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Are Anime and Cartoons really different?


 This is a debate that's still seen literally everywhere especially on social media. I myself have gotten into this argument severally but I have taken my time to dwell on it and realise that Anime and Cartoons or  animations are in fact the same thing.

To start things off,what is an anime? Well according to pooled definitions,it is "Japanese inspired animation" that alone should tell you that the only difference is the art style and that's even archaic because nowadays western animated shows use that same style that is meant to be "Japanese" example are the avatar shows,voltron and many more.
Even Google knows what's up

I can already sense the annoyance in otakus(anime die-hards) reading this and  saying to themselves "you're wrong,they are two totally different things" and my question to you is "how?,how,exactly are they different"?.

I remember last year I was arguing with a guy who said legend of korra was anime. I argued to aggressively you'd think I was being paid. But now that I actually sit back and think about it,shows like The Legend Of Korra, Neo Yokio(I still hate you) and Voltron are still anime. 

They're obviously inspired by anime art style and they share similarly story lines...for instance neo yokio is simple yet very bizzare...this can be said for most anime you find and that includes the ones that don't even involve powers.

For real though,we always say anime and normal animated projects are different but realistically they're not. Some might argue that anime deal with mature themes but they're a lot of animated projects like bojack horseman,rick and Morty and legends of chamberlain heights that are also very mature so what's the point?.

  I guess you could say things are greatly exaggerated in anime and I'd call regular show for you. The debate would be infinite because truly there really is no difference between the two of them. They are both animated with storylines with rich characters and plot twists! and they can also both be bad..especially when it comes to endings. 

  With that being said, if you agree or disagree please be kind enough and air your opinion and also which do you like more conventional animations or anime?
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