People who act like anime is one super niche genre of like 10 shows

For example, I asked somebody what he thought of anime, so he told me his sister had seen all of them, as if there’s just a handful of them even though there’s thousands of different anime. Also people watch 2 animes with more than mild fanservice, and suddenly they act like it’s all just animated porn.

Then they ask “is anime shit?” as if it doesn’t depend on the anime. You wouldn’t ask “are tv shows shit?” because if you did you’d be told it depends on the show. You wouldn’t rate all of television as a medium based on a handful of bad shows. Just because it’s in Japanese and animated doesn’t mean it’s any worse than a western show.