Seeing as this thread trailed off, I'll add to it.
I've never been much into japanimation. I have enough other hobbies, and movies I like, so it's probabyl a good thing I don't add much mroe to the mess.
I recall Unico pretty clearly from the mid 80's, parents had it on Beta. It's still sitting in a basment somewhere, I'd like to give it another viewing sometime as I recall it being a decent movie. It's been a long time.
I can't recall turning down japanimation/anime/whatever when someone was watching it, as long as it was not "kids stuff" (Dragon Ball, sailor moon, that type of stuff). When I had access to free video store rentals, sometimes I'd take home animation after work. that wasn't very often as the store didn't carry much of it. Sometimes I'd find it a bit dull, such as Ghost in the Shell... I do recall a few surprises with animation tapes, such as Devil Hunter Yohko, ahhaha. That was probably 10 years ago. I recall at the start of the video some girl rubs a guys leg, and it's a close-up of his pants as they become, "fuller". It was not what I was expecting.
All this reminds me of year 2004 or 2005, I was in a mall buying a few gifts for December holidays. A clerk at a store walked up to me and asked if I had been to _______ convention, and if I was _________. I asked her to repeat herself. She explained it was an animation festival, she thought I was someone she met there. It took a moment for her to understand it wasn't me, haha.
