/jp/ - Otaku Culture

I don't understand the appeal of anime, or rather why people who watch it are so obsessed with it.
I mean I used to love my Saturday morning cartoons as a kid and I watched The Simpsons etc but I didn't think about that shit all day and listen to The Flintstones theme or whatever.
Can one of you autistic weeaboos explain what I'm missing? I've watched a few animes here and there and they were fine, but I mean they weren't any more special than any other show I watch and don't obsess over.