I hate anime almost as much as I hate MLP

No such thing as good anime.

Find the right anime that will get you into anime, and then branch out from there. For me, it was [url=http://myanimelist.net/anime/11757/Sword_Art_Online]Sword Art Online[/url] that got me into anime, and then from there I branched out into some different genres. Why SAO? Because the story interested me. In a jist, it's about 10,000 people getting stuck in an MMO and they have to fight through all 100 floors/levels of the world to escape. So I'd recommend you start out with that. Or ya know, if you like mechs and whatnot, watch Evamgelion. With Evangelion, there's 2 versions. 1) Neon genesis Evangelion (original 90's anime) http://myanimelist.net/anime/30/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion http://myanimelist.net/anime/32/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion:_The_End_of_Evangelion 2) The Rebuild of Evangelion series http://myanimelist.net/anime/2759/Evangelion:_1.0_You_Are_(Not)_Alone http://myanimelist.net/anime/3784/Evangelion:_2.0_You_Can_(Not)_Advance (my personal favorite) http://myanimelist.net/anime/3785/Evangelion:_3.0_You_Can_(Not)_Redo http://myanimelist.net/anime/3786/Evangelion:_4.0

You just have to find the right ones

If you do not like anime it is because you have not watched the right shows. Just like with everything else in the world, there is a lot of crap, but there are a ton of amazing anime.

Put very simply it's just a specifc genre of entertainment, within that category there are of course many genres and types. So you get Western Cartoons and Japanese Anime, it's just the name for a cartoon originating in Japan with a specific style. Some people like it, some people love it, some people take it way too far and become Otakus- See retard* Others don't care and some people hate it. It's good if you enjoy it, and bad if you don't. You can't really make the official statement this is good/bad because that is an opinion. In my experience there are some really well done shows and some not so good ones, in that sense it isn't really that different from normal television. You have to make your mind up on the show itself rather than generalising the whole genre as some people enjoy doing. *Seriously, there is a difference between loving Anime and being a complete moron over it. The Japanese as a culture aren't overly fond of foreigners as it is but when they see some Gaijin American adding -Kun to their name and acting like they are Japanese it's no wonder they dislike outsiders and Otakus. It's not a good thing to be called Otaku, it means freak pretty much.

Spice and Wolf. Watch it.

Soul Eater is the first anime you should watch, you'll love it.