Ncyphe, on 16 January 2013 - 06:38 AM, said:
True the modern terms have their definitions, but their origins are actually the same, based on culture.
The 'Car' in 'Cartoon' mean drawn. I think 'toon' has something to do with 'joke'.
'Anime' comes from the word 'Animation'. Because Japanese read in syllables instead of letters, to shorten a phrase, they cut off a chunk of the word or phrase. For example 'Poke'mon' is actually a shorted form of the actual name 'Pocket Monsters'.
Ironically enough, both modern Cartoons and Anime were started by the same Pioneer, Walt Disney. The first Japanese anime was "Astro Boy," development aided by the Walt Disney company, as a part of Walt Disney's attempt to spread animation around the world.
Hmm, interestingly, the etymology of "cartoon" does not have anything to do with drawing. You're probably thinking of the similarly-derived "cartography", but it is the ...graphy suffix that relates to drawing (from the greek graphein.) No, the "cart" prefix actually refers to the material that such drawings were made on - carton, or card if you like.
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cartoon (n.) Look up cartoon at Dictionary.com
1670s, "a drawing on strong paper (used as a model for another work)," from French carton, from Italian cartone "strong, heavy paper, pasteboard," thus "preliminary sketches made by artists on such paper" (see carton). Extension to comical drawings in newspapers and magazines is 1843.
Punch has the benevolence to announce, that in an early number of his ensuing Volume he will astonish the Parliamentary Committee by the publication of several exquisite designs, to be called Punch's Cartoons! ["Punch," June 24, 1843]
Cartoons as we know them are properly called
animated cartoons, literally "funny drawings brought to life." The "animated" part of that is presumably where Japan got the loan-word "anime".
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