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Anime is not cartoon. Ever since Japanese animation (also known as anime) crossed continents and became popular with generations of American viewers, there's been hot contention about the differences between anime and cartoon. How an anime is different from a regular cartoon? Here are the top 5 major differences. 5. Different Terminology While "anime" in Japan refers to all animated productions, English dictionaries define the word as Japanese style of motion picture animation. The word anime is said to have been derived from the French term dessin animé while others claim that it was used as an abbreviation during the late 1970s. The word "Japanimation" was also in vogue in the 70s and 80s and referred to anime produced in Japan. Cartoon, on the other hand, was initially used as a model or study for a painting. Derived from the word "karton" meaning strong or heavy paper, these were depicted by great artists like Leonardo da Vinci and gaine

SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for Marvel Legacy #1, out now. Since it was announced, Marvel Legacy #1 has been hyped by the publisher as a comic that will bring back a major fan-favorite character in a story designed to shape the future of the Marvel Universe. Sounds simple enough, right? Speculation was rampant, with fans theorizing the return of everyone from from Mar-Vell to Miracleman, and more. Was it The Sentry? Was it Jean Grey? Was it Uncle Ben? The Marvel Universe is packed full of fan-favorite characters that would shock the world with their return, but in the end it turned out that the biggest shock was that Marvel brought back not only brought back one beloved character but also teased the return even more. RELATED: Marvel Legacy: [SPOILER] is Back From the Dead, And They Have… The biggest reveal, which was announced ahead of time on Monday, was that Logan, the regular age Wolverine who died several years ago after losing his heali

This article contains spoilers for Justice League of America #15, by Steve Orlando, Ivan Reis and Julio Feareira, on sale now, as well as DC Comics’ greater Rebirth storyline. The Justice League of America has finally found Ray Palmer deep within the infinite landscape of the Microverse, but the the size-changing physicist reveals that the threat that has been ravaging the fabric of reality on a quantum level is not a natural event but deliberately orchestrated by an immensely powerful being. With Doomsday Clock ticking and the mysteries of DC Comics’ Rebirth coming to a head, the mystery figure can only be Doctor Manhattan. Justice League of America, the series starring Batman’s hand-picked lineup of eclectic heroes seeking redemption, social justice, or other resolution for personal causes, has not been billed as a major Rebirth tie-in. Nevertheless, these heroes’ role in the next cosmic Crisis began to take shape in issue #13, where Ryan Choi, the Atom, l

This article includes major spoilers for Doomsday Clock #1, on sale November 22, and for DC Comics’ Rebirth arc. Following the Doomsday Clock panel at New York Comic Con, DC Comics has released a six-page black and white ashcan preview of the first chapter of the 12-issue miniseries launching in November that will bring to a head the central mysteries of the post-Rebirth universe. Written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Gary Frank, Doomsday Clock will pit Superman and the heroes of the DC Universe against Doctor Manhattan and other characters from Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore’s seminal Watchmen. And, wow — Johns and Frank aren’t wasting time getting to their first big reveal. Rorschach is back. Set in 1992, the preview pages catch up with the world after the events of Watchmen, where we discover that Ozymandias’ plan to save humanity from itself ultimately failed.  Rorschach’s journal, exposing the plot, has been pu

This year's 46th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine is revealing on Wednesday that Takuya Mitsuda's Major 2nd baseball manga will have an "important announcement" in the magazine's next issue on October 18. The 47th issue will also feature the manga on the cover, and the chapter in the issue will have a color opening page. Mitsuda launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Sunday in March 2015 as the first new installment in the manga series in five years. Shogakukan published the manga's 10th compiled book volume on August 18, and will publish the 11th volume on October 18. The sequel manga inspired an animated commercial in December 2015. The sequel series follows Daigo, the son of the protagonist of the first Major manga. Mitsuda serialized Major in Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1994 until 2010. Shogakukan published 78 compiled book volumes for the series. The story begins when Goro Honda's father, a professional baseball player, dies in an accident. This gives hi