Altenatively, Rugby Football was shortened to "Football" in America, whereas England called it by its first name "Rugby". Though American Football went through many rule changes

Ingerland shortened Accociation Football to just "Football"
Murrika shortened Accociation Football to "Soccer"

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I understand that, but they're acting as if animation in general is an entirely separate category than anime. It's like if Catholicism was considered a separate religion from Christianity. It's a style of animation, but whether it's people who like/don't like cartoons, people biased against Japan, weeaboos or whatever, people act as if anime is a separate entity than anything else in the world.

I would watch the shit out of that Scooby-Doo one, why haven't they done that yet?

Well, it is in a separate category. in the same way that Catholicism is in a separate category from Christianity. Japan's Animation and Illustration style is, for the most part, very unique. There are a handful of foreign(to japan) shows that use a similar style, but for the most part it's pretty much only Japan.

I think I'd watch any of these.