You, sir, are much too old to enjoy Japan's challenges to Disney, Pixar, etc., except while napping on the couch as your own offspring watch it for the umpteenth time. The mentions of NES and Sega give you away.
If you want insight into Japanese culture or artistic style, you should really go for the adult (non-pron) titles. These people have some sort of deep-routed aversion to the actor profession, and thus animate EVERYTHING. If they made their equivalent of Requiem for a Dream, even that would be animated (well, not if - they did - and it's called Welcome to the NHK!). It's also decidedly creepier and *gasp* more realistic.
You, sir, are much too old to enjoy Japan's challenges to Disney, Pixar, etc., except while napping on the couch as your own offspring watch it for the umpteenth time. The mentions of NES and Sega give you away.
If you want insight into Japanese culture or artistic style, you should really go for the adult (non-pron) titles. These people have some sort of deep-routed aversion to the actor profession, and thus animate EVERYTHING. If they made their equivalent of Requiem for a Dream, even that would be animated (well, not if - they did - and it's called Welcome to the NHK!). It's also decidedly creepier and *gasp* more realistic.