I'll have to disagree with that, every now and then there are unique animes that make a big splash generate a lot of money and has a huge fan base. But, most of the time the industry does not adapt itself around these unique big shows and they end up being the exception to the rule rather then a game changer.ShadowZeroHeart wrote:Regarding the question about the slate, its probably due to the simple logic of supply and demand. Supply without demand is a pure waste of money, time and effort. Demand is the best engine for supply. So heres the question, we all know that there is a demand for the currently so very common anime plots and stories, whereas new and unique ideas may not receive enough attention, nor generate the interest that you would want. In such cases, do you really want to put your money, your time and risk your business into this new area? As an audience, you would want changes, but if the changes are not as good as you expect, you can easily toss it away. On the other hand, if you are a company, you cant really say "Hey, i guess this cant work out afterall! lets abandon this project" after easily spending tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions, without any profit. In short, they dont wanna risk it for the small minority, but satisfy the big majority for their best benefit.
As for the absolute control... Not good in this field, and i have no idea what to change... so I wont discuss this... sorry?
Lets look at some examples shall we?
Spice and Wolf, insanely popular, insanely good but has that slowed down the mindless grind of fan service and highschool plots that go no where? not really.
Bakemonogatari, Probably one of the best animes out there and also still very very popular, but again you don't see much other shows make efforts to create such a high quality script and story.
Angel Beats, Not exactly the greatest show out there but still very enjoyable and again, very popular
the list goes on and on, but the problem with these is that what makes these shows popular and unique is not very easily copied. like SHZ said, companies don't want to risk making a unique show that won't launch well and don't bring in a lot of money. This may or may not have to do with the fact that most Animes make their money from dvd and merchandise rather from TV ratings like in the states. However all is not lost, one way anime companies have been trying to make unique popular shows is adapting popular Light Novels. For some reason adaptations of LN have been much more successful then adaptations of Mangas (HotD aside).
Speaking of High School of the Dead, it has have an impact on the Japanese industry somewhat by bringing in more zeds
