animes use flashbacks to give people a bit more of the background of the characters, like with naruto and the sasuke flashbacks, if these werent in there people might of gotten confused about why sasuke was so obsessed with gaining power. Also a lot of times when they explain the techniques etc. it is actually needed, it would just make the fights to confusing if they didn't and probably dull if they didn't add those techniques in as well. So I have to kinda disagree with you on this one. Though I probably like different styles of anime than you do, like I really enjoy the storyline in most animes, and the fight scenes are normally just a bonus. I also like the intellectual parts of animes, like when they use those techniques and such. Anyway, just my thoughts on this.