I liked anime and manga because they touch on themes that mainstream western cultures wont touch.

Things like god, fighting for man and your country, etc.

It blows my mind we almost never got xenogears because they were worried that religion is to touchy of a subject. Never got another game like it.

That being said, I have a very niche interest in it. Mostly the more mature scifi ones. Like EVA, GANTZ, Gurren Lagann, Robotech(really good one if your into the ancient aliens thing). You would be hard pressed to find a movie/show like these in america. Seems like most of the western ones are just dumbed down rip offs.

But I must say, 90% of the cheaters I come across in cs2 (and I dont mean, oh I think that guy is prolly walling, im talking about 100 leetify aim, looking through walls, rage cheating) are using anime pics of girls. Its bizarre.