user1908: In the question https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/8915/is-anyone-aware-of-this-movie, it turns out that the thing the OP was looking for was The Road to El Dorado, which is a DreamWorks film, not an anime. Should we close it as off-topic? 
(Personally, I'm ambivalent about this, but I figured I'd bring it up.)

user27: I believe we've been through this in another issue.
You can't judge a question by its answers. You can't close a question because the answers on it would be off-topic. Because the asker can't know that in advance.
If the OP asks a question that by definition is off-topic (the question, not the answers). Close it. If it isn't that obvious, asking here on meta is a right course of action.
A question is to remain open until decided otherwise. And if we do decide otherwise, the change will be reflected here on meta and in the help center.

user63: I say no. If we are to accept identification-request questions w/o visual-audio artefacts, we will need to accept a lack of knowledge/awareness of our users in distinguishing anime and non-Japanese animation (technically only their). Whenever one attempts to a question of this type is the words of the asker (OP) should be taken with a grain of salt -- as one's memory is rarely infallible.
This is not to say allow all questions that "look like" anime, but rather give a bit of leeway to the asker (especially if they are new), if they believe the media that's on the tip of their tongue is anime. 
SciFi.SE (TV & Movies SE too) on occasion gets questions tagged as anime, when they're not. 
Some examples that I've come upon:

Mid-1980s animated theatrical release
Anime movie about a boy in a ghost town

I'd rather not be picky about whether or not a series is anime, because sometimes the lines are blurred. I doubt that the distinction is really that important to most users. If we do anything we should usually include a note letting the asker know that the name of the media and how it isn't anime.
tl;dr: I think such questions are okay to stay as is for now, but let try not to let it go out of hand in the future.

1908: <p>In the question <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/8915/is-anyone-aware-of-this-movie">https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/8915/is-anyone-aware-of-this-movie</a>, it turns out that the thing the OP was looking for was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_El_Dorado" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Road to El Dorado</a>, which is a DreamWorks film, not an anime. Should we close it as off-topic? </p>

<p>(Personally, I'm ambivalent about this, but I figured I'd bring it up.)</p>
 27: <p>I believe we've been through this in another issue.</p>

<p>You can't judge a question by its answers. You can't close a question because the answers on it would be off-topic. Because the asker can't know that in advance.</p>

<p>If the OP asks a question that by definition is off-topic (the question, not the answers). Close it. If it isn't that obvious, asking here on meta is a right course of action.</p>

<p>A question is to remain open until decided otherwise. And if we <em>do</em> decide otherwise, the change will be reflected here on meta and in the help center.</p>
 63: <p>I say no. If we are to accept <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/identification-request" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;identification-request&#39;" rel="tag">identification-request</a> questions w/o visual-audio artefacts, we will need to accept a lack of knowledge/awareness of our users in <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/69/63">distinguishing</a> anime and non-Japanese animation (technically only their). Whenever one attempts to a question of this type is the words of the asker (OP) should be taken with a grain of salt -- as one's memory is rarely infallible.</p>

<p>This is not to say allow all questions that "look like" anime, but rather give a bit of leeway to the asker (especially if they are new), if they believe the media that's on the tip of their tongue is anime. </p>

<p>SciFi.SE (TV &amp; Movies SE too) on occasion gets questions tagged as anime, when they're not. </p>

<p>Some examples that I've come upon:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/33677/3623">Mid-1980s animated theatrical release</a></li>
<li><a href="https://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/36215/3623">Anime movie about a boy in a ghost town</a></li>
</ul>

<p>I'd rather not be picky about whether or not a series is anime, because <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cban_Star-Racers" rel="nofollow noreferrer">sometimes the lines are blurred</a>. I doubt that the distinction is really that important to most users. If we do anything we should usually include a note letting the asker know that the name of the media and how it isn't anime.</p>

<p><strong>tl;dr:</strong> I think such questions are okay to stay as is for now, but let try not to let it go out of hand in the future.</p>
