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Originally Posted by dc_denizen
American TV is lowest common denominator? No offense, but this was last true 30 years ago
Anime is better written than
Sopranos
Deep space nine
Seinfeld
Simpsons
Altered carbon
Girls
Rome
Breaking bad
Mad men
Succession
The good place
Black mirror
Fleabag (ok British)
Game of thrones
Orville
Family guy
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The things that make American prestige TV stand out (from network tv which is what my lowest common denominator comment was about) are par for the course in anime.
A genre serial, where there are character arcs of some kind, and a plot of some kind, and if you're lucky a little bit of philosophy in it. It doesn't mean that every anime is worth watching, but it's almost always going to have the basics covered. Anyone who likes genre serials should watch anime.
The things that American TV are just finally catching onto (and which have been very popular, indicating to me how in-demand these elements are) are things that Japan has been doing en mass for the last 50+ years. They've gotten better at it in general and there's a greater volume of it and the chances that something good is made are higher.
It's kind of like how western audiences have discovered Korean boy bands. It's not like we don't have boy bands too, but they've always had way more and they've perfected the art.