They can imitate, but that's all they can do. True anime comes from a deep love, of not just the medium, not just the process, not just of some autistic detail work of some random topic, but of the tropes and memes, too.
Look at every major genre-definer, genre-popularizer, and even just major hit. They all have "problematic elements" in them. If you can't accept such things, you'll never have a genre-defining hit. I mean, you could, it's possible to, but by restricting the obsessions, perversions, and insanities of the creators, you also restrict their full potential.
They can imitate, but that's all they can do. True anime comes from a deep love, of not just the medium, not just the process, not just of some autistic detail work of some random topic, but of the tropes and memes, too.
Look at every major genre-definer, genre-popularizer, and even just major hit. They all have "problematic elements" in them. If you can't accept such things, you'll never have a genre-defining hit. I mean, you could, it's possible to, but by restricting the obsessions, perversions, and insanities of the creators, you also restrict their full potential.
Amen. I can't put it any better.