Look, I get why people love anime. I've watched my share of it. But let's talk about something like Spider-Verse. That movie took animation and bent it into something nobody had ever seen before. Different art styles colliding in a single frame, comic book effects brought to life, all while telling a genuinely groundbreaking superhero story. That's pure creative risk-taking. Anime has some incredible visual moments, sure. But Western animation isn't afraid to experiment with form the same way. BoJack Horseman tackled depression through a cartoon horse. Adventure Time built a whole surrealist universe. These shows push boundaries just as hard as anything from Japan. The difference is that Western animation gets dismissed as "just for kids" when it's not. Anime gets taken seriously because it's foreign. But creativity isn't about where something comes from. It's about what you do with the medium. And Western animators are doing plenty.