Anime is Japanese animation.
I think western animation has mostly been cartoons that are like sitcoms, where is no real plot progression and character development. Western cartoons are self contained episodes where every new episode is more or less a soft reboot, and the status quo returns as how it was. Your memory is not engaged like how anime you are constantly being reminded thru flashbacks of everything the character has been thru, and the goal the characters working towards. I thought cartoons were mind numbing and did not have same effect of making you think and look forward to things.
The only slight continuity in cartoons I had seen were in super hero cartoons, where they were telling an origin story, or building up to villain's that needed a bit more set up, or they were moving to a new series.
Like Superman to Justice League and Justice League unlimited, and some of the arcs in the amazing Spiderman.
Futurama has some limited continuity, and to a greater extent Rick and Morty, though most of the series follows the episodic formula with the big continuity episodes being at the end of seasons for dramatic effect. I would say this structure is like 80% filler, 20% plot moving.
I would say anime has more in common with dramas like the Sopranos, Game of Thrones, young Sheldon. Also Breakign Bad, Better Call Saul
Also like the super hero shows Smallville, Arrow, Flash, Supergirl and supernatural where 80% filler, 20% plot moving.
The western animations with full on continuity episode by episode I think were, Avatar the last Air bender followed the anime pattern of setting up characters that grow ,evolve and change. Another "cartoon" I have seen have seen follow the "anime" pattern is Invincible where Mark learns and grows stronger from his fights and experiences a bit like a shounen protagonist.
I think western animation has mostly been cartoons that are like sitcoms, where is no real plot progression and character development. Western cartoons are self contained episodes where every new episode is more or less a soft reboot, and the status quo returns as how it was. Your memory is not engaged like how anime you are constantly being reminded thru flashbacks of everything the character has been thru, and the goal the characters working towards. I thought cartoons were mind numbing and did not have same effect of making you think and look forward to things.
The only slight continuity in cartoons I had seen were in super hero cartoons, where they were telling an origin story, or building up to villain's that needed a bit more set up, or they were moving to a new series.
Like Superman to Justice League and Justice League unlimited, and some of the arcs in the amazing Spiderman.
Futurama has some limited continuity, and to a greater extent Rick and Morty, though most of the series follows the episodic formula with the big continuity episodes being at the end of seasons for dramatic effect. I would say this structure is like 80% filler, 20% plot moving.
I would say anime has more in common with dramas like the Sopranos, Game of Thrones, young Sheldon. Also Breakign Bad, Better Call Saul
Also like the super hero shows Smallville, Arrow, Flash, Supergirl and supernatural where 80% filler, 20% plot moving.
The western animations with full on continuity episode by episode I think were, Avatar the last Air bender followed the anime pattern of setting up characters that grow ,evolve and change. Another "cartoon" I have seen have seen follow the "anime" pattern is Invincible where Mark learns and grows stronger from his fights and experiences a bit like a shounen protagonist.
