The Anime Industry PROBLEM The Weeb Crew Podcast (Patreon)

The Anime Industry PROBLEM (ft. @Stevem)

On this exciting episode of The Weeb Crew Anime Podcast, the crew is joined by their wacky friend STEVEM as they discuss the depressing state of the anime industry and it's inevitable and imminent collapse.. And anime! Will the industry survive another 10 years? Who cares! Anime! Check out our Patreon for uncut episodes and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/TheWeebCrew Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_Weeb_Crew Listen to episodes like a week early (sometimes more sometimes less) here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0wXc9qc... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Or literally any other podcast platform! Mumi's Channel: @Mumismusings Mumi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrillsofJustice Psy's Channel: @aka-ghost Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/mBjyWrn Special thanks to our guest @Stevem for joining us on this episode! Channel art courtesy of https://www.instagram.com/robert_jennex_art/ 0:00 Intro 0:13 The most violent intro to the podcast yet! 2:41 Figuring out who the TRUE successor to Gainax is 14:45 Trying to do a proper introduction 15 minutes into the episode 21:37 What *is* anime? 32:56 The obsession people have with only consuming "peak fiction" 45:19 I would like to point out that this discussion of anime dubs and localization took place BEFORE the current "controversy" 50:58 Evangelion has a very archetypal Japanese media mix 58:54 There is no Japanese version of MyAnimeList 1:06:34 The Crunchyroll Anime Awards are REALLY weird 1:23:21 The anime industry is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed 1:36:09 The anime industry will probably just adapt again after some sort of crash 1:39:59 This episode got really depressing... 1:47:45 Continuing to beat the dead horse of the Scott Pilgrim anime 1:56:10 Getting very doomer about the anime industry again 2:02:33 Frieren is a very cool anime 2:14:31 Keeping a list of all the anime you've seen to flex on the casuals 2:20:19 Studio GoHands is kinda GOATed ngl 2:28:29 Go watch Hand Shakers #anime #podcast