[speedyexpress48]

The problem is that anime itself is made for a Japanese audience, and even then, the Japanese view on cartoons is basically "crap for kids and perverted men". Even Ghibli isn't exactly "mainstream" here.

And lazy bums (as Vexx said, "the muggles") do make up a huge part of American society...people don't want to think about what they are watching; they want fast food entertainment.