In situations like this, I love to say 'different strokes for different folks.' I personally have adored Japanese animation since childhood, however I tend nowadays to stick with the theatrical animation. Films like Nausicaa, Only Yesterday, Galaxy Express 999 and Angel's Egg to name a few I feel our vastly superior thematically compared to oft-praised traditional Disney animated films that crop op on critic's favourite lists time and time again. Now I adore some Western animation like much of Pixars work, The Iron Giant and sadly overlooked gems like Gandahar but the animated films by the Japanese have remained a cornerstone of my film appreciation since I was very young.
That's my two cents anyway.
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