No offense taken. The reason why people around here talking about Rurouni Kenshin, DBZ, and Gundam is because those are the animes that are seen in American TV which they don't HAVE to pay money for.
We have no right to say they're not really 'anime fans' because well, if they're not anime fans then they shouldn't be talking about it eh?
And I know alot of people who are stuck up and they think they know everything about anime and they don't. It is just mentally impossible. Now unless you actually went to Japan for a whole 2 years, I wouldn't really believe that anyone here has the right to say that they are the best of the best otakus.
I love anime, I think I know a bit, but I don't think I know everything. When someone mentions an anime I don't know, I'll just ask them what it's about and maybe try to check out if it's a good anime or not. I wouldn't say that "Oh this anime sucks because..." or "OMG, you watch that stupid show?". It's rude to do something like that. It's like others saying they hate your favorite anime show with a passion.
There's an anime network that they have for fans that are willing to pay money to have on cable, but for the others that don't have that money, can just be content on watching the ones already available to them and they can discuss and chat about with others who are the same as they are. And for those people who know alot more different animes, they're not in anyway 'superior' or anything because they're NOT.
We have our own opinions and what are limited to us, please don't trample on our likings. I'm not saying you are, but it'd be best if we keep things mutual.