1/Alright, you (might not have) asked for it: A thread on why anime is neoliberal.pic.twitter.com/QYrmaMQjQb
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Good question, and hard to say! It probably varies a lot from country to country. Often, it seems driven by the relaxing of dirigiste policies (India), but sometimes dirigiste policies seemed to speed the process up greatly (Korea)...
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Anime and manga themselves come from the other half of Japan’s dual-track economy, largely unregulated small-producers using cheap labor and inefficient methods, distribution and marketing channels, instead of the export focused dirigiste big business half
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Actually quite an inspiring story for the neoliberal I think, how the anime industry has succeeded in producing a competitive sector in the face of the enormous subsidization going to the other half of the economy and associated suppression of domestic consumer demand
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