>>107879239>its so far behindAmerica gets what it needs for what it wants to do, it just lacks ambition and Asians would rather get homegrown children's media so their kids are indoctrinated to their beliefs, not ours. As long as we're devoting ourselves primarily to cartoons for kids, American cartoons will always be looked down on in the East.
Expanding interest in comics might be a solution, tho, since comics are frequently more mature in most regards (Japan doesn't take points off for shameless escapism anyway).