User blog comment:PolisKanin/New Oreimo/@comment-24721676-20160310011215/@comment-3002955-20160310145659

It's nothing to do with its popularity in the west.

If you look at Japanese population, the birth rate is low and new technology is being made to help older people stay alive means there is an aging population (lots of old people). This means that their target audience (younger people) is declining which is affecting anime producers' revenue and therefore profits.

And I'm sure you all know that sex sells. And that's worldwide, not just Japan. So due to less money being put into the anime industry, this is the tactic many producers are using to get money from elsewhere.

Also you're wrong anyway for these reasons:


 * Shitty anime has existed forever. I'll just pick three shitty anime I've watched for an example. Arcade Gamer Fubuki, Call Me Tonight and Hanappe Bazooka are all over 10 years old and are complete shit. I'd much rather watch new anime than those.
 * Good modern anime does exist. Love Live, Another and Kill la Kill were all made this decade and are really good. And even just looking at currently airing anime, you have Boku dake ga Inai Machi and Dagashi Kashi which are both really great series made this year.
 * Don't act like Japan is the only country producing shitty content. Have you seen American films? It's more common to see viewers complaining about how much they hate modern films than seeing people praising them.