Anime and Art

Not 'an'. All of the art teachers I've had in my life hate/dislike anime.

I've asked other people from other countries, their art teachers hate anime too. In particular, one said that his anime teacher put up a pic of Goku (what do you know, coincidence?) and told everyone that if they ever drew like that they would always fail as an artist.

For a while I thought it was only a few, one or two, but after seeing the results of further inquiry it's got to be more than sheer coincidence.

Thing is, the art teachers also tend to be very partial to Western animation (Pixar and Disney in particular). I find it strange, it's like their opinions are mirrored images of otaku (omg cartoons sux anime roolz v.s. omg cartoons roolz anime sux).

I only referred to one art teacher for the sake of giving my example.

Without going to a bunch of art teachers myself and asking them if they allow anime drawings in their art class, there wouldn't really be a way to prove you wrong or right unless someone already did a study on it.