Japan is small. Most money they make is overseas. If they can’t get distribution they make no money so even Japan isn’t immune to pandering. They’ve just been more resilient to it. Once Sony moved its headquarters to the US, you got black Spiderman trying to setup a gay marriage proposal or something in Spiderman 2 and trying to carry the torch away from Peter Parker for no good reason.
Nintendo is the main company holding the line. Even then, in things like the Mario movie, you’re seeing it creep in around the edges.
Japan is small. Most money they make is overseas. If they can’t get distribution they make no money so even Japan isn’t immune to pandering. They’ve just been more resilient to it. Once Sony moved its headquarters to the US, you got black Spiderman trying to setup a gay marriage proposal or something in Spiderman 2 and trying to carry the torch away from Peter Parker for no good reason.
Nintendo is the main company holding the line. Even then, in things like the Mario movie, you’re seeing it creep in around the edges.