TerraRose wrote:Well, 10,000,000 divides into 7,000,000,000 700 times. So that actually would mean there would be up to a couple thousand people in any major city center.
Yeah there's more than 10 million fans of Anime in the world... considering Anime is centralized in Asia we can say with certainty there is at least 100 million if not upwards of 200-300 million Anime/Manga fans and that number will continue to grow as western and eastern society becomes more comfortable with the concept of drawn motion picture (which is obviously happening with the acceptance and adaptation of in Hollywood).
Unfortunately I have to say that Anime right now is taking a turn towards a closeted society, the majority of animes being released today are either for children or young teens and often targets young-male testosterone (the sex and violence factor);- which over the last 3 years has driven me away from Anime almost entirely, with no new interesting Animes being released I have little to watch and usually resort to re-watching Anime made in the late 80s through the 90s.
We need to return to a more mature state of anime, or at least level it out. I think the only anime still not in general terrible is animated films, they have higher budgets and almost always are geared towards adults as well as kids. I'll remain cautiously optimistic for the future when I can sit down again with my girlfriend and watch a new anime without being embarrassed by the ridiculous storyline and horn-dog humor.
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