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Old 2013-04-15, 20:38   Link #86
Reckoner
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 32
The main reason anime can't gain a footing in the west is that it's not financially viable. I think we have enough of an audience here, even if it's niche, but unlike Japan we don't have people willing to shell out hundreds of dollars every season for the anime they liked. So long as the industry focuses on this economic model (Which may be the most viable for them currently, I won't argue differently) which is more like a collector's market, it ensures than anime won't be produced here.

Anyhow...

I think the only real way for anime to be more mainstream (appeal to adults) is for all of its titles to go the Ghibi route. That's not something I'm willing to accept for the entire industry, because then we'll lose out on stuff like last season's Shinsekai Yori.
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