Funny, considering Japan is called the land of the rising sun. xD
Maybe that is why I've been praising the sun...
Anime for me has been good for a lot of reasons. I really prefer the look of anime to that of most cartoon styles, and even to real actors. I also really just love the sound of Japanese. I don't want to speak it myself, but the words sound really pretty, and I enjoy hearing them said that way.
This will probably get me in trouble with some people, but I also really like the use of honorifics. I'm a bit more respectful, and know not to call strangers or people I'm just getting to know by them, because that would just be an obnoxious culture shock, but even still, having words to describe your relationship to people that you get to say every time you see them is nice. It would be weird to say something like, "My male friend Steven, isn't today nice?" But it wouldn't be awkward to say, "Steven-kun, isn't today nice?" Plus then, when I suddenly stop using them for a statement, it is like shifting to a more intimate tone without doing anything else. There really isn't anything in English that does this, so even if some people find it obnoxious, it is something I want to do between friends, if that is something they are ok with.
But, as everyone has said, anime does have some stylistic qualities I don't like as well. Fanservice is all well and good, but it doesn't belong everywhere. Plus, I really hate the overuse of the powerful but helpless female hero character, or even worse, the completely helpless female hero. There are more than enough weak female protagonists, I want more Shana's. I'm also totally done with the "clueless never heard of sex but somehow always finds himself in sexual circumstances" male protagonist.
If I don't stop myself here, I could go on talking about anime for a really long time. Anime is something that is a big part of my life, and I connect with it in a way that is different from how I interact with other mediums. Watching it makes me smile, and there are a lot of characters I can connect to. Anime influences my music tastes and it probably influenced me in a lot of other ways too. I know it is probably more special to me than it will be to a lot of people, and I express it in ways some people resent even when I avoid involving them. I just wanted them to know, it isn't like these feelings exist without context.