Anime has taken a significant shift from story-driven series to character-driven series. Pre-2000, it was about the story. Now it's the characters that define whether a series sell or not. Shows mentioned above don't have characters that meet the character formulas that equal success these days.
Want a series to succeed financially? Target a demographic effectively and give them the characters they want. noitaminA's successful shows did that. Their recent ones haven't.
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