Anime

[Albertosaurus Rex]

I have no qualms viewing anime as an adult though, just as I don't mind admitting to thoroughly enjoying novels targeted to children or youths - a good story is a good story no matter where it is found or what format it is told in.

On some level I agree with you. Good storytelling is good storylelling. It's not like I was watching Teletubbies. Still, I really wouldn't want to explain watching stuff like W.I.T.C.H. to anyone I know IRL. (Except that one friend of mine who went out and bought dvd box sets of Winx Club that he watched with his older brother.)

I've heard Miyzaki's films mentioned before. I'll go check them out some time. To clarify on Ninja Scroll: I had heard that Ninja Scroll was highly regarded. Only later did I find out that it's the movie that is so highly regarded and not the series that I found. Apparently they're not even directly related to each other, just share some underlying ideas and a few character names.