In my spare time, I watch anime.
You mean the Japenese cartoons that are quite colorful?
Yup, that's the one. Do you like anime?
Some of it. I really like the style's where they mix hand-drawn and computer animated visuals like Howls Moving Castle.
Howl's Moving Castle was animated really beautifully. Do you know when anime became popular? 
I think it became popular in the 1960's in Japan and spread internationally through the rest of the 20th century..
That makes sense. I remember watching it a little as a kid, but now the selection is huge!
Yes, there are now lots of different genres for whatever you'd like to watch1
For sure, before it was either action or romance. But now there are many sports one such as Kuroko!
That's the one about basketball that started airing in 2012?