>>7759520No matter how hard it tries to go out if it's premise, anime will always be dumbed down to fit the target audience. Look at NGE, you've got plenty of edgy symbolism to appease the edgelord who binge it at 0.5 speed to catch the subtlest references to christcuck religion and mythology, Steins;Gate is the rick and morty of chinese cartoons, and other successful shows just mix different audience pandering methods to make it to the top seasonal rankings (see PMMM and the edgy mahou shoujo subgenre). Even manga doesn't hold a candle to western works in terms of writing and limits itself to being entertainment for dumb teenagers.
