Title. I don’t follow the anime communities anymore so take it with a grain of salt.
And I swear every popular one is either trying to become viral due a meme or being the same “I’m a loser yet I fell inside my toilet and discovered a new world full of breedable elfs” type… Hell, I bet that’s the actual title of the show.
Also they ALL LOOK THE SAME character art style wise, you know the same pretty clean “digital” style made popular probably by No Game No Life 10 years ago. Yes, I’m sure there’s a hidden 💎 there, it’s always like that but I’m not talking about that 0.5 percent.
There’s still good stuff occasionally but the anime industry has produced a lot more trash this past decade. There was an article that explained exactly why but I can’t find it.
Basically, the anime industry is falling apart on itself. Harsh deadlines and low pay means everyone is rushing everything and prioritizing quantity over quality. Even the most popular anime like Jujutsu Kaisen have had controversies on how they abuse their staff.
Also the reason most animes have a similar artstyle is to make it easy to onboard new animators and hire freelancers. If everything had a different style it’d be difficult to train animators to keep it consistent.