> > no, none of the women in the anime dress like that

> o, ok. no reason to watch it then :-)

> > and not the majority of anime is set in the future.. only some

> is there much in the past?

yes, tehre are a lot in the past
and some VERY good ones
i.e. Rurouni Kenshin, VERY good one, it's violent, but not mindless violence, it's got a GREAT plot, and the violence is very tastefully done. About a 15 year old samurai.