I'm on the lack of understanding boat...
People hate/fear that which they don't understand, 90% of the time. Hence why racism and other prejudices exist.
Anime is prejudiced by the unwashed masses simply because they don't know OR have the misconception it's kid's stuff, or porno [I like the porno group, they make me laugh]
True, there are people out there who know what anime is and what the draw is but my wife stopped watching cause she seemed to have come under the preconception that anime has turned into a harem for new releases... [her loss, now she's missing out on Guardian of the Sacred Spirit, Allison to Lillia, Princess Resurrection, Slayers Revolution, a VERY big list]
There is also another thing one may notice about anime lovers. In general, they seem to be happier people than those who never heard about anime. Granted the con atmosphere kinda helps with that, but the majority of people I personally know irl who have no idea what anime is are NOT people I'd like bringing to parties... I think anime brings out imagination in the right people and then converts it to a better attitude. [there are junk-heads in the anime kingdom too, but I run into fewer of them than would be expected...]






