>>1962480It's just like any other medium. Sometimes, bad things do well (generally due to marketing and/or because it scratches an itch that the industry has been neglecting), and good things get overlooked. However, generally, there is a positive correlation between quality and popularity.
>Love LiveLove Live was marketed to hell and back, unusually so.
Starting with S2, it's actually pretty fun. I'd say that it's become deserving of being well liked.
>SAOHaven't watched it, but its popularity is hardly Japanese exclusive.
Those seem to be the two popular examples. On the hand, you have Macross Delta and Re: Zero heading up last season, and those are both great. At the same time, the battle harem plague has been soundly defeated by poor sales.
