residentgrigo
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@Roderick That is a complicated to answer question but home media sales (midnight anime need these) have been going down, streaming isn´t all that profitable and the amount of anime per season now reached a historical high. Animators are also being payed downright crushing wages and leaving the industry (video-games pay better) but that is another topic.
Japanese animation market sustains 2-year consecutive decline:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-21/japanese-bd-dvd-sales-down-5.1-percent-from-2014-anime-bd-dvd-sales-down-6.9-percent/.100044
I myself fully expect (another) industry crash within this decade and at least Hideaki Anno is on my side. Just look at what happened to Studio Ghibli, the one name in anime outsiders know. This anime season turned out to be pretty well though, with the puppet "animated" Thunderbolt Fantasy being the highlight. Live on the Titanic has it´s moments and next year will have IG´s LOGH remake.
Japanese animation market sustains 2-year consecutive decline:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-21/japanese-bd-dvd-sales-down-5.1-percent-from-2014-anime-bd-dvd-sales-down-6.9-percent/.100044
I myself fully expect (another) industry crash within this decade and at least Hideaki Anno is on my side. Just look at what happened to Studio Ghibli, the one name in anime outsiders know. This anime season turned out to be pretty well though, with the puppet "animated" Thunderbolt Fantasy being the highlight. Live on the Titanic has it´s moments and next year will have IG´s LOGH remake.