So, there was an interesting report about the anime industry
http://aja.gr.jp/english/japan-anime-dataSome notable points
-The graph above is in billions of yen
-The Japanese market has stagnated, only rising 3.8% since 2013
-The remainder of the growth since 2013 is because of China, Korea, and the West
-More anime are being produced each year since 2011, with 356 shows in 2016
-The industry itself has seen little to no benefit from the growth, because almost all of the overseas money goes to licensers, publishers, and (obviously) overseas companies
What do you guys think of this? I think that the trends have basically gone hand in hand with the Western mainstreamization of anime and the continued degradation of the fandom since Shingeki aired.
But regardless of what you think about the West, it's definitely a bad thing that the market in Japan is stagnating and that the studios are still not getting any money.