Well you have to keep in mind that western cartoons and animation is hugeeelyyyy diverse. You take out any 5 random miscellaneous cartoons that's probably airing right now on tv and the animation style from all of them is going to be drastically different. With anime a lot of the designs blend together.
Things commonly found in anime that are pretty consistant: Rare when an anime girl doesn't have bangs. Hair normally always go past the ears. Females have long legs and slender bodies. Really thin eyebrows are the norm. Generally they all have pointy noses. Honestly if I dedicated the whole day to find out common traits then I could come up with about 3 pages worth of stuff.
When it comes to western animation, you'll find very few (if any) consistency through all of them. A lot of creativity and innovative thinking goes into work when making western cartoon designs.
Even comics have a rather big diversity to them compared to manga.
Anime will probably always win hands down when it comes to plot and stories, but that's another thing.
Things commonly found in anime that are pretty consistant: Rare when an anime girl doesn't have bangs. Hair normally always go past the ears. Females have long legs and slender bodies. Really thin eyebrows are the norm. Generally they all have pointy noses. Honestly if I dedicated the whole day to find out common traits then I could come up with about 3 pages worth of stuff.
When it comes to western animation, you'll find very few (if any) consistency through all of them. A lot of creativity and innovative thinking goes into work when making western cartoon designs.
Even comics have a rather big diversity to them compared to manga.
Anime will probably always win hands down when it comes to plot and stories, but that's another thing.
You are correct; if analyzed, every artistic movement and style could be found to have similarities and consistencies. This is how we define artistic movements and styles throughout history.
If a category exists, there are defining features in which art can be placed into or out of the category. It's about point of view and opinion, about what the audience chooses to notice, which artists will never have control of.
I don't consider myself a manga artist, though I'm happy to have the support of the manga art audience, so this not a personal concern. Not looking to defend or argue for a cause, simply tossing an opinion into the mix for fun. You all can take it where you want into discussion, but leave me out - I did not expect attention from such a brief comment!
If a category exists, there are defining features in which art can be placed into or out of the category. It's about point of view and opinion, about what the audience chooses to notice, which artists will never have control of.
I don't consider myself a manga artist, though I'm happy to have the support of the manga art audience, so this not a personal concern. Not looking to defend or argue for a cause, simply tossing an opinion into the mix for fun. You all can take it where you want into discussion, but leave me out - I did not expect attention from such a brief comment!