ooopsy I thought you guys actually lived in Japan.... well yeah in the US the anime genre has a pretty marginal name.... I lived there from 2005 to 2012 and beside adult swim and a few other spot if you just have basic cable you don't get much..... on the other hand here in France where I'm from.... we have had anime since the early 80's we were one of the first country to import japanese animation on mainstream TV and it is less present now.... so most anime fans here are in their 30s.... I was surprised with the big comic culture in the US that the anime genre didn't get more traction....
saying it's for kids is plain wrong.... heck even pixar movies for that matter are not just for kids there are plenty of lines that are not understood by kids and aimed at adults only.... but anime has material for pretty much anybody...
my bad for the mixup