I used to be one of those people who rented a lot of stuff and would haunt the anime aisle at Suncoast, back when those tapes were really exorbitantly expensive. This is, of course, almost 20 years ago. I grew up on the likes of Macross, Area 88, Dominion Tank Police, Akira, Wings of Honneamise, etc. Every once in a while, I'll come across a series that looks interesting, something along the likes of Cowboy Bebop comes to mind, but beyond this...the stories and character designs just don't do a thing for me these days.
Too frilly, too many episodes, too many characters, etc.
It neatly dovetailed with my interests in import gaming back in the day.