#cartoons!?!?!?!' like. if it appeals to my tastes yeah i'm gonna like it! | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

ducktracy · 13 hours ago

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i know i'm preaching to the choir here but the "anime vs western cartoons" debates have always amused me greatly in thinking that you have to choose one or the other... Good Cartoons Are Good Cartoons Are Good Cartoons . they're cartoons. all united under the same love for the medium of animation c'mon now!

#i'd loved anime since i was at least 8 years old and very much had an 'obnoxious' anime phase growing up and thanks to good friends i've #been reunited and watching lots of excellent anime this past year #and it just amuses/boggles my mind a little that i've seen some people surprised or always hear the 'woah you like anime AND western #cartoons!?!?!?!' like. if it appeals to my tastes yeah i'm gonna like it!#and my tastes in anime tend to default more to the old school gag style anime which often has some western influence #a lot of shows i like keep making reference to western cartoons and fairytales! i just watched an ep of UY the other day where Ataru flirts #with Cinderella. an ep of Minky Momo had characters from Snow White and The Wizard of Oz #another UY ep directly references the animation of Snow White waking up #i recently watched a Shin-chan episode where a woman is reading him Snow White and Shin's like 'that's not her name she has another name #overseas what is it' and the daycare worker was getting exasperated because she didn't know LOL #plus Osama Tezuka's works are FULL of western homages.. Legend of the Forest rules #not saying that anime that references the western stuff is somehow superior but just moreso the lines are not as firm in the sand as you #think #and of course this isn't exclusive to anime. the casual racism is pretty much everywhere lol 'european cartoons are weird' etc #cartoons are cartoons... and cartoons are good... i just can't understand it

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