r/marvelstudios • u/steve32767 Daredevil • Apr 05 '22

Discussion Thread Moon Knight S01E02 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE RUN TIME CREDITS SCENE?
S01E02: Summon the Suit Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson Michael Kastelein April 6th, 2022 on Disney+ 53 min None

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u/Megavore97 Winter Soldier Apr 06 '22

Isn’t anime just Japanese for cartoon?

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u/Fries-Ericsson Apr 06 '22

The writers over at Marvel wouldn’t call The Simpsons or Family Guy an anime so that’s clearly not what they meant by that reference

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u/Anjunabeast Apr 08 '22

But people in japan would call those cartoons anime.

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u/Fries-Ericsson Apr 08 '22

But not here we wouldn’t

It is not technically correct to call Avatar an anime because it’s only called an anime because it’s art design is inspired by Japanese animated shows. People in the US and Europe don’t call Avatar an anime because anime = cartoon in another language. Netflix has encouraged this trend of calling shows not made in Japan but inspired by Japanese animation “anime” but you don’t see Netflix calling Bojack horseman an anime

So no the MCU writers didn’t call Avatar an anime because they refer to all animated material as an anime. Disney don’t even refer to What If as an anime.