*Anime is Japanese cartoon animation. It is a shortened loan word from English or French, which got their words from Latin. Unless you are talking about animated cartoons in Japanese, anime is only Japanese cartoons. Just as manhwa is Korean for comics, so unless you are speaking about comics in Korean, manhwa is a label used for Korean comics. Can you tell the difference between manhwa and anime? It is not always so clear. *Anime is not anime just because characters are drawn a certain way. Anime has Japanese culture, folklore, animation/manga aesthetics. Even the weird stuff is somewhat nostalgic to Japanese. Why? Because it is originally intended for a Japanese audience. Look at the anime Kemonozume, Mononoke, Seirei no Moribito, Paradise Kiss, and Honey and Clover and think about it. *Avatar:The Last Airbender does copy cliche anime character style, but it is an American cartoon, not an anime. It also lacks the Japanese-ness that makes anime anime. The way the story is told isn...