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Originally Posted by Corwin_r
It's true that today more anime are produced than before
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Very misleading statement.
Production of hentai has increased, and production of 1 or 2 episode "series" have increased.
The number of anime produced with at least 3 episodes went down every year since the peak in 2006.
2010 had less 20+ episode anime than 1998 or 1999.
It isn't a stretch to say that the anime industry is responding to tough economic times and disappointing sales for some critically acclaimed (and popular here) series by shifting more towards porn and short shows aimed at the more reliable otaku audience.
Is quality suffering as a result? I would say so. But then, you have to remember that the series which we may consider some of the best ever, may not have sold well. So it would not make sense for the anime industry to keep making shows like that, when they have proven not to sell.