I do agree with America's view on animation. However, I think there are a lot of good things happening as well. Futurama did well despite Fox's extremely poor treatment of it, and that was some of the best animation on television. Samurai Jack is doing quite well, and that's good as well.

But everything doing well fits into the standard mold of what most would consider a cartoon. Something funny. Or something childish. I want american animated shows like Cowboy Bebop, or movies like Princess Mononoke.

At least Anime DVDs are becoming popular enough to make anime cheeper now. And the Japaneese market dosen't seem to be slowing down the output of these shows.