Pretty sure Mari222 is not an industry insider and the bit about banks is just them guessing.
Japanese companies are NOTORIOUS for being resistant to borrowing. They operate their books on cashflow rather than credit. It's admirable, sort of, but the unwillingness to take on debt at all is a contributing factor to why they've spent the last 30 years in stagflation.
Doesn't really influence what gets greenlit. Anime producers know what sells. So far as I've seen their response to western prudishness has been contempt.
They'll make more money slapping the latest anime tiddies on a JR card than they will from Visa and MasterCard combined.
They also know what doesnt sell. So you will see anime producers sometimes pick up some sort of woke media because someone made a good pitch and tried to convince them it would sell. Then when it doesnt, instead of doubling down like a Western company would, they say "Well, so much for that" and move on to the next one.
Erm...
Pretty sure Mari222 is not an industry insider and the bit about banks is just them guessing.
Japanese companies are NOTORIOUS for being resistant to borrowing. They operate their books on cashflow rather than credit. It's admirable, sort of, but the unwillingness to take on debt at all is a contributing factor to why they've spent the last 30 years in stagflation.
True but the comment is about ccard transactions not loans.
Shrug
Doesn't really influence what gets greenlit. Anime producers know what sells. So far as I've seen their response to western prudishness has been contempt.
They'll make more money slapping the latest anime tiddies on a JR card than they will from Visa and MasterCard combined.
They also know what doesnt sell. So you will see anime producers sometimes pick up some sort of woke media because someone made a good pitch and tried to convince them it would sell. Then when it doesnt, instead of doubling down like a Western company would, they say "Well, so much for that" and move on to the next one.
Yes they do.
Incidentally the biggest title in Japan right now is a setting that has legalized prostitution and state sanctioned indentured service.