1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Narwhal (narwhal) http://rainbowdash.net/narwhal http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4045000 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/29817" class="url" title="Quinn Memes Bachman"><span class="fn nickname mention">bowbow</span></a></span> &quot;Anime&quot; on its own is sort of a nebulous term so I use it to refer to animation specifically from Japan to avoid confusion. Also because anime is a medium, not a genre. There are animations from outside of Japan that take clear influence from Japanese animation visually (i.e. Avatar: The Last Airbender, Steven Universe, etc.) but I can also think of numerous anime that all have their own distinct look and feel.