I tried watching DBZ. I was in like a mofo. Enjoying the hell out of it. Then it gets to a point I’m the season when Frieza was fighting Goku. Now my memory may be off but it seem like there were 3 straight episodes where they would stare at each other and power up with no fighting. I was done after that and never really watched anime ever since
Let me put it this way OP. Anime USED to be the shyt. We went from:
...hov status...

. Very cliche and predictable plots. On the other hand good animes explore what it means to be human, phisosphy etc. ( "'m talking about Full metal alchemist, Steins Gate, Psycho Pass, Code Geass etc.). These anime get you thinking and aren't about the cliche shoujou "imma get powerful and beat this guy up" theme.