wannime
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- (fandom slang, derogatory) A piece of media produced outside of Japan that adopts a style heavily inspired by anime.
- 2013 November 18, That_Don_Guy, The Straight Dope Message Board[1]:
- I for one consider these “wannabe Anime” (is that a word - “wannime”?).
- 2022 June 29, Yahtzee Crosshaw, 00:03:09 from the start, in Neon White (Zero Punctuation):
- ...it's just the story and writing that have that slight 'wannime' vibe.
- 2022 July 10, Samuel Corey, “Corpse Factory PC Review”, in Hooked Gamers[2]:
- Corpse Factory, the latest wannime visual novel from Australian developer River Crow Studio, boasts a striking prologue.
- 2023 April 29, GrayRodent, “What does RWBY do better than other series avaliable to a wide audience?”, in Reddit[3]:
- I can agree that the wannime crowd has been starved since ATLA ended and DC stopped making action cartoon series.