I don't think it has as much to do with the quality of the stories as much as the artwork and the fact that it's old. I mean people go to the movies like mad in america,but how many average movie goers have seen "Citizen Kane" or "Casablanca"? You can barely get people to go see a movie that came out two years ago. If the tv watching, movie loving public doesn't have an interest in checking out classic movies, good luck getting them to read classic manga.

Good point. I've still never seen Citizen Kane, even though I know how it ends, and I've seen it parodied a thousand times over. ^^;;

Part of the animecraze in america is due to kids rebelling against the "childishness" of cartoons. Even though alot of the anime they consider so adult is just as childish.

LOL so true!