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>so it's really not about “animation from Japan” but about specific art styles, it seems.

Yes, the one colloquially known as anime.



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If only the reality weren't that most sources using that ridiculous term are highly inconsistent about the meaning and use it with two different meanings in the same paragraph.

If “moe art” be what one means, then simply use that word; — there is already a perfectly good word for it.


A phrase that essentially nobody else uses to mean what you want it to mean is hardly a perfectly good word for a concept.

Feel free to popularize it on its merits first, then we can talk.


The truth is there’s no single concrete word exist for the category. Some suggest “moe art”, some say “anime”, some say “hentai”, etc. but each is interpreted differently and not inclusive nor popular.

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