Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3124041-20130607221115/@comment-3146930-20130907141543

RPGsrule wrote: Anime is actually the art style, so technically yes, it is an anime. Jeez, there have been American animes before this, there probably wouldn't have been a debate if RWBY wasn't a web series.

Except the definition of Anime is Japanese animated productions featuring hand-drawn or computer animation. Another definition is Japanese movie and television animation, often having a science fiction theme and sometimes including violent or explicitly sexual material. Each definition I have looked up references Japan in some way.

Also, just because Monty said it was an American anime, doesn't make it an actual anime; it is just using the same art style.