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Originally Posted by TJR
What's "directly aimed at Americans"? Afro Samurai, Supernatural, Highlander, and the Marvel adaptations qualify as such products.
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Anime titles that American types find appealing has become a genre in itself, and a self-indulgent one at that. This is why I hate such anime: they are created with a presumption of what anime is supposed to be, a presumption based on past American exposure to the anime genre. This is no better than otaku anime made for Japanese hardcore fans. The presumption only narrows down the notion of what anime is supposed to be with each generation of distributors.
What it comes down to is that the novelty of the anime traits which appealed to American tastes is long gone now. The nitty gritty, sci fi, swords and magic genres have all been scooped up by American mainstream live action and game producers, and they're far better at catering to that demo than Japanese creators with instructions from American producers--overindulgent fanboys with a very vague idea why anime once used to be popular in America.