Thread:NerdWithAKeyboard/@comment-25396609-20170107013637/@comment-4010415-20170107021345

Basically, the argument was between:


 * People saying that something is only an anime if it was made in Japan.


 * People saying that the word "anime" originated as shorthand for "animation", and at this point, "anime" is more a word for a certain general style of animation, thus people adding "American" to the front of it to indicate that it's an "anime" made in America. Some people even shorthand "American anime" to "Americanime".