I've always liked anime, just not the die hard community that's become associated with it. And I've become a bit disconnected with anime because more and more they're starting to pander to that same community... a lot of which comes from the concept of 'fanservice'.
Here's what I mean. 20 years ago, you'd have a show like Ranma 1/2, not necessarily meant as a 'mature' series but would occasionally have bits of nudity. It wasn't pandering to the audience or trying to be sexy or anything, the series creator is a women afterall, but usually used as a gag or just because, giving the sense that the Japanese didn't think anything was wrong with it.
Fast forward to today, where a lot of anime gets exported, and nudity is treated with the same 'Western' value that it's shameful to show to something anyone under 18 may see. Yet at the same time, the sexual objectification (more or lease softcore teasing) has increased like ten fold for the same genre. I guess that's great if you're the sort of person that likes the stuff but it's annoying to see and gives it a bad image for the rest of us.
