I haven't got much time to post my views so I'll be quick. The trend that I'm noticing on the anime industry in Japan is that more and more are being made or adapted from either the game it's based on. E.g. Clannad and Kanon have been adapted from their visual novel games that were created by Japanese otakus.
Perhaps the better question is to look at how the manga industry is doing in America and compare it to the Japanese manga industry since manga is a much more popular format to the Japanese and it's where most animes are created and thrives from.
I heard that ADV had attempted this with ADV Manga but it didn't really take off although I'm not too sure on what the details were, maybe the fellow US forum members may know much more than I do.
The overall feeling I see in the US anime industry is the reverse of the more popular format the consumers prefer in Japan. The US anime industry prefer to focus on the anime DVD's to bring in the manga while in Japan it's mostly the other way around.
Perhaps the better question is to look at how the manga industry is doing in America and compare it to the Japanese manga industry since manga is a much more popular format to the Japanese and it's where most animes are created and thrives from.
I heard that ADV had attempted this with ADV Manga but it didn't really take off although I'm not too sure on what the details were, maybe the fellow US forum members may know much more than I do.
The overall feeling I see in the US anime industry is the reverse of the more popular format the consumers prefer in Japan. The US anime industry prefer to focus on the anime DVD's to bring in the manga while in Japan it's mostly the other way around.