>>7665289>Every anime feels like carbon copy of another. it has to many tropes. I assure you in the West it's the same or even worse. Usually it's just unconnected episodes with cliche characters/plot, where character growth, exploration and relationships are barely ever present. Most anime is several levels above this in terms of writing, at least in non-flat characters or plot.
When Western cartoons do have plot, it usually boils down to goody-goody moralizing cliches and safest shit imaginable. Maybe it's because cartoons in the West are seen as inherently being for young children, aside for stuff like Adult Swim etc, but it is STILL seen as light-hearted comedy and entertainment. They are considered by definition inferior to movies, basically "baby movies", while anime doesn't really have such a strong prejudice. Perhaps they don't think of flat line artwork as inferior form of art, "cartoons for babies", because of their art history, too (see pic).
That said, some old cartoons used to actually be funny, like Tom and Jerry still is. Because it wasn't yet cucked by overzealous parents and shit like CalArts. And it excelled in this light-hearted comedy. But the rest, like Western "shonen" cartoons, never really lived up to what Japan did.
Oh yeah and
>unique in both art style Please. CalArts does one style. Hanna-Barberra did one style. Disney did one style. You will see a ton of similar-looking cartoons in one era. Much like anime styles also change by studio and by decade.
Yes, Western styles do vary more than anime which always sticks to one core drawing convention, and often there will be completely unique styles—here I agree. But at the same time, anime often allows itself much greater artistic liberty and expression than Western cartoons.
