I am a fan of anima because it forces you to budget your anima wisely. If you don't play very often, you'll likely NEVER run out. If you do, you just have to be careful about it. You'd be surprised how quickly you can run from one area to another (it feels longer than it is... I noticed this when I had a crafting buff on while I ran around to hand in leves).

Where it gets frustrating is after a big patch... Many quests require you to run all over the place, and if you don't want to spend a really long time doing it, you must use anima.

Here's where the problem lies... Many people 'ran out' of anima quickly last patch... and many people run out of anima EVERY major patch... but you know what?

Don't forget... your anima can be used on your party, too! So, anima REALLY encourages you to work together with other people. When one person in my linkshell ran low on anima, someone else would pick up the slack. Although we have spent the better part of the last week and a half running around doing all of the new content, we have never, as a collective, run out of anima completely. There's always SOMEONE in the group who can teleport. The real question is... do you have a reliable group that is willing to share?