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Still doesn't look like anime. Early anime looked like western cartoons, not the other way around.
>so what you say is that The Boondocks is not imitating anime, because it doesn't have the " modern styling and tropes"
I don't personally think it is, but it would still have a better case than your example since there was a visible shift away from the original art style of the comic towards giant anime eyes and less cartoony proportions.