>>11821382
>That's the ironic thing though no one thought any of the now as we call ''typical'' anime style back then they were just cartoons,
>...it reminds me of my boomer dad playing Trauma Center and thinking nothing of the anime artstyle like most people didn't think jack shit about it just saw it as cartoons till people start making big deal pointing out differences
I was intrigued by this idea that was shared by some others in this thread, that anime and cartoons looked the same to people back then with some claiming artstyles were more similar in the past, so I spent an hour compiling this comparison between animated shows in the USA and Japan, 1992 versus 2024.