I don't know how American cartoons are these days, but I grew up on the Paul Dini/Bruce Timm DC Universe (Batman The Animated Series, The New Adventures of Batman/Superman, Batman Beyond) where there was an indicerble amount of depth to the characters. Although the episodes were often standalone one-shot/two-shots, they often featured a very well-rounded world where villains didn't revert to cartoony villainy and the heroes weren't just brainless do-gooders.Also, while there's probably some cultural reasons at play, I think anime also targets an older age-range than most American cartoons. Anime often premieres either slightly before prime-time or really late at night. Not exactly the most little-kid friendly time slots, whereas American cartoons, besides shows like the Simpsons and South Park, almost all air early on Saturday morning prime sleeping time for the teens+.

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