they get animated. Each anime has to first earn their popularity as a graphic novel before it can be brought to the small screen. If they don’t then they normally don’t make good a series and are canceled very quickly. Another difference is that most anime is in fact made for more mature viewers rather than children. While anime for children do exist, most of them deal with some very graphic subject matter that is not suited for children like, death, murder, crime, personal loss and loneliness.

The final difference is the one that everyone can recognize as soon as the watch an anime, the art style. Anime are more focused on details, realistic characters, and vast worlds. While a western cartoon usually exist a couple are locations that are repeated over and over, anime create vast worlds, with new and exciting places for the characters to travel to. All the people look like people, and have actual human characteristics and they even change outfits.

They are many more differences between anime and cartoons, but I think these are some of the main differences that you should know if you are going to read my blog.