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I could try to greet you with my rudimentary Japanese but that would be insulting so I am gonna chicken out of it.
Other than that, I am going to provide my answer to the topic you started this thread with.
I think anime - as in the medium - is wonderful. It's a very vivid and valuable medium of storytelling. And there are so many classics! It's just awesome.
However, I dislike anime - as in the actual products - in general. There are exceptions, of course. Those would be the classics I mentioned. However, in general, I dislike anime and it's been getting worse as of late. I could be getting tired of them or I am just getting more cynical. But either way, I feel that most of the shows that get produced miss the mark and completely miss the potential the medium has.
However, I have known from a while, although I don't know with certainty because this is basically what I hear from others, that anime is somewhat looked down upon in Japan. And that the anime industry isn't necessarily a financially sound one. I can therefore understand the constrictions that most anime face. Especially now that the industry has more or less become dependent on what the mainstream society doesn't find acceptable. With that in mind, I think it's really something else that most anime still manage to tell a good story and even explore a few things about human nature and other deep philosophical constructs occasionally. I am not conceited enough to shoot down the hard work of lots of people. Not when many of them work underpaid and without much recognition by society.
As for a request for you, I would like to hear from you how you personally see anime and how the general populace sees anime in Japan. You sound like the type of person that sees things from a casual perspective. Most people whom I have read opinions from on this subject have been people who were analytical and perhaps knew far too much about how the industry runs. I would like to know how a Japanese citizen completely uninvolved with the mechanisms of the industry sees anime. Or any related media for that matter.
Lastly, I encourage you to spend more time on English boards etc. if you wish to interact with foreigners. You could even try playing a MMORPG or some other online game with friends you make over the net. Continuous communication is the fastest and the best way to learn a language. That is, assuming you have more than a passing interest in interacting with foreigners.
Now if only somebody would be kind enough to translate my post into Japanese.
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