7May/09
Anime!!!!!!! …Is Dying…
So the bubble burst. With absurd amounts of anime coming out every year, it was only a matter of time that it would start to die.
Animenation is reporting that the Asahi newspaper ran an article interviewing Yasuo Yamaguchi, the managing director of The Association of Japanese Animations, who basically says it's all going downhill. The article, of course, is in Japanese, but here is the link to the Animenation blurb:
http://www.animenation.net/blog/2009/05/05/japans-animators-say-anime-is-dying/
Tragic, really. I guess I'll just keep watching my old 80's anime...
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May 7th, 2009 - 11:24
At least we’ll always have Ranma 1/2.
May 7th, 2009 - 11:52
Do you believe it’s all going downhill? Seems like anime would be experiencing a plateau or at least a slowdown. But a decline?
May 8th, 2009 - 21:17
I say “decline” because if it plateaued, that would imply they are maintaining the same amount of series each year, but it has been steadily going down in the last few years.
May 8th, 2009 - 21:38
Well, does the decrease in series mean that there’s less income coming into these companies? I guess I’m just curious if there’s a correlation between a decrease in series and a decline in profits is all.