Not anime? I hate reviews like that.

Written by mikeocheskey on April 21, 2012 at 1:20 PM

I love this series. I was a fan of the original Thundercats when I was a kid and this is an excellent reboot of the series. The animation is greatly improved and I like the new angles that the writers took with the character design and development. The dialogue can be cheesy at times, but so was the dialogue on the original and any other cartoon geared toward children.

I usually wait until a series is complete before reviewing it so that I can make an informed review of the whole instead of just a part, but I had to review this because I'm so sick and tired of the reviews I've seen for this and other american anime posted on this website bashing the series and giving it poor reviews simply because they say "This isn't anime! It's American cartoons!" This is one of the stupidest arguments any person can make because it's all a matter of semantics. The word "anime" is the Japanese word for "cartoon" and is short for "animation" (or as it would be pronounced in Japanese ah-ni-meh-shon). Japanese animation was derived from Disney animation and European animation when it was first introduced in Japan and there is no difference between American animation, Japanese animation, or animation from any other country. Animation is still animation no matter where you go and can be for children, teens, or adults. In Japan, the term anime does not specify an animation's nation of origin or style; instead, it serves as a blanket term to refer to all forms of animation from around the world, so why do we pointlessly fight over the term so much?