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Answerman - What Ever Happened to Manga Entertainment? (PART TWO: UK Edition)

I wonder if this means it's actually been Jerome or Andrew ghost-writing the promotional facebook posts in recent months, or if that was left to some nameless behind-the-scenes person? The move from personality-based interactions with the fanbase to generic posts was a worrying sign.

Jeremy not joining them at Animatsu also seemed a little surprising as the three of them appeared to have a good rapport. Hopefully him going to Anime Limited was the result of convenience and not personal issues.

He sees a future where in order to grow beyond core anime fans, Japanese and Western companies will have to come together to find stories that production teams in both countries can be excited about.

This is just prime bait material for "moe is killing the industry" debate #694731 (and a couple of posts have already steered it to that direction). Producers and writers should just do whatever the hell they want without giving a hoot to "globalizing" their works. You might say they're being tied down by otakus, but that's not really the case and is simple defeatist thinking. If they're really that bogged because of the market, then they could just simply leave and try to be the next Kon, Yuasa or whatever hipster director they secretly aspire to be.

Someone's on the defense.
One can "do whatever the hell they want" only when one doesn't want, or need is a life supporting income, and/ or gets a budget carte blanc.

It's usually the old fogey directors who suffer from those woes and I believe most of them have the pension to act out their "creativity" if they so choose, but they don't because of the "moe" bogeyman. Please, this isn't the mid aughts anymore. We've gone past that and there is something for everyone if you actually care to look past book covers.