People expecting too much

Vilkku92 said:
If anything I feel the opposite: that people have too low expectations! I feel like I've seen more people who just kind of disregard animation all together because it's all about "the story" and characters", when I personally find animation to be important in actually telling the story and developing the characters. I remember seeing more people telling others to not be so critical and to be grateful that we're even getting any anime at all than I've seen the opposite, when I'd personally prefer to spend my limited time watching the good stuff rather than the mediocre stuff. I sometimes wonder if people truly understand the fact that the anime industry is, in fact, an industry, made up of businesses trying to make money with their products just like the film or video game industries, and that we aren't obligated to give them a free pass on bad products.

Of course, I don't actually know which kind of people are more prevalent. I probably have some kind of confirmation bias here since I generally appreciate critical examination of the things you watch, even though I'm actually rather easy to please when it comes to anime. I don't think it's wrong to dislike a show because the art and animation didn't live up to your expectations, since there are as many ways to like something as there are people experiencing it.