Cartoons from Japan are funny; matinees not showing ET (6)
I believe the answer is:
animes
'cartoons' is the definition.
(I know this)
'funny matinees not showing et' is the wordplay.
'funny' indicates an anagram.
'not showing' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'matinees' with 'et' taken away is 'maines'.
'maines' is an anagram of 'ANIMES'.
'from japan are' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
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