in article BE3BE63F.961E%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp, Ernest Schaal at
eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp wrote on 2/18/05 6:36 PM:

> 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.