[@HushedWhispers], I'm not trying to rant. I was just concerned about another's acceptance after mine was called into question for a similar reason. I posted that before I noticed you'd done a mass acceptance post, then added the "EDIT:" afterwards when I was thrown for a loop when you did accept it. I have no negative feelings about it, and am merely explaining why I was confused and why I consider an animated image to be anime. No harm done, right?

[@Altered Tundra], the definition of animation (that pertains to our current discussion) is as follows:

[quote]The technique of photographing successive drawings or positions of puppets or models to create an illusion of movement when the movie is shown as a sequence.[/quote]
Wallace and Gromit? Animated. Old video game sprites? Animated. Stop-motion video? Animated. Moving .gif images? Animated.

It's not about the content of the image, it's about what went into making it. If it has multiple frames and is an image format, it's animated. I do not wish to argue nor do I consider this post to be argumentative; I am being informative and explaining a fact. If you wish to argue, my PM inbox is always open for intellectual discussions.