Well, the trick in anime is that carton and pure CGI without combining with real movie enables you to enjoy SCI-FI without bounds, everything is possible [...] Movie, well movie has bounds, too many.

There are some great SF movies without any special effects at all. Take for example Tarkovsky's Stalker. IMO it's a great movie, I've seen it several times and always left the cinema deeply moved, though it is more ascetic than Dogma movies.

Having said that, I have nothing against anime. It's just another form, and as in any art form it contains some great works and some crap.