Talk:Pandacinnamon/@comment-33842786-20171204035956/@comment-31322722-20181107020410

Actually, that’s not true.

”Anime” is short for the Japanese word for “animation”. Cartoons, in Japan, are called anime, but the reason why we call them anime is because Japanese cartoons are so different from American cartoons, and they’re often considered to be more complex and intense. In order to differentiate anime from other cartoons, the West began to call Japanese cartoons “anime”, once it became massively popular.

Most anime and manga (“manga” means “comic”) artists use very similar art styles, so it’s very easy to emulate once you’re exposed to a lot of Japanese media. Korean artists have also used this style, as well as Chinese artists. The picture IgiKo drew falls into a category known as “chibi”.