Non-Pixar Cartoons on BD. Yay or Nay???

[Kyo28]

Originally Posted by Afrobean

Just because your understanding differs from the rest of the world doesn't mean that the rest of the world is wrong.

To put it bluntly, you use "cartoon" to refer to a specific subgroup, when in fact the term applies to all subgroups of this type. The term is usually avoided in favor of more specific terms where appropriate (like Akira being "anime") and is often dropped in favor of more sophisticated terms (e.g., The Tales of the Black Freighter is more likely to be referred to as simply "animation" than a "cartoon" due to its mature nature), but that doesn't mean they don't all fall under the same category along with all traditional animation.

Uses of these terms vary wildly depending on who you're talking to. There are certainly people that use the terms in the same way you do but I wouldn't exactly say it's a "whole world vs me" situation, more like lots of shade of gray, no? Shall we just shake on it and agree to disagree?