Didn’t know there was a name for this “phenomenon”. Thank you.

Care to explain? Or are you just trolling?

How could I forget it :( Shouldn’t have forgotten our girl maomao.

Sorry but your post feels like someone saying “nowadays cinema is shit” and then ranting “it’s just Marvel and Pixar movies”.

You don’t even have to look for niche things, just this year we already got Frieren, Dungeon Meshi, A Sign Of Affection, Spice and Wolf 's remake, Kaiju No 8, Oshi No Ko season 2, Metallic Rouge, … All of different genres, kinda mainstream and are nothing like what you said.

And we are only halfway through the year.

Don’t be some bitter old person, every mass media mostly market meh things that are easy to produce and sell, but just like every other media, just a quick search for “best anime 2024” get you most of the names I gave you in the 3 first lists.