Now before we engage in a meaningless discourse of the distinction between anime vs cartoon, please try to use your imagination for the sake of this question.
If Avatar was produced and animated in Japan, how would you compare it to other anime and what would you rate it from a scale of 1-10.

Null because i never saw the whole thing D:

No loli, no traps

Of course 11
It had it's own topic before i think
Korra was also pretty big

My one wish is life is that avatar was made for mature people, not nick

no loli's and fanservice shit though, just some blood and more mature dialogue and deaths

This post was edited by KingTony on Jan 2 2013 01:55am

It's a good cartoon not very sure on how it would be as an anime

As a cartoon it gets 9/10.

As an anime (watched by non-Japanese speakers, if it hypothetically was an anime and not an American cartoon) it looses a lot of its strength because of the language and cultural barriers. One of Avatar's greatest strengths is the snappy dialogue and Americanisms mixed in with Avatar's unique setting that makes it a hit. Unless you know a ton about Japanese culture and have a strong grasp of the language, many nuances are lost, and many jokes just don't make sense/aren't funny. Of course there are jokes and such that are universal or easily translated but just look at the English release of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. There were like 10 pages of notes in the back, explaining all the subtle references and uniquely Japanese humor.

The same goes for Avatar, when you watch the English version, you are getting the original; the creator's vision, without any stripping down (which is a inevitable process when something is dubbed into another language or even subtitled). IMO Avatar would be a less then stellar anime (again taken from the perspective of a non-native viewer, forgotten quickly. 5-6/10

YES . This this this this . Expression from English to Japanese wouldn't be very amazing .

As an anime I'd rate it like a solid 6 or 7 ..