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Anonymous
Speaking as a very old weaboo, I have to point out that there was a lot of really crappy anime produced in the '80s and '90s too. Not as much as is created today, but still a fucktonne.
The real difference between then and now is more one of corporate trends. Back in the '80s and '90s, anime was very much a small and obscure niche market. Because it was so small and insular, only the best stuff coming out of Japan was worth importing into the States, so we got to see a hi-graded skewed sample of all that was being produced.
Then fucking pokemon happened (and fucking power rangers), and suddenly every media company was thinking "LOL let's make money from animays". They started buying the rights and importing everything they could get their indiscriminate greedy little paws on. And since they had no fucking clue what it was they were importing, they started marketing it to kids, who are not known for having discriminating tastes (barney anyone?). An many of those kids have grown up, well, gotten older, and they are all on /b/.
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