This is kind of shared across most media types now produced by corporations. An extreme aversion to “risk taking” whichreally translates to an extreme aversion to making up their own original shit.
It’s a reflection of the money involved with anime, or any other medium.
The moment the banks get involved, they start demanding higher returns and lower risk in exchange for financial backing in an art that they don’t really care about the audience for.
Same happened in Hollywood. The creative freedom dropped in the late 80s and 90s as production budgets soared.
It’s why manga/manhwa/light novels can be creative, because the budget is essentially zero, so there’s no pressure to please anyone except the usually niche audience.
This is kind of shared across most media types now produced by corporations. An extreme aversion to “risk taking” whichreally translates to an extreme aversion to making up their own original shit.
It’s a reflection of the money involved with anime, or any other medium.
The moment the banks get involved, they start demanding higher returns and lower risk in exchange for financial backing in an art that they don’t really care about the audience for.
Same happened in Hollywood. The creative freedom dropped in the late 80s and 90s as production budgets soared.
It’s why manga/manhwa/light novels can be creative, because the budget is essentially zero, so there’s no pressure to please anyone except the usually niche audience.
For me, “we need more money to create better stuff” has become one of the biggest falsehoods of the time.