>>211387526I don't hate anime, but it's not considered an adult medium in Japan. If you're older than a high schooler, then it's still considered somewhat weird to religiously watch anime over there (although it's probably more normalized now than it was ten years ago). Or rather, a lot of adults probably watch anime, but they would never admit it publicly to anyone in their social circles (it's embarrassing if an underclassman finds out you like anime, for example). The thing is that a lot of anime get exported to Western markets and labeled "for adults," because Japs don't have a stick up their ass about letting teenagers watch plots about sex, death, etc. like we do here.