A cartoon refers to the cinema that is majorly composed of a kind of sequence of drawings that depict a story. On the other hand, an anime is usually highlighted with a set of bright and colorful characters and graphics to make the storytelling perfect. However the major difference is that while anime highlights the whole new way of setting up the characters to depict them well, the cartoon tells the story with its movements. Anime originated from Japan while Cartoon hails from the USA.