# Is Japanese Anime killing the American Cartoon Industry

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 12, 2004, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-japanese-anime-killing-the-american-cartoon-industry/244757 "2004-05-12T07:58:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![DWToml815](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DWToml815](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWToml815)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-japanese-anime-killing-the-american-cartoon-industry/244757/21 "2004-05-13T05:07:18Z")

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Have you seen the credits for alot of the Disney films, a lot of japenese names there. Lets face it. Just like the automobile industy the japanese will do it cheaper and more efficiently.

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**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-japanese-anime-killing-the-american-cartoon-industry/244757/22 "2004-05-13T13:28:40Z")

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The Adult Swim cartoons on Cartoon Network have been successful–often winning their late night time slot. _Sealab 2021, Home Movies, Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, The Brak Show,_ and of course _Aqua Teen Hunger Force_ are all great American cartoons.

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