A Frightening Thought...

[Shuckins]

....The first generation raised on Japanese anime and manga are not old enough to vote.   

<shudder>

[BoilerDown]

What?  I was raised on Robotech.  Rick Hunter and Roy Fokker (sp?) are why I liked flying and aircraft as a kid.  You must mean the 2nd generation.  (And I bet you meant "now" instead of "not".)

[mg1942]

What? ? ? ?

My uncle's 35 and he's a big fan of Robotech/Macross.

[mg1942]

This one's just for you boilerdown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8k4MKFNAj4&fmt=18

[indy007]

Some people think Anime didn't begin until Dragonball-Z.

[FrodeMk3]

....The first generation raised on Japanese anime and manga are not old enough to vote.   

<shudder>

As others' have said, it's been around for a while-it depends' on whether you count shows like 'Speed Racer' or 'G-force'. Shows' like 'Robotech' have been around since the '80's. I remember seeing it when I was in Jr.High, and I'm 35 now.

(Edit: G-Force was actually Battle of the Planets.

[DrDea]

 Hell Ultraman in the late 60's was anime covered in latex

[Brooke]

Don't forget Kimba the White Lion.

[mg1942]

....The first generation raised on Japanese anime and manga are not old enough to vote.   

<shudder>

Some of them are old enough to run for position of power

[avionix]

Anime isn't cartoons.  For cartoons, look at Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry.

[Brooke]

Anime isn't cartoons.  For cartoons, look at Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry.

Anime is Japanese animation.  I'm not sure if you are implying that there wasn't anime 20 or more years ago, but Speed Racer, Kimba, Astro Boy, etc. were earlier versions of it that made it to the US.

[avionix]

Anime is Japanese animation.  I'm not sure if you are implying that there wasn't anime 20 or more years ago, but Speed Racer, Kimba, Astro Boy, etc. were earlier versions of it that made it to the US.

Just saying that the cartoons of today have about as much substance as a dry sponge.  Cartoons are supposed to be funny IMHO.

[DiabloTX]

Indeed. I still love Speed Racer, and I watched it in the very early 70's!

[mg1942]

Just saying that the cartoons of today have about as much substance as a dry sponge.  Cartoons are supposed to be funny IMHO.

If you know where to look, there's plenty of them (just ask meatwad )

[ariansworld]

....The first generation raised on Japanese anime and manga are not old enough to vote.   

Well I was raised watching Anime and the History channel,  I am old enough to vote.

Arian