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Originally Posted by Triple_R
Anybody in business should be concerned with the customer's best interests. That's how you make and keep customers. That's how you make and keep good brand strength.
The brand strength and perception of an animation studio is ultimately decided by the fans, not by their clients. Of course, smart clients should keep that in mind as well.
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That would be an ideal. I'm just saying that it really isn't the case for the anime industry, given its particular set of circumstances. As you probably know, most studios don't have much brand strength either, and the content they create caters to client demand (i.e. moe would be immediately dumped if industry demand were to shift. They wouldn't really care what today's fans had to say but would look toward the next trends and financing opportunities). They're cogs in the system, and the actual vendor/customer relationship is between, say, Aniplex and the anime collector.
SHAFT and J.C.STAFF are not exceptions, even if they produce many sequels. If their clients were to suddenly request all-original products and no sequels (which means cutting existing series short), they'd go with that.