The question is not who came up with the concept.  Lot's of anime's use
stories non-Japanese to work from.  If it's a Japanese company/person
doing it, it's anime/manga.  Very simple.  Why?  Because this is what
the creators wanted to call it (The Japanese people I mean, I don't know
who coined the term).  We call ours cartoons, comics, and animated
features.  They call it anime and manga.  
PMasters  

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