I wonder, I seriously wonder if it will ever become the norm for anime to be released in its original language + subtitles in the US? Anime is really taking off, I have it on a strong authority that the US anime market is now bigger than the Japanese, and I am worried that it is locked into its current state of being both dubbed and hacked to bits.
Oh yeah, and most of the anime that comes over here is the bottom of the barrel pop stuff from Japan. Whatever, I don't pay attention to US anime releases anymore, but I do know that the fact that we are now the biggest market for it means its going to gradually lose its uniqueness.
I am a recovering anime junkie. I used to watch everything out there and actively scour IRC for the newest stuff constantly, but now I just listen to recommendations and watch the best of the best, and ignore the rest.
Oh, I just started watching the new (to me anyway) Gainax show Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai. I love it, anyone else seen it?