I'm sorry but a lot of you guys watch a lot of crap anime. There is plenty of good even excellent anime out there, you just got to research and look for it. Most of it is fansubbed and never brought over here to the states. I roll my eyes each time I talk to casual watchers of anime about their favorite anime. It's always Ninja scroll, Akira, or Ghost in the Shell, Blood: The Last Vampire, or the latest mediocre to crappy anime brought over and dumbed down for american audiences. It's like people only listen to music on the radio or fed to them by mtv, and don't bother looking into independant artists etc.. Maybe I'm an elitist I don't know. Anyway I highly recommend checking out
http://www.animenfo.com. It's an excellent resource for finding good anime. Good luck!