Why are manga and anime more diverse than American animation and comics?

[DonFerrari]

HomokHarcos said:

DonFerrari said:
Some people talking about Manga seem to not read them.

For me the great difference between manga and comics is that the first have a story it wants to tell and once it is finished it ends. So a mangaka will create his unique story (that certainly will share similarities and inspirations from other works as any entertainment) and for 5 to 30 years he will write it. Once he finish he may create another story, but very very rarely someone else will take over his story (some spin-off happens though).

For Comics, we have had the same superheroes for like 100 years and they just keep cycling the begin develop finish every so 5-10 years retelling the same stories. And each new cycle may change how he hero begin, what are his companions and whatnot. So you'll never have the true story of that hero.

Japan manga have as many different stories as you can have tastes. They have manga about chess, swimming, ski climbing, fight, cooking, romance, sex, horror, etc.

Agree that is one thing I like about manga over Amerian comics. For example I like Batman and Spider-Man, but I would never be able to read through them because they go on for decades and a whole bunch of different. Whereas the two manga I want to read (Ghost in the Shell and Sanctuary) are much smaller and contained.

Sanctuary is fantastic, best manga I've ever read.

Stuart23 said:

For comics, I think western comics are as diverse as manga,you just need to see outside the box of Marvel/DC.

For animations, the thing is that those different types of anime reached the mainstream audience and have its own dedicated fanbase while western animation is still having a hard time leaving the usual market. Big animation channels like Disney, Cartoon Network and Nick invest a lot on their usual comedy shows because that is were the easy money are and it is where they know there is an audience. You can find western animation taking different genres but those usually fall into the "niche audience" kind of thing and hardly reach the mainstream.

Please show me all the gay couples on Comics, transex, comics about writting comics, comics about playing wheelchair basketball, about hunting for food, mob, cycling, playing go or chess, etc.

At least in Brazil, nothing outside of heroes comics are know, but all these mangas are well know in Brazil.