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

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TranceformerFX said:

HomokHarcos said:

For mainstream anime and manga there are several different genres that have a mainstream series. Compare that to American comics which is dominated by superheroes and animation which is dominated by comedy.

Mainstream Japanese anime is diverse? No offense, but you're talking out of your ass. Anime isn't "diverse", nor has it evolved since it entered pop culture in the late 80's/early 90's. Infact, the "anime" business has been in decline for years now...

 

https://kotaku.com/evangelion-creator-predicts-the-death-of-anime-1706738732

 

http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/miyazaki-blames-otaku-animators-for-anime-decline/

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124894486860193163

 

https://kotaku.com/5966163/japanese-anime-fans-are-growing-tired-of-these-tropes

 

I don't know about Manga - but the animation industry has a cloud of doom lingering over it's head, and Japan only has itself to blame. When you cater to one audience (Japanese viewers) and capitalize on tropey cliche'd bullshit material year after year - oversaturation and disinterest is bound to happen. Which it clearly is.

 

Diverse? Don't make me laugh - Japan has largely been making the same shit since anime caught fire in the early 90's.

This guy right here saying anime hasn't changed since the 80's when one of the single-most influencial anime in the industry released near the end of the 80's.

 

Unless hundreds of manga writers and game developers are talking out their ass, your statement just simply can't be true since Berserk changed the fantasy genre in anime/manga in '89 ('88 if you count the one shot).

 

And I don't know what works you're living in, but anime has been more and more prolific in Western stages the past few years thanks largely in part to simulcasts. I mean, did you see the Dragon Ball Super gathering in Mexico?

 

And diversity?... Yeah, it has just the right amount, and has for a while.