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SGI
The overall quality of anime has definitely declined in recent years. If you look at all the new anime released per season, and how many contain one or more of the following words you can see a trend.
“Harem, moe, comedy or slice of life”.
There is actually a simple, yet dull explanation. Japan has been in the grasp or a recession for years, but recently has been much, much worse. Animation companies are, after all businesses and need to make money. Sadly, such an environment means there is much less of a chance for more experimental, complex or challenging projects to get the green light an get produced. To pay the bills, many of the studios have fallen back on more the kind of projects targeted at the die-hard Japanese otaku market. Sadly, this usually means harem perv-fests or moe slice of life titles. These tend to at least allow these companies to break even.
So yeah, so long as the economy in Japan is rubbish, it means that it’s less likely we’ll see any chances be taken at studios, and thus less likely we’ll see anything truly great come from Japan.
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