Is anime bad

Well it seems that all the anime you've watched is rather... mainstream. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but mainstream anime is... very different from most of what I've watched. Let's see... I agree with you that an overpowered character isn't the only bad thing in anime. Like I said, there's a lot of anime with next to no story, too much... *ahem*... Jugs, and... incest. But that doesn't mean anime is bad. There are good anime with bad qualities, and vice versa. You can't just say "this anime has THIS wrong thing" and dismiss the whole anime. Of course, if the whole anime is centered around that bad thing you can, but... Mm. I shouldn't have tried to change the question entirely. That was my bad, and I apologize. What I meant by inherently bad/good, is "is the majority of anime bad/good." Because, as I've said, we can't judge the animation of an entire country. "overly silly" and "just a bunch of pirates" are... two very impotent descriptions for these two anime. While I personally haven't watched them, I'm sure there's more to Fairy Tail than just a ton of kids goofing off, and I'm sure there's more to One Piece than "just a bunch of pirates." By "back when anime was first introduced outside of Japan" I meant when Japanese animation was being played on western channels. Sorry, guess I should've clarified. And no, I'm not suggesting you go watch explicit anime, and I'm not saying the adult content is what makes anime special, I was simply stating that it had more... adult themes than normal animation. I meant like... The action was more intense than something Disney would make. The comedy was much better played out than something like Beavis and Butthead. And yes, there are going to be some... sexual themes, but if you know how to avoid them, you'll... likely be alright. Okay so, you want me to give you some anime? Some... diverse, unlike what you can get from western animation anime? Let's go then. By category... Romance: Love, Chuunibyou and Other Delusions, Toradora, Space Patrol Luluco, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Mecha: (I don't watch mecha anime so nothing here but just imagine like giant robots) Fantasy: Konosuba, No Game No Life, Seven Deadly Sins, Musaigen no Phantom World Slice of Life: D-frag, The Devil is a Part-Timer, Lucky Star, Love, Chuunibyou and Other Delusions, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, New Game Ecchi: (This is basically where all the "jugs" come in, so I suggest you don't) Psychology: (I have not watched a psychology anime but imagine an anime that just gets you to FREAK OUT) Sci-Fi: K, Space Patrol Luluco, Danganronpa (I guess?) Adventure: Magi, No Game No Life, Space Patrol Luluco, Konosuba Magic: Magi, The Irregular at Magic Highschool, K, Musaigen no Phantom World And those aren't even all the genres. Now of course I don't expect you to watch all of these in three days, but I dunno, you wanted a list of recommendations.... Anime is a... very vast art. You can't judge all anime based on what you've seen. Yes, as we've both stated time and time again, bad anime does exist, but I believe... I believe that it's not all bad. I believe that the good anime is in the... very large silent majority. I'll take your word for it, the mainstream anime is probably as bad as you say it is, but once you go beneath that top layer of Naruto, DBZ and Pokemon, you'll find a wonderful world of anime, waiting to be watched and enjoyed.