Of course I know hentai is anime porn. I figured you were an anime jedi pointing out something I hadn't realized. So, without further a doo, Hentai artwork, not videos, is AWESOME.
Well, I have been known to do that. Probably time for me to extricate myself from the subject before I make myself look like even more of a dumbass.
The amount I have cringed because of how sexually attracted some people get to these drawn characters is enough to stop me from watching any of it. I prefer sitcoms like the office and parks & rec.
I agree, but I mean, it's usually just fan girls who squeal whenever they see people like Ciel Phantomhive, or Edward/ Albert Elric, or even Eren Yeager, and all other men, same with guys loving the girls like Mikasa Armen, Etc. No normal anime fan ever wants poor little "I'M SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN TO CALL HIM LITTLE" *Is dragged away by Sebastian* Ciel Phantomhive as their "Senpai". And also, please only talk about positive experiences here, please no one saying "Anime is the worst", or "I think anime is the worst thing to happen to western culture", no stuff like that. And please no criticizing me, I'm the one who Voted for Black Butler as his favorite anime.
My favorite anime of all time is Angel Beats. It's just so beautifully animated. It's followed by Persona 4: The Animation and then Initial D. And a lesbian anime I found on CrunchyRoll that I forget the name of.
I admire the depth and cultural self-referentiality of Japanese media, but it tends to come across as highly random, erratic, and indulgent to most of us not versed in their culture or history. Which is not to say that I hate it, or that it's intellectually arid, it just... goes over our heads, I guess. Perhaps that's all assumption, however, as basically every anime I've seen I either liked or felt largely indifferent toward. Which pretty much consists of four or five of Studio Ghibli's films and Steamboy. The latter being about as hard for a Westerner to digest as BBQ.
initial D my faveroute anime. i also watched last year an anime from 1995 called "you're under arrest!"