Ka-pi96 said: hmm, I assume that's supposed to suggest they only make anime of shounen manga with bad plots? Although even if he's saying a good plot I'd still say chuck him out. We need less anime based on manga and more original stuff... |
The problem is, most of what Japan produces in paper content, manga and light novels alike, follow common tropes to an alarmingly similar degree when comparing plots across many shows. Most just get a small tinge of not necessarily originality, but at least using less common tropes and ideas to produce a work that actually resonates a bit better. We can say "make original for TV work", but Japan seems to be scared of that. They will latch on to anything to fill a timeslot as long as TV writers don't have to try to produce a quality anime. Dog Days is at least one original anime production that was good for a season, although it followed so many of the same tropes as anything else Japan turns out, it didn't matter much when subsequent seasons became more and more disappointing.
The biggest problem is the speed at which content gets adapted, and how easily a show is tossed aside because it isn't driving physical content sales enough. When the measure of success isn't viewership, but the increase in sales of manga, light novels, and DVD/Bluray releases, it makes more original content seem even less likely.
That's why we will continue to get a million shows featuring a fire tsundere in a superpower alternate reality boarding school setting with a bumbling protagonist who accidentally sees her in her underwear.