What do you think about anime?

I always wanted to like anime more than I actually do. I think the issue is subtitles. I generally tend to consume visual media while doing other things and of course that is not possible with something subtitles... and dubbing sucks

In terms of maturity though many themes are very adult. Its just the medium of story telling

Like saying I read books as child so books as an adult are childish

Im just not a fan of the art form. Plus there is an attitude with some (not all) that is if you don't like it you're trash. But i guess the same can be said about people who do like it being called weebs all the time. Although some are.

Judging anime purely on the artwork alone is selling the genre short, tbh.
Sure, there are some pretty shallow titles that only cater to fan service, but there are a few that actually have some good themes that are fleshed out.

You can't judge anime just because you don't like one series, or a certain element (art/story/humour/anything), you would have to watch many series for that. That would be like saying horror games are crap because you just finished a point & click adventure. There is no similarity other than both are games. In this case both are anime, but that's it. Every anime series is REALLY different, yes, some are immature, but if you watch a psychological anime I doubt you would say it's immature.
Many people just watch a popular anime that has many flaws, like Naruto for example, and if they don't like it they are like "zomg I hate anime so much its nothing but teenagers fighting". As for me, I watch anime regularly.

I used to watch a few in the past but it's been years since I dropped them, bored to death by long episodes with little plot in them (not boobs :p).
Now I never watch them with just 1 exception: One punch man :)

WAAANPAAAAAAAAAANCH!!!!

Used to watch many but as i stumbled upon astonishingly great and detailed tv series with a compelling plot (for a change) it kinda drew me away from anime series ... i'd still watch the ones i deem worthy or ones i've been following since me childhood² (One Piece²; Gintama, One Punch Man, Astro Fighter Sunred + lesser known ones that are absolute gems).

Point being jp animated series aim primarily at a young generation and for specific target groups ... lots of "serious"
anime have weak plots but usually try to rely solid and good/ethic values as great video games use to. While were at it,
animated series with US/GER dub - are absolutely cringe-worthy in comparison to their "original" JP audio + subtitles.

Had seen most recently seen Making a Murder - one of the very best TV series i've ever had watched until today
which happens to be a well cut/documented real life story TV-Series ... now how do fantasy and staged tv series compare to that?
I.d.k. they don't have to ... but MaM certainly holds way more weight than some Game of Goatse ... while both being great tv series.

Almost forgot to address that "childish" aspect you mentioned ... it speaks for itself when someone generalizes a genre as
a whole and considers entertainment stuff as childish - as the main purpose of entertainment is to entertain all kinds of audience.

While looking at the games you played most "Garrys Mod" - takes a lot child-like imagination and time to have fun with that game -
while Grand Theft Auto V & most newer Zombie Games those are not only "childish" but also labeled as: mainstream-crap,
cultural peasantry and lowest-common-denonimnators-entertaninment-choice lol.

I hate anime. I seriously hate it so much! Now I'm gonna grab my popcorn and await some hate comments. :B

I watch too much.

I enjoy anime Alot .
I cant say im watching anime all the time , nor that i Only watch anime .
I do enjoy cartoons and regular tv shows / movies .

However im really into fantasy stuff , and buy needs his fanservice every now and then .

So more often when i am boored , or look for something to watch , i would go for anime , since there is much bigger variety , and bigger choice of shows to go from :)

I prefer manga to anime. In general, the art is better (albeit no colors), the plot is denser, the speed of reading is faster. But some anime series are really good, and some humors are better said than written, so I do watch anime sometimes.

Too much female sexualization in some. Thats why when i watched Monster i was amazed, its an anime without those "anime bullshits", and even had people from another countries who looked different from one another. (The japanese guy did look japanese).

I love watching anime =x
I am not sure what kind I like.. mostly serious stuff I guess..
I am unaware of my tastes whatever it may be (anime, games, movies, etc.) ^^;;
I used to watch a lot.. but about one or two years back.. my gaming and anime watching dropped severely due to poor state of mind :(

There's good anime, there's bad anime. There's a lot of strictly-formula junk and there's some real gems to be had. Same as with western cartoons/animated movies or live action material.

At least there's no "Reality TV" style anime that I'm aware of, so it can't be "worst shit ever broadcast on TV by a human being" level bad.

some storylines are quite good in my opinion and some anime are definately not suited for children in terms of violence.
several psychological anime have quite interesting concepts. U could give Death Note a serious go and see if u like it.

Meh-ish, in a positive way - not really my stuff, but seen a few titles I liked, but I'm not really a man who likes series either - they are just too long, and whenever I skip a few days of watching them I tend to completely forget about them for weeks, often months. I liked the more serious ones, and I don't really tolerate fanservice too well - I watch / play stuff for the story / the atmosphere, "plot" is quite easy to come across on the internet.

I view asking how do you feel about Anime as asking how do you feel about TV. Or Movies. Or Games. There are so many varieties. Some I like, some I hate, some I'm just indifferent towards.

As for what I go towards, depends on my mood at the time. Sometimes I want something on in the background, so I watch one with a great dub. Other times I just want to see some action (or fanservice) and put on something that caters to that. Other times I want a good story, or one I need to pay attention to to follow. So the same way I pick movies, or tv shows.

Anime is love, Anime is life ║ ಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ ║

well it really fun and i love something like angle beat, nanoha , Madoka but for now i nearly dont watch anime too often like before let just say i dont fell intresting like the first time

It's probably a bad idea to even go on record saying any of this, given how passionate the anime/Japanese culture community is, but you asked, so.

I can't stand it. I've tried, I really have. I've watched most of the best-rated movies, played many games through, etc. There is anime art out there that I can appreciate, but as far as movies/TV/games go there is nothing about it that I like, at all. The animation style feels lazy. The art style feels repetitive, cliche and childish. The stories feel trite and childish, even when they're about mature themes. I include "Japanese" style in this even when it's not anime per se, and the amount of Japanese culture-specific references that I don't understand are another reason for my dislike. There's obviously a wide cultural difference in tastes, but it doesn't resonate with me even a little bit.

I remember watching Speed Racer when I was a kid and thinking how stupid it was and how much I preferred Bugs Bunny, or pretty much anything else, and that sentiment never changed. Now somebody's probably going to flame me saying that Speed Racer isn't anime, but whatever - it's the same style of animation and character portrayal, and I think it sucks. :)

It's actually nice to get that off my chest...sometimes it really feels like you're the only one on the planet that doesn't love this stuff. :P

Not particualrly interested in it and very unfamiiar with it. It's never really played a part in my life.

I watched half of Spirited Away once and that might just be the only Japanese animation I've ever seen. Was quite enjoying it from what I recall btw, but the streaming site I was watching it on split it into two parts, and I never got round to watching the rest.

Been playing Pixel Puzzles Anime lately for the jigsaws rather than the art.