Comments on: “Everything has become shallower.” Tokyo Godfathers, Lain producer says the Japanese corporate mindset is why 90% of anime just adapts existing works

By: Kaskama

Kaskama — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:48:22 +0000

I prefer original anime because I’m getting too fed up with the “it’s not like in the manga/ln” negative comments.

By: Fesworks

Fesworks — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 23:09:43 +0000

There is so much anime today that feels same-y, that I don’t get invested in many any more. If the anime is basically like any other in its genre, I drop it by the 2nd episode. Take some risks, try some different angle, etc.

By: Thekinginyellow

Thekinginyellow — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:12:38 +0000

Not surprised. This has been the American Hollywood method for decades. There are no more risk takers. Only check the boxes that are proven successful and reap the rewards of a safe product. After reading Delicious in Dungeon and Frieren I was thoroughly disappointed with the anime adaptation mainly because they rushed through 4-6 entire volumes of good material just to fill 8 episodes of tv. We need risk takers and original content more than ever.

By: DarkNova

DarkNova — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:42:59 +0000

The golden age of anime has come to an end.
And the lack of original productions is not a cause, but a symptom.
Streaming made anime massively available, particularly outside Japan. The foreign market has skyrocketed in the last years, triggered by the pandemic lockdown and the creativity crisis that the western movie and TV industry is facing.
People, mainly the youth, found their heaven in anime streaming.
But, it came at a huge cost, artistically speaking.
The most popular and profitable works are not the most innovative or with an intriguing plot, but those with the most appealing characters and animation.
Generic shounens and isekai became the thing, while other works became neglected, even the most iconic classics. New generations, raised by fast colourful media, don’t like complex, dark or slow paced content.
The anime industry has already realized sich a situation and they chose to play safe.
Business-wise, it sounds reasonable, but this is gradually choking authors and studios that dare to present something different.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:13:50 +0000

Was telling a coworker this exact same thing. I remember when there were mangas created after anime were released and the few that were bassed off mangas but had their own stories. Now a lot of this stuff out there are based off light nicels that don’t even have real titles

By: Seb

Seb — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:34:34 +0000

I’m sorry but “I this corner of the world” is based on a Manga by the same name. The film is great and so is the Manga, but it makes this article look a bit silly.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:21:49 +0000

This is exactly the path all mass media follows. The only outliers are when creators can democratize the process which means lowering the barriers to production so people can get by while putting their time into creative independent works. As long as making an anime requires a massive production team, marketing team, finance team, artist team, then the decision makers will have to stay risk averse to protect all those people. UBI would solve this in tv, anime, music, theatre, and even politics.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 05:50:33 +0000

Yeah. Its nice to see some originals coming back into the mix. Sonny Boy and Vivy and Yrain to the End of the World were some standout hits in this category. Kyousougiga which also came much earlier than those

By: ClemCa

ClemCa — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 03:27:23 +0000

I feel like there were more originals in the past 5 years than there were between 2015 and 2020. That period was very empty, they didn’t even want to take the risk of giving somewhat successful shows a second season, focusing on adapting one season of every novel that was crazy.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:57:23 +0000

Yep it’s all the risk aversion going on I loved many anime originals and darker, hot button, controversial series. Now they are trying to stay away from thrm