Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3124041-20130607221115/@comment-1927644-20141118193629

Wow, you people all put WAY too much thought into something so obvious. Also, you're trying to argue something that you insist is about a specific perspective but only viewing it from a different one. It's in the name itself...

For example, go on your Japanese WiiU. Load up Youtube. Go through the categories. One, labeled アニメ is where you'll find this series. THEY class it as such. As well as all animations. "I say Tomato, you say Tomato, you say Cartoon/Animation, they say アニメ." (Try to put it to the lyrics if you want, I gave up.)

The question you all are asking is NOT "Is RWBY an anime?". It's more like "Can anyone outside of Japan call an animation that isn't made in Japan an 'anime' when referring to another person and still have my seperate culture?"