What is ANIME?

Hello..I'm Raafay and after reading the topic you're probably wondering What the heck is ANIME?(pronounced-Aneemae).Well thats what I'm here for, Anime is Japanese Animation(in other words cartoons but please don't call it that!).There are plenty of anime in this wild world some we are already watching like Dragonball Z,Beyblade,Pokemon.Yes these are anime but the anime I watch are a little more mature than beyblade and pokemon for example Bleach,Naruto..I could go on.There are very few people in our school(i.e. Beaconhouse-Middle branch) apart from me(Raafay) that know about anime.Anime is usually based on it's previous graphic novel(comics...dont call it that either)form called Manga.If you're wondering what manga is I just told you, and its usually in black and white.