Not all anime is good, a lot is straight up shit. Not all things that aren’t anime are shit some are quite good.

Edit: some recommendations for good live action TV that’s neither a police or medical procedural:

• I May Destroy You - an analysis of consent and modern dating

• The Sopranos - one of the first shows to really smash the episodic format apart with its sprawling, long running narrative

• The Wire - while it does involve some elements of the police procedural format, it’s really a novel about a decaying society in TV form

• Freaks and Geeks - spawned it’s own sub-genre, possibly the most influential teen drama ever

• Deadwood - framed as a western but it’s really about how you build a society, crying shame it got cancelled before the conclusion but some of the best characters and dialogue ever written

• Battlestar Galactica (2003) - the perfect series to capture the paranoia and changes in society following 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan

• Chernobyl - just incredible

• Band of Brothers (honourable mention to The Pacific) - suffers a little from some American Exceptionalism but an incredible look at the effects of war on ordinary people

• The Deuce - an unflinchingly honest look at the sex and porn industry in 70s and 80s New York