This also could be a symptom of something much larger, as “superhero fatigue” seems to be setting in and audiences are having less of an interest in Marvel IP as the universe gets larger and larger.
I'm amazed they finally admitted this. Anime has a similar problem with game based anime and Isekai. The show has to be something pretty decent or have an intriguing concept for me to watch it these days otherwise it's an automatic drop because you can usually tell the entire plot from the first episode. This is why Frieren is getting so much praise because even a standard fantasy story is a major breath of fresh air these days in the age of neverending Isekai harem spam. Oversaturation of a market is such a basic concept.
it just shows you what trend followers these studios really are at the end of the day. Something that I'm planning on doing is the exact opposite of following the herd. I'm going to keep an eye on trends and if I see one trend being spammed way too much I'm going to pick a different genre to go for. I don't understand why more businesses don't at least try this to see if they get a different reception but that would require not being the uppity douchebags they clearly are.
It's funny you mention anime because this isn't the first time they fallen into the same kind of slump where every anime is the same spam. You go back 10-20 years and every anime was a fighting series of some sort even if they didn't originally start as one. Like Bleach, Shaman King, Yu Yu Hakasho, even Yugioh were supernatural stories until they became fighting shows with ever increasing villains.
Go further then that and every show was inserting giant robots to chase the Gundam fanbase.
It just seems to be once a concept really does well and catch's the public's attention everyone tries to jump on the bandwagon with their spin.
I'm amazed they finally admitted this. Anime has a similar problem with game based anime and Isekai. The show has to be something pretty decent or have an intriguing concept for me to watch it these days otherwise it's an automatic drop because you can usually tell the entire plot from the first episode. This is why Frieren is getting so much praise because even a standard fantasy story is a major breath of fresh air these days in the age of neverending Isekai harem spam. Oversaturation of a market is such a basic concept.
it just shows you what trend followers these studios really are at the end of the day. Something that I'm planning on doing is the exact opposite of following the herd. I'm going to keep an eye on trends and if I see one trend being spammed way too much I'm going to pick a different genre to go for. I don't understand why more businesses don't at least try this to see if they get a different reception but that would require not being the uppity douchebags they clearly are.
It's funny you mention anime because this isn't the first time they fallen into the same kind of slump where every anime is the same spam. You go back 10-20 years and every anime was a fighting series of some sort even if they didn't originally start as one. Like Bleach, Shaman King, Yu Yu Hakasho, even Yugioh were supernatural stories until they became fighting shows with ever increasing villains. Go further then that and every show was inserting giant robots to chase the Gundam fanbase.
It just seems to be once a concept really does well and catch's the public's attention everyone tries to jump on the bandwagon with their spin.
I feel the Shonen sub genre seemed to take market precedence.