Even though this is REALLY old, it still annoys me. Mostly because it reminds me of everyone who thinks that everything that isn't anime automatically sucks major ass. Look, people, Americans CAN make cartoons. One of the many reasons why I'm currently obsessed with IZ is because it PROVES that this is true. Disney, despite being lambasted and loved over its existence, also makes wonderful animated movies and it has some very cool series as well (Gargoyles springs immediately to mind). Yes, American animation does sometimes have a tendency to distort the human figure in a way that makes it even more ugly than it already is (while Japanese animation moves in the opposite direction), but that doesn't mean every animated show on TV is like that. I happen to think, that while not as flowery and shiny as most anime, that The Powerpuff Girls, The Simpsons, Futurama, Batman (and Batman Beyond, though it seems to have disappeared o_o;), etc., are all quite nice to look at.

And I've also very rarely seen an ugly animated film (though I thought the art for Hercules was a little weird sometimes).

Don't anyone get me wrong here. I love anime. But I love all nice animation. And I know that Americans are capable of producing it and I'm tired of anime fans acting like they can't.