>>20975720better look into that whole Flying Colors Foundation debacle:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2018/03/26/why-did-the-flying-colors-anime-census-lose-fans-trust/?sh=46808eab6023their newest startup GeeXPlus also got shit for creating false narratives (probably not for free):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2020/10/21/the-global-resurgence-of-the-mecha-genre-and-the-futile-battle-to-control-it/?sh=6824ff9d30d0"Creating A Fake Problem That Only You Can Fix
This is where we get to a strange meme that has been popping up intermittently over the past year or so, that somehow “mecha is dead”.
In the face of the various evidence available, this is a bizarre claim at the very least, but in the context of the actual increased popularity of mecha, begins to make more sense.
Specifically, many of these claims originate from quite specific sources, sources that work for a new agency that is trying to position itself as some new kind of creative consultancy.
So why not pick the most successful and lucrative genre out there, claim it’s dying and then get called in to fix the fake problem you brought up in the first place.
This is by no means a new approach to take and in a less social media-oriented era, it tended to work out pretty well. However, these days this kind of thing is met with obvious and understandably critical resistance online.
What makes this whole thing so odd though, is that it is also a very parochial strategy. A strategy that will have no impact in Japan, which is arguably the cultural origin and home of the mecha genre.
So if this is such a non-event and already a lost battle, why bring it up at all?"
This people only care about $$$ and clout, they have little to no passion about anything they talk about, part of the reason why they're so often wrong.
