I feel a lot of your discontent. IMO It's been kinda downhill after "that BIG ninja show" (you know what I mean)and the sequel to that big "game-card" show (with the spiky blond-headed kid) premiered on the cartoon network. Aside from all of the dissapointments and overhypes, the medium's fanbase seems to be almost as polarised as the political climate in the U.S. to be as There's too many snobs (in all age groups) and far too many haters. It seems like all of the media (websites) for the shows/manga that i like(d) are dissapearing FAST to make room of course for the next overhyped bonanza.
and It seems to me if you talk about an old or even a classic anime or manga, you get chided to hell,(Kenshin.......that's soooooo OOOOOOOOOOLD!) Correspondingly, a lot of my fave artists (e.g. Yuu Watase)'s recent output has been dreadful to say the least. I'm losing interest on a fast clip. I've stopped buying Newtype and all of those other magazines and tend to buy only Japanese media (legallly, of course). but i'm trying to keep up the good fight. I know there's something really good coming up.