For the most part, true, but let us not forget the exceptions:

• American Pop by Ralph Bakshi (best American animated movie of all time IMHO)
• G.I. Joe Resolute (written by Warren Ellis
• Watership Down
• The Plague Dogs
• Ren & Stimpy (argguably)
• Robot Chicken
• The Secret of N.I.M.H.
• Rock and Rule
• Heavy Metal

If it can bring in enough tourism dollars to tide the community over during the off-season.

Another thought:

How come for women "not growing up" seems to mean sex, drugs, and alcohol, while for men it seems to mean "superhero movies, computer games, and general silliness."

According to our mass media masters, that is.

The poster child for arrested female development is someone like Ke$ha, while the poster child for arrested male development is someone like Seth Rogan.

Ok, Rogan's persona is no role model, but it's better than being a drugged-out whore, no?

Why do young women think "cool" means self-destruction?

See: The Lonely Island's take on YOLO.

If only Neil Young would take his own advice ...

Now, how come I cannot get a rifle in the shape of the VF-1's main gun?

Macross Zero is awesome, with better dogfights than Top Gun.

Cat S*%t One is fantastic. Probably the most pro-American war story of the past generation. (The Japanese word for rabbit is "usagi". Get it?  USA G.I.)

I don't watch a LOT of Anime, actually.  Can I round out my top five with tv shows from the 70s and 80s?

Fables of The Green Forest

Belle and Sebastian

The Little Prince

Anime is way too big and diverse a spectrum of genres to be explained as a cohesive whole.

At one end you have Studio Ghibli. At the other end you have cheap cartoon tentacle porn. In the middle there's all sorts of different stuff.

One might as well ask, "what is the appeal of American movies?" 

You cannot have one answer to such a broad question.

That is, unless you actually are watching an instructional video.

The smart-aleck in me wants to say, "1950s wives."

Well, it depends on how one defines "grown up".

When one says "grown up", does one mean "taking responsibility for one's actions" or does one mean "never having any fun ever again"?  

I can see how many boomers could have looked at their parents and thought, "they don't seem to be enjoying life very much."

Saying, "I may be getting older but I refuse to grow up" could simply mean "no matter what my responsibilities, I'm not gonna replace paintball, computer games, and comic books with golf, polyester, and martinis."

On the other hand, if "refusing to grow up" means "I'm gonna live like my parents still pay for everything and the courts cannot try me as an adult," then there's a problem.

If we lived like there was no tomorrow, doesn't that mean we'd spend each day in the corner of the room in the foetal position crying in terror?

How about a list of the most erotic non-sex scenes.

Like the chess game from The Thomas Crown Affair.

Or the card game at the beginning of Barry Lyndon.

"I have hidden a ribbon somewhere on my body..."

Or Worf and K'Ehleyr training in the Holodeck.

Well, it did make the point that she wasn't actually a virgin.

Of course, they could have made the same point by showing us her illegitimate offspring.

I guess a nearly-naked Joseph Fiennes puts more bums in seats than screaming babies do.

Please note that Avril Lavigne is pushing 30.

Also note that Lavigne, Ke$ha, and Carly Rae Jepson (all three teeny-bopper type singers) are all OLDER by several years than Adele, who is a much more mature singer, songwriter, and indeed person.

I dunno what point I'm trying to make.  I'm just sayin'...

I will say that I much prefer the music of Lily Allen (same age as Avril Lavigne) who sings about the trials and tribulations of growing up in the 21st century, rather than glorifying self-destructive youthful behaviour.

Note: Both Lily Allen and Adele are mothers.  I'm sure it's just a coincidence that their lyrics are more mature and meaningful.

I'll never be able to watch Arrested Development in the same way again, knowing that Lucille Bluth is the woman from Play Misty For Me.