On the topic that Anime is a medium, I know this first hand. I tend to prefer animes that are psychological, horror, tragedy, you know... stuff like PsychoPass, (and some other manga's, like Berserk) ones where there is blood and gore, and main protagonists die. So I like to say, "I like anime," but then whenever I meet someone who also says that, turns out they watch stuff like High School DxD and other ecchi like romance stuff I feel like puking watching. So yeah... when I tell people I watch anime I never am able to relate to others who watch it as well, kinda makes me sad.