in article cv4bsn$ict$1@bgsv5647.tk.mesh.ad.jp, kuri at cc@dotmel.cam wrote
on 2/18/05 6:18 PM:

> 
> "Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message
> 
>> Clearly, your tastes in film are radically different than mine.
> 
> You have  tastes now ? I thought that you *knew which films are better* just
> like in general you *know the truth*.
> 
> Kuri
> 
There are two questions. One is of particular tastes (subjective
preferences) and the other is the inherent quality of the work (a cultural
determination based upon less subjective criteria).

Anime, as a genre, tends to be loved by the otaku, but as a class it isn't
particularly well thought of. Although there are some films within the anime
genre that are well thought of, such as the works of Miyazaki, most of the
works in that genre are thought of as either crass porn (virgins raped by
alien plants) or kiddie stuff (Pokemon).

Some of the amine that I have seen is amusing, like good television
sit-coms, but only occasionally is it something that most people would want
to pay money to see.