Um...Doug, I really don't want to be rude, but:
- it seems that most of us gave our opinion based on our own not-very-positive experiences with expressing a fondness for anime to those not familiar with it. Considering the difficulty you had cited in an earlier thread regarding starting an anime club at your school, I, for one, had gotten the impression the subject was not well-received amongst your peers.
- Anyone asking for an opinion does so with the full realization that experiences occur on a case-by-case basis. There is no control, only variables.
- Speeches are judged on a plethora of factors - posture, ease at the poduim, body language, verbal and communication skills. You could be the caliber of orator that would made Barack Obama fall to the ground intoning his unworthiness and have a voice to make Alan Rickman squirm with envy, thus ensuring that a speech on any category chosen would leave your audience stomping and screaming for more - we don't know this. We can't see you. We can't hear you.
I will offer one piece of unsolicted advice: for judgement calls of this nature, perhaps it would be best to ask someone IRL in the future, and do so in a timely manner. I get the impression that valuable prep time was wasted awaiting board opinions.