The Problem with Anime in North America (Virgin Thought)

     Greeting Readers, do I have a surprise for you! Did you know that the worst country to watch Anime in is anywhere besides Japan? And I do not mean that it sucks in terms of quality or language, because that's not why it sucks, its because of popularity of Anime series. Many of you have probably scratched your heads wondering why one of your favorite anime never produced a second volume, its because of the rating system for anime. In Japan they decide which anime will continue to be produced and which anime will be cancelled, they what happens to an anime based on the public's rating of the show. This is normal and makes total sense, but here's the catch, the only ratings that they care about are the rating in Japan.

     If 100,000 people watch the anime in Japan and 5 million in North America, then they will cancel the Anime because the show doesn't have enough watchers in Japan. If 3 million people watch the anime in Japan and only 100,00 people watch it in North America, the anime continues to be produced. Seems pretty logical right? Not for the people in North America, they get to sit on their hands wishing that they could influence the companies decisions on whether or not to cancel an anime. This is the problem with watching Anime in North America, they have no influence over what shows become popular because they don't live in Japan. The system does make sense thou, why would you continue to make a show that is not popular in your country so the people in other countries can enjoy it. Your profits would take a huge hit, due to translations, distribution, international advertising; it would cost a lot of money. Which is why it sucks watching anime if you are from North America, your support has literally no affect on the ratings of the anime, and you just have to hope that its also popular in Japan.

     I know this is a short post, but I don't have a lot of time on my hands and I wanted to do something different than a post on Attack on Titan. Also this is not a Theory, it is a Virgin Thought, which I hope you enjoyed. Anyways I hope you will read next week's post, until than!