Anime was stupid, worn out, and overdone in 1989. It's even more tired and ridiculous now.

Perhaps instead of taking good character from American work and turning it into anime shit, they should take some of the anime characters and turn them into decent western comic book characters.

Oh, wait. There are no good anime/manga characters, unless you're into yaoi or yuri or samurai or demons or ninjas or furries all of these in one book / movie.

Why won't this Japanophile fad just DIE already? Anime is not "more adult" because it has tits and blood. It's just POOR ANIMATION with barely any movement, a lot of "motion lines" and AWFUL, contrived stories that are mere vehicles to get to the tits and blood.

And yes, I used to collect the shit. I was into anime before most people in the States were, but around 1994 I figured out that it was repetitive, unoriginal shit and stopped wasting my time with it.

Enjoy this you otaku freaks. Nothing makes you guys happier than when anime directors shit in your mouth and call it art.

That being said, there are some wonderful visual aspects to anime. One of the reasons I like Akira is the way they present Tokyo and I would love the same attempt at portraying Gotham City. I also think that melding anime with American storytelling might fix some of the excesses of anime. Besides, I love how malleable Batman is as a character and absolutely love seeing different takes on him.

That being said, if you claim you hate all anime you should really check out Miyazaki's stuff. It's actually really imaginative and relies on scope and character rather than blood and guts. I agree that too often anime relies on blood and guts instead of telling a story (which is why I think Ninja Scroll, while it has its moments, is highly overrated).

For the most part Anime jupiter-sized rings around American animation with it's storytelling alone. Atleast the japanese have the balls to include pathos wherein major characters actually die. unlike the cop out from the transformers and especially the GIjoe movie,(both animated in Japan BTW) in which Duke's death scene was changed thanks to kids and teens reaction to Optimus Prime's death.Gimmie a "frakkin" break.

American animation hasn't been good since the Timm/Dini stuff and even they had to bow to the FCC's standards and practices guidelines.

I'll tell you what Zero and Snorkeroo, you stick to watching The Batman, legion of Superheroes while I checkout Devil May Cry,Witchblade and the upcoming Appleseed Exmachina.Fair enough? XD

Thus began the one shot X-Men pilot, GIJoe animated comic commercials and Miniseries and not to mention Transformers the Movie. Compare those to Filmation's He Man and the Masters of the universe..uh, there is no comparison, Anime,Jpanimation as some may call it dominates the animation market.

It appears that you (Snook) have not seen enough examples of Anime to make such baseless statements.

But as a consilation, America is currently pwning the Japanese when it comes to producing Videogames (which was once dominated by the Japanese)..until MGS4,RE5 and FF12 turn the tide.

In a nutshell don't let your bias prevent you from watching the upcoming Gotham Knight, I suggest you watch the entire movie/OVA you just might change your opinion afterwards, if it does nothing to dismay your opinion, atleast you can say you gave it a chance.

There's much crummier stuff to worry about like for instance how Marvel fucked up the Ultimate Avengers movies, and now coming soon: Teen Avengers!?!

I resepcted Filmation for their contributions like cranking out the old DC comics cartoon series as well as my childhood favorite Space Sentinels, but it pretty much went downhill from there especially after watching the fluff that was He Man.

And although I priase both Disney and Bakshi for their previous works, I lean more toward the superhero/scifi genres which are bountyful in Anime.And now Disney is mostly going CGI as you can see

Anyway gotta run, it's quitting time. Peace.

I think, maybe, Disney needs to add a spin off production company (kind of like Touchstone) that produces more mature animation. And I don't necessarily mean adults-only. I mean some kind of Indiana Jones, "older kids to adults", themed films. They did try that a little with their Atlantis movie for example. That tanked unfortunately. But still, with the way the industry is, I think someone like Disney has to lead the way. And I only suggest a new "label" because any cartoon that says Walt Disney Pictures in front of it will be expected to be "for kids".