Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3124041-20130607221115/@comment-4010415-20130906152834

It depends on what definition you're going with. A lot of people still use "anime" to describe an animation from Japan, but these days, it's also used to describe the general style. Some people settle for calling an anime that was made in America an Americanime. So I guess you could call RWBY an Americanime.

It's like how Avatar: The Last Airbender is often referred to as both: an anime and an Americanime.

I pretty much often lean toward calling it an Americanime or an anime-like CG series, mostly so as not to upset anyone who stands firm with the definition of anime being "animation from Japan."