I have no problem going old school. I'll look into doing Netflix's mail service to check it out. It might open me up to more options too, which is always great.

I think I'll probably give up on Patlabor then. If it feels like there's more effort to watching it than I get out of enjoying it, there's not much point.

So, with the three cartoons that I glossed over. I didn't gloss over them to hurt your feelings in the slightest and I am truly sorry because your opinions and advice is highly valued by me. If it makes you feel any better, I didn't try to wax eloquent about A Ghost in the Shell, just give it a fair shake. I wasn't blown away by it like I was watching say, Princess Monoke if we're talking about anime or A Fistful of Dollars and Yojimbo if we're talking about films in general.

There's a lot going on with all three that make me feel iffy about them, some of them having to do with the actual premises of the shows and some of them about the stereotypes and cultural context that revolves around anime in general. If you want, I have the afternoon free and I think I'd be somewhat willing to talk on here why I'm uncomfortable with all free, though I don't know how comfortable I'd be talking about something that makes me uncomfortable because I don't know how deep that rabbit hole I'd want to go down.

If you want to talk about them though, because I do think there's some good insight though, let me know. It might lead to something interesting.