"John W." wrote:

> The only problem I personally have with anime

You notice nothing of the wildly inconsistent quality or blatant
commercialism (of TV series)? I wouldn't watch over 80% of anime even if
it were free.

> is that much of it tends to portray teenage (or younger) girls as sex
> objects.

Much of any modern Japanese entertainment puts an emphasis on young
women/students/girls as sex objects, and not only Japanese entertainment.
One reason you do not see it to such an extent in American animation (or
comics) is because animation is geared to younger audiences. Segments of
Japanese anime are geared to adults and mature themes, and the audience
appears to be mostly male. You will see, however, many examples of young
women or girls of sex objects in American live action movies, magazines or
online pay sites such as those with a girl's first name and age plus dot
com. This month I read the claim that 60%? of child porn online originates
in the US. A far cry from the time maybe 80% was claimed to originate in
Japan.