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So a cartoon with a coherent story, like ATLA for example, is an anime then?
I'd say that ATLA is an animated show but doesn't feel like a cartoon. For me personally, "cartoon" and "anime" are different subcategories of "animated show or movie".
Actually, yes. ATLA is generally considered closer to anime than American cartoons, and is heavily influenced by anime
No-one calls the DCAU an anime, and I daresay for its time that Justice League TAS had one of the most intriguing and thoughtful plotlines in the whole collection.
DCAU is not influenced by Japanese animation, so of course it's not. But I wouldn't call it a cartoon either. It's an animated series, IMO