[KyleGoetz]

@marichan, girigiri

I lived in Japan and saw plenty of anime on TV while I casually flipped by it to watch the news. Please don't accuse me of being provincial and being only aware of Naruto (of which I've only seen 10 minutes my entire life, in a university classroom while I lived there) and Sailor Moon (which I watched over a decade ago).

My life, however, has been rich with experience of those who learned Japanese by watching anime. One example is a guy who would randomly quote stuff from Ranma like 冗談じゃないわよ when people were messing with him.

Finally, I can't really recall any anime I've seen that had nothing but characters who talked like normal Japanese. Under my belt are such seminal works as Sailor Moon, Ranma 1/2, Rurouni Kenshin, Love Hina, and many films. There's always some overexaggerated person in the show.