If anime is such a small niche over in Japan and people barely watch it, then why does anime continue to get made?
Is there a single anime that's been released in the past decade that has had a serious impact on the country? Sort've like how super heroes and Star Wars have affected America.
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merch sales
>>150109945
Nowadays, anime is complete fucking otaku pandering garbage, there's nothing interesting, everything is but a fucking rehash with CGDCT or gay ass shit, all made to sell figs, dakumakuras and other useless trash, this is why it's still made, while still being a dead rotten corpse with vultures feasting on it.
>>150110104
This, there is some good stuff that comes out once every 7 years or so though
>>150109945
It's actually not that small of a niche.
Shows actually come on TV, etc.
>>150110205
What a hot opinion please tell me more.
Lots of people watch late-night anime. Even more watch family-friendly anime shows that air at prime time in Japan. Most just don't buy discs for it, because it's considered a waste to pay so much money for two episodes per discs. That is something that only obsessed collectors would do.
There was a talk about how the anime adaptation of Sweetness and Lightning, an anime that aired in the night, managed to get rather high TV-ratings on Tokyo MX, which was considered very unusual for late-night anime shows.
I do not think that there's been an anime that has still affected the entire industry in a really meaningful manner like Neon Genesis Evangelion, which is said to have been responsible for the production committee process by which modern late-night otaku anime is being made. Other anime shows might have lots of tropes referenced, but something that really affected the industry in how to make money out of it or in how it changes the way anime shows are being made is probably hard to find.
>>150110307
Madoka certainly had an impact on modern anime storytelling. it turned three episode rule from a meme into reality.
>>150110104
>>150110131
I don't even understand why people like you browse /a/.
>>150110307
Haruhi was incredibly popular and influential, it's pretty much the whole reason why so many LN adaptations are made today.
Anime is a niche, but it's a one big enough to survive. I think that too many people focus on the anime aspect of the industry, there is a lot more.
>>150110307
Monogatari and Haruhi turned anime into a huge medium for LN promotion, you could even argue that Monogatari is what turned BD sales into such an important measure of success.
>>150109945
>Why does /a/ abuse the spoiler tag so much?
Ebin meme imported from /v/, along with quote function abuse. Newfags who came here afterwards consider them the norm, and will flip out if you say so.
>>150110906
>Monogatari and Haruhi turned anime into a huge medium for LN promotion
There are three LN adaptations running this season out of ~50 full-length TV anime.
>>150110983
So? LN adaptations have ruled the market for more than a couple of years already.
A few insanely popular shows keep the medium in the mainstream, while merch/dvd sales cover the rest.
Most salarymen watch Crayon Shin-Chan; high schoolers and dorky college students may watch crap like Otsumatsu, while kids watch Pokemon and One Piece, while babies and their mothers (and kawaii obsessed, emotionally stunted high schoolers) watch PreCure.
I'd second Haruhi for helping the shift towards moe and LN adaptions, though I don't think there's much brand recognition other than "oh, that one SF schoolgirl anime?" But making SF more casual-friendly was a definite plus. I personally don't think the Monogatari series were so influential, it just as a really strong core fanbase.
The West thinks Evangelion had a huge impact, but it more effected the creators/animators/tv studios more than public perception.
>>150110161
>Shows actually come on TV, etc.
You realize there are only 10 channels and nearly 95% of the anime the West knows about is generally unheard of in Japan, while what's known in Japan (Doraemon, Anpanman) is virtually nonexistent in the West.
Kieseiju was really popular with the kids I taught last year, but most people were only interested in the anime if they liked the live action. Generally movies and dramas offer more brand recognition than the anime; I'd go as far as to say that the anime viewership itself is probably the least profitable (from a marketing perspective) aspect of the entire industry.
>>150114955
>You realize there are only 10 channels
10 channels on tv total, including cable?
i can't believe that
>>150110104
Honestly not wrong
pre 2003 anime is complete otaku pandering garbage with some exceptions
>>150110104
Remember me why you are still alive