Taking your children to see movies would not be bad if all cartoons were the quality of "Totoro" and "Princess Mononoke."

If the only American cartoons you have ever seen are Disney greats like "Aladdin" and "Monsters, Inc.," you may think we have it good in America. But we have our Power Rangers, too.

Japanese parents have largely been spared the pain of "Barney the Dinosaur," but this purple singing sensation has driven more than a few parents to consider suicide.