DO you like cartoons? i dont there annoying definitely the ones on Nickelodeon/Nicktoons , SImpsons/Family guy/etc those funny shows are not considerd as cartoons, there Animated COmedy, because cartoons are for children. And anime is not cartoon, its animated witch is Kinda/VIolent cartoons from japan.
here are examples
Cartoons= SPongebob :doubt:, FAiry Odd parents :doubt:...
ANimated Comedy= Simpsons, SOuth Park, Beavis and Butt-Head, Family Guy, etc
ANime= SLayers, Yu-yu Hakusho, Inuyasha, Sailor Moon, etc, etc...