I got interested in Anime myself
of course, I started drawing stuff ever since i was 4 yrs old and then started watching some strange japanese animations on TV...i think it was on Nick Kids channel LONG time ago...and i've even seen "Vampire Hunter D" when I was small too...and i was so curious why there was a naked chick in that show too lol but i don't think anyone was around when i was watching TV lol as I grew older, I noticed that there were some fighting games using anime-style characters in it...like Street Fighter and Dark Stalkers by Capcom and SNK...and now ever since "Poke'mon" hit the TV series back in August 1998, when i was only 13 yrs old, in middle school, i realized how cool some Japanese Animations can be...ever since i was interested in Poke'mon, I wanted to watch others like "Dirty Pair", "Vampire Hunter D", "Outlaw Star", "Gundam W" and so on...i was getting so interested in Anime because they include so much cool stuff on them...cool, mature characters with such detailed fashion, detailed envirnoments, faster and smooth animation with lots of colors and background...the Japanese sure take things REAL serious in Japanese Animation...it's like showing a play, you know? You express your heart and feelings with using your own animation, no matter what it includes, it is still part of entertainment.
So to be honest, i just find that tons of Japanese Animation are better than American animations...because they are more entertaining, more thrilling, fun, and exciting...you know?
perhas if you rent "spirited away" that's one example of the animes i'm talking about...