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When I was young, I always felt sort of sad for the anime cartoon companies, because I thought they only drew that way because they were poor and couldn't afford good artists or dialogue or stories and stuff.
Hmm... Sort of the way I used to feel about Hanna-Barbera.
Like attracts like. The crappola that finds its way here from Japan does so because of its similarity to the kind of wretched American crap that already has demonstrated its ability to attract an audience.
Nobody involved in television programming gives two shits about art. They care about dollar signs. A piece of shit from Japan, already in the can and only in need of new voice-overs, is alot cheaper than (and has the potential to attract as many viwers as) a steaming, freshly produced pile from any American production company.
It still doens't reflect on the best of what Japanese animation has to offer, any more than Yogi fucking-Bear reflects on the best of what American animation has to offer.
