sorry if i’m kinda elitist, but shonen edgy anime (pretending to be seinen) starred by teenagers are the worst examples to defend your case…

-danganronpa: i can give it a pass mostly by the concept

-naruto: good start, crappy ending, darkness™ all the way

-boku no pico hero academia: it’s green naruto with liberal ideals

-mirai nikki: kinda cringey love story with edgy yandere waifubait

-eva: too mainstream

-elfen lied: sorry, but that was a crappy story only sustained by edgyness and tiddies

you should have selected something deeper like: shimoneta to iu gainen, serial experiments lain, black lagoon, welcome to the nhk, ghost in the shell…

And the other side is the “Anime is only porn”.

Children? No. Man-children? To a disturbing degree.

What is that black and white bear looking thing anime called?