Videogames. The choice is as obvious for me personally as "would you like a slap?".
I've been playing videogames for two decades, my flirtation with anime started ten years ago when it was becoming 'cool' and Manga had started pumping out quality videos.
What I refer to as anime and what others think of it as are often two different things. My tastes are stuck with what was released a decade ago in the UK. Films and OAVs, sci-fi, horror and violence. What's evolved from that leaves me cold.
The kind of anime getting released these days just doesn't do it for me at all, I've struggled to watch snippets on youtube, tried renting some. It bores me, the 'jokes' seem to have been done a thousand times before and are cringeworthy. Anything gory/dramatic seems overloaded with er.. silent histrionics? 'Wobbly' damp eyes and silent misery. Where's the catgirls with bazookas at?
Angel Cop, Fist of the NorthStar, Bounty Dog, Guyver, Golgo 13, Akira, Tank Police, Laputa, 3x3 Eyes, KO Century Beast Warriors and Armitage III are what I call anime.
Despite having fossilised tastes in anime, I love this board and discussing video games. I just hope some of my favourites eventually get released on R2 DVD.