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Anonymous commented at 2014-05-02 14:51:42 » #1528299
Oh, so we're doing the pedant thing now?
Okay, anime (アニメ), being a Japanese loanword that was itself a loanword from English, had no concept of singular or plurals. However, in English the word 'animation' can take a plural form of animations when used to refer to discrete instances of animation. For example, 'Once the artists finished, the editors spliced the Mickey Mouse animations'. Check Google Define if you don't believe me. Since アニメ and cartoon animation are largely the same concept (and in fact PPG and MLP are referred to as アニメ in Japan as much as Astroboy and DBZ are) the loanword can potentially take on a plural form.
Moreover, since anime in this context can refer to multiple discrete instances of animation (don't let her watch Sailor Moon v. don't let her watch Sailor Moon episodes) the plural form of anime remains the correct usage.
So suck it, Anon1.
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Oh, so we're doing the pedant thing now?
Okay, anime (アニメ), being a Japanese loanword that was itself a loanword from English, had no concept of singular or plurals. However, in English the word 'animation' can take a plural form of animations when used to refer to discrete instances of animation. For example, 'Once the artists finished, the editors spliced the Mickey Mouse animations'. Check Google Define if you don't believe me. Since アニメ and cartoon animation are largely the same concept (and in fact PPG and MLP are referred to as アニメ in Japan as much as Astroboy and DBZ are) the loanword can potentially take on a plural form.
Moreover, since anime in this context can refer to multiple discrete instances of animation (don't let her watch Sailor Moon v. don't let her watch Sailor Moon episodes) the plural form of anime remains the correct usage.
So suck it, Anon1.
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Anonymous commented at 2014-09-16 23:03:49 » #1603487
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gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=2243453 Perfectly fitting picture to go with this one. Especially the comments people put on it.
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