Bill Brasky...give me a couple examples of modern anime that you have seen on which you base your opinion. Cartoon Network animes are acceptable (like Dragonball Z, Naruto, One Peace) but will weaken your stance, being that they all really do suck, and are intended for a younger audience (which is why they are on Cartoon Network).
Cyro, too...just a couple.
They are cartoons. Their purpose is entertainment. Look, man- I watch about three or four REAL movies a year. Cartoons are twenty minutes long, make you laugh, and change the channel. I couldnt name the best sitcom on TV, the best drama, or whats currently in the movies. I ... Dont ... Care.
I like the news, I like to talk to people if I can find interesting people to talk to. I like the 'net. I like stand-up comedy. I like to see what people do and wonder why they do it if the reasons arent immediately visible. I like card tricks and magic acts. You'll notice all these things arent really able to be edited. They happen mostly in real time, and it takes a talented performer to pull these things off... With the exception of the net, where peoples creativity can be slowly tweaked and prodded until it provides some unique results.
I'm not saying anime is completely devoid of talent. I'm saying it's lame. You're asking me to list a list that doesnt exist, because I see this quiff on my TV or on the net, and I might watch for a few minutes, and think "this is lame." and away it goes. Its like watching golf. You would more likely catch me staring at a wall than watching anime. But I wouldnt really be staring at it, I'd be visualizing where the studs are inside it, and how I would build a window in that wall, where the structural defects might be, where the wires and plumbing are, what the angle of vision from the neighbors house would be, where the sunlight would slant through, how it would look from the outside...
So, basically...what you are saying is that after a mere couple minutes superficial glance, you are ready and willing to dismiss something, without question. Sounds pretty narrow-minded to me.
Also, animes, unlike American cartoons, don't typically have plots that can be summed up in a single 23 minute episode. Anime has the advantage of having many, many episodes on which to develop the plot, and characters and their personalities. And to be honest with you, the character development that anime is able to take advantage of is one of the qualities it has that dwarfs even that that is seen in American block-buster movies.
Most animes are 13 or 26 episodes long (1 or 2 seasons), and they use all of these episodes to develop the characters, and to develop the central plot. Hell, my personal favorite anime is 84 episodes long...and I must say that it would be impossible for any American movie company to squeeze all of the events that make up the plot.
Americans have very small attention spans, apparently. If an entire plot can't be squeezed into 2 hours or less, then Hollywood is not interested (usually)...and because of this, American productions are forced to rely on stock personalities in story lines so that they don't have to develop the qualities of the characters, and if there are too many events to squeeze in the two hour time frame, a lot of cuts have to be made to the original story as to make it so that it will fit...and all of this works together to destroy the possibility of having really great, deep, rich story-lines.
Watching a wall would have a significantly less developed plot, so I guess it would be perfect for you.
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