I'm at ends with my blödsinnig brother about American Animation resembling Japanese Animation. He constantly badgers me saying Avatar The Last Airbender is Anime, and is better than any Anime, to which I reply with a swift punch or kick to random parts of his body. Is American animation that takes after Japanese Animation style Anime? Personnally I say hell no, and punch whoever says different. Anime has to originate, IMO, from Japan, and no other country. It is a sub culture wholly derived from Japan and specific animation techniques created in Japan. I know that alot of American animation projects that go straight to TV have started taking on pretty much all the techniques and style of Anime, but does that make it Anime?
Linkage to a summary of Avatar
http://www.tv.com/avatar-the-last-airbender/show/28841/summary.html
Aside from Avatar, American Animation blows hard. But it still does not deserve a place amongst the Anime realm.