I think there is just a conflict due to say let's compare Anime with Animation or Japan with X-Your country here. Different opinions may let you sink into the thought, that a anime is just better than an animation. But what about for example all the great batman series/episodes then?!, X-men, Spiderman, Sesamstrasse, Die Sendung mit der Maus, Das Sandmaennchen. Some of them are quite essential for the youth, but also watchable for adults - but let's not suggest about that. The American for example just did well with movie Dante's Inferno i think. I don't put myself into the question of liking anime or animation more. That would be too much offtopic from what we all want - and that is watching whatever we like or not!