Are Old School Anime more accessible to the Mainstream?

Can you provide numbers?

>>138340469

Not really.

But long research on Anime News Network will make see that an overwhelming amount of Anime back in the day had an European and/or an Arabic release.

>>138340496
A lot of anime still gets broadcast somewhere, it just takes some time.
The number of anime has also risen significantly so it's not odd when foreign companies can't broadcast everything.

>>138340593

Most anime is an internet thing now. Anime on TV is limited to big franchises.

Anime was more mainstream in Japan back in the day (limited TV channels, no late night anime culture). This in turn made it more attractive to TV broadcasters around the world. Nowadays the only high ratings hit is Youkai Watch, and that gets distributed worldwide.

>>138340402
Are you even serious?

The amount of anime available now dwarfs anything that used to be available. Streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu, and anime specific ones like Crunchyroll have worldwide distribution and thousands of new(and old) titles.

Anime isn't winding up on broadcast TV anymore because it isn't cost effective anymore.

>>138340695
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-03/japan-animation-tv-ranking-february-15-21/.99375
A lot of the high ratings series get international broadcast.
If anything the "problem" is that TV is dying.

>>138340863
>>138340863
>If anything the "problem" is that TV is dying.

It is.

But by making your audience more specific throguh internet/DVD, anime becomes less broad than before.

>>138340935
That's just your personal agenda. Modern anime covers a far broader spectrum than it did in the past.

>>138340935
>anime becomes less broad than before
Bullshit. It's the other way round. But of course you won't agree because you post just like every other nostalgia fags whose only exposure to anime are the official releases in english and don't even know about all the shit in japan.

>>138341075
>>138341204

I mean broader in the sense that it is made for a broader audience.

They weren't mostly aimed at adult manchildren, if that's what you mean.

>>138341901

It was always a manchildren thing, but the spectrum of what manchildren like/want is getting served in a much bigger spectrum than back then,

>>138341855
And today it reaches a broader audience. Adult women for instance are an important demographic nowadays.

>>138342003

Through the internet overseas, yeah.

But in Japan, anime is not reaching a broader demographic than before.

>>138342265
Because there's more competition. In the 70s you only had a few TV stations and few computers or other distractions so pulling ratings of 40% was possible.
A lot of viewers nowadays aren't covered by the ratings because they don't watch the live broadcast rather than a recording or internet stream.