>>37118283>poor marketing in the USNo, Disney put a lot of effort into marketing and producing the English language anime. It was doing really well on XD through the first season. I even watched the dub just because I couldn't get enough YKW during that time.
>designs that didn't appeal to Americans>and poor critical receptionIt wasn't the designs exactly, but you're close. YKW is very overtly, ethnically Japanese. Japan is very tribalistic and has a notable tendency to prefer its own ethnic themes above all else. The most popular animes in Japan like Sazae-san are completely inaccessible to anyone outside of Japan. And they like it that way.
YKW wasn't intended for global appeal. And the Japanese cultural bent was too inaccessible in the games, and made for awkward and undesirable toys.
To put this into perspective, expecting YKW to take off in the USA is like expecting Fox News Channel to be popular in Japan.The Digimon comparisons are superficial.
