Title: Retired Professor of Cultural Studies
E-mail: madoka@animeacademy.com
Age: 29
Genre of Choice: Drama

What I look for in anime: What separates anime from regular cartoons? The cornerstones of storytelling: plot and character development. Without those, you're merely watching a cartoon, moving pictures that tend to entertain more than enthrall. The Japanese, however, use anime to express themselves in a way that they're not allowed to in everyday life and show us their innermost expressions of culture and personality that appeal to us all.