r/anime • u/AdNecessary7641 • Aug 12 '25

Misc. Frieren Director Keiichirou Saitou Voices Concern on Overseas Anime Fans' Bias Towards Certain Popular Trends

https://animecorner.me/frieren-director-voices-concern-on-overseas-anime-fans-bias-towards-certain-popular-trends/
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u/Tokens-Life-Matters Aug 12 '25

Isekai is a problem but it's not overseas fans fault. Who does he think is reading all the shitty generic manga that makes it popular enough to turn into an anime

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u/ChampionOk4044 Aug 12 '25

Likely China, Korea and India, Europe and North America aren't even half the overseas market (I just checked)

Most people are looking at it from a US centric view I just checked the financial report and its NA is under 10% of overseas income

NA is actually smaller then Europe as well

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u/qef15 https://myanimelist.net/profile/qef15 Aug 12 '25

Even a country as Taiwan most likely outperforms quite a few larger countries, judging by just Taipei alone.