User blog comment:Kdom/The manga and myself, how it began ?/@comment-53539-20091224111423

Ever heard of the term "faux anime"? it applies to various fake animes that came out of Japan. Funny thing was, its all come from the 80s era when french animators did some co-ops with Japanese to create a western style of animtion which had a very slight touch of anime. Those were pretty good.

Though my fav classic Sci-Fi cartoon came out of France; "Blue child of the Earth". I think I mentioned it to someone on here before.

You should have seen the early animes and manga being released back in the 80s and early 90s, the few that were there were cheap dubs. Anime wasn't such a big thing that it need classification, the term "anime" has only been with us since the Pokemonish era. I've got VHS were "manga animation" is still being used.