Quite true, but I do not have a problem with the style or the perfect sheen...It the fact that I used to view too much Anime and i cannot tolerate the cliche manga bad guy now.
All you have to do is tune into crud like Pokemon (James), Urotsitadoji was good (Faust) or even burn up... to see the congenial bad guy.... Why cant we see a sickened old gangster fat guy or a small cocky dictator like Hitler even a macho style bad guy is refreshing in Anime compared with the soft voiced, neatly groomed and usually androgenous baddie.
I think the Japanese have a fettish for the Seymore/Kuja/Sephiroth style hell bent on destroying the world to "clense it". Thats my main objection.