[ahoneko]

The problem is that in the western sociaty anime=cartoons=for kids only
Something like anime's wasn't even known here in the west although some of us and old enough will remember that they grew up with certain shows that where anime but didn't realize then
And still if they came out it was only to people who where fans of it and then only in the US
You don't want to know the trouble we had to go through to get an anime in europe
Then the first anime came out through a distrubter who's unluckely was called MANGA creating the problem that after you explained what anime was they said " oh you mean manga " >_<
And they also remember only the hentai's that where released along them all

Anyway..its not easy to change peoples view of anime because they don't know any better
What do you expect from people who have been "brainwashed" by al those disney movies and such
Its nice to see that some anime get shown by tv stations although they still mutilated it so much just because they have to pass a certain age raiting ( one piece i find a good example = ( )

Anime are for me just a diffrent medium to tell a story and with the computer age and all its geting better and better, still keeping 2d art the basis of it all
To bad there are those anime wannebe series who really give anime's like we know them a bad name like totaly spies or galaxy nan to ka making again people think that animation is for kids only

The only thing a can say know is keeping being an otaku and turn people over to our side one by one
Or try to let them see that anime are not only for the little ones