We know that Anime is in fact obtained from Japanese culture’s manga (comic). It is a very popular form of literature in Asian countries, and a lof of manga titles have a historical or contemporary flavor to it. Some people don’t find any difference between Anime and Western animation as they see them as cartoons. Well, both share many common techniques and approaches, but Western animations use more sophisticated technology. Many of the most famous creators of anime still do things using the traditional methods, and are less dependent on computers and technology
Some of the most fascinating features anime is the interchange among imaginary and real-life is often strong. Their characters can take words out of their speech bubble, or pull out various instruments from empty space. Other interesting thing about anime is the use of dialogues within the dialogues. That is, as a particular scene is unfolding, there will be commentary from the characters within the animation providing a third person perspective from people involved in the plot. As Anime belongs to eastern culture, it tends to be more expansive in the topics covered such as relationships, military, political, sports humour history and medicine, even science. While western animations only specifically cover on actions, heroes, and villians.
In general, the biggest difference between the two styles of animations merely are probably the types of genres explored in the animation.