History AudienceAlienatingEra / AnimeAndManga

* ''Magazine/MangaTimeKirara'' became known as the face of {{Moe}} anime and manga throughout the 2000s and 2010s, but towards the late 2010s, things slowly began to decline for them, attributed to the increased fatigue of their brand and less financial return that saw more flops then successes, resulting in less Kirara anime being produced. 2018 saw the anime adaptation of ''Manga/LaidBackCamp'', which became it's newest CashCowFranchise, but the other 2018 releases became some of it's biggest commercial and critical failures to date, including ''Manga/AnimaYell'', ''Manga/HarukanaReceive'', ''Manga/SlowStart'' and ''Manga/ComicGirls''. While 2019's ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'' became a success and got a sequel, things quickly hit the absolute nadir for the company at the start of the new decade in 2020 with the anime of "Manga/{{Tamayomi}}", which became known as Kirara's worst received title, alongside the lukewarm ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'' and ''Manga/DropoutIdolFruitTart'', and none fared well financially either. While 2021's solo Kirara installment of the second season of ''Laid-Back Camp'' proved to be another success, the commercial failures of both ''Manga/SlowLoop'' and ''Manga/RPGRealEstate'' (the latter becoming the worst selling anime in Kirara's entire history) kept a tumultuous era going in 2022, kept afloat by the aforementioned two successes they had at the end of the previous decade. Despite this, ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'', released the same year, became Kirara's biggest hit since ''Manga/KOn'' and was one of the most popular anime of that year, becoming the solo new anime success Kirara had in the early 2020s. Unfortunately, 2023's Kirara entry, ''Manga/StardustTelepath'', while well-received, did not get the same popularity or praise as it's predecessor, and was yet another commercial flop, only outperforming the aforementioned ''RPG Real Estate''. Even the immense popularity of ''Bocchi'' doesn't help the accusations of Kirara being stuck in an AAE, as the series is a CringeComedy [[CreatorsOddball with little to do with other Kirara properties' usual M.O.]]

* Shoujo manga itself is considered to be in an AAE, with drastically-declining readership and anime adaptation numbers as female {{Otaku}} turn their attention toward {{Otome Game}}s, {{Light Novel}}s, and [[PeripheryDemographic manga meant for male audiences]]. In the year 2021, only one shoujo manga received an anime adaptation--''Manga/FruitsBasket'', one of the most famous shoujo of all time[[note]]For comparison, this is like the only shonen anime in a year being a remake of ''Manga/DragonBall''[[/note]]. Because of declining readership, manga with heavy YouGoGirl themes that would have been shoo-ins for shoujo magazines in TheNineties are now much more likely to be published in shonen or seinen magazines in an attempt to court the large female PeripheryDemographic (for examples, see ''Manga/WitchHatAtelier'' and ''Manga/AkaneBanashi'', mangas that otherwise could have been a shoujo being published as a seinen and a shounen respectively). This has also extended even to the demographic's prime breadwinner: romance; The romance genre has been gobbled up by the other demographics of manga, even the ones that are female-centric, and found great success with these (hit romance mangas ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' and ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'' are respectively considered a Seinen and a Shounen manga). What remains in shoujo magazines are a few {{Long Runner}}s interspersed with StrictlyFormula romances. 2023 and 2024 saw more anime adaptations of shoujo manga that weren't legacy series, but with only one or two series a season being made at most, the genre is still nowhere near its nineties prominence.

* ''Magazine/MangaTimeKirara'' became known as the face of {{Moe}} anime and manga throughout the 2000s and 2010s, but towards the late 2010s, things slowly began to decline for them, attributed to the increased fatigue of their brand and less financial return that saw more flops then successes, resulting in less Kirara anime being produced. 2018 saw the anime adaptation of ''Manga/LaidBackCamp'', which became it's newest CashCowFranchise, but the other 2018 releases became some of it's biggest commercial and critical failures to date, including ''Manga/AnimaYell'', ''Manga/HarukanaReceive'', ''Manga/SlowStart'' and ''Manga/ComicGirls''. While 2019's ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'' became a success and got a sequel, things quickly hit the absolute nadir for the company at the start of the new decade in 2020 with the anime of "Manga/{{Tamayomi}}", which became known as Kirara's worst received title, alongside the lukewarm ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'' and ''Manga/DropoutIdolFruitTart'', and none fared well financially either. While 2021's solo Kirara installment of the second season of ''Laid-Back Camp'' proved to be another success, the commercial failures of both ''Manga/SlowLoop'' and ''Manga/RPGRealEstate'' (the latter becoming the worst selling anime in Kirara's entire history) kept a tumultuous era going in 2022, kept afloat by the aforementioned two successes they had at the end of the previous decade. Despite this, ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'', released the same year, became Kirara's biggest hit since ''Manga/KOn'' and was one of the most popular anime of that year, becoming the solo new anime success Kirara had in the early 2020s. Unfortunately, 2023's Kirara entry, 'Manga/StardustTelepath'', while well-received, did not get the same popularity or praise as it's predecessor, and was yet another commercial flop, only outperforming the aforementioned ''RPG Real Estate''. Even the immense popularity of ''Bocchi'' doesn't help the accusations of Kirara being stuck in an AAE, as the series is a CringeComedy [[CreatorsOddball with little to do with other Kirara properties' usual M.O.]]

* Shoujo manga itself is considered to be in an AAE, with drastically-declining readership and anime adaptation numbers as female {{Otaku}} turn their attention toward {{Otome Game}}s, {{Light Novel}}s, and [[PeripheryDemographic manga meant for male audiences]]. In the year 2021, only one shoujo manga received an anime adaptation--''Manga/FruitsBasket'', one of the most famous shoujo of all time[[note]]For comparison, this is like the only shonen anime in a year being a remake of ''Manga/DragonBall''[[/note]]. Because of declining readership, manga with heavy YouGoGirl themes that would have been shoo-ins for shoujo magazines in TheNineties are now much more likely to be published in shonen or seinen magazines in an attempt to court the large female PeripheryDemographic (for examples, see ''Manga/WitchHatAtelier'' and ''Manga/AkaneBanashi'', mangas that otherwise could have been a shoujo being published as a seinen and a shounen respectively). This has also extended even to the demographic's prime breadwinner: romance; The romance genre has been gobbled up by the other demographics of manga, even the ones that are female-centric, and found great success with these (hit romance mangas ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' and ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'' are respectively considered a Seinen and a Shounen manga). What remains in shoujo magazines are a few {{Long Runner}}s interspersed with StrictlyFormula romances.

* ''Magazine/MangaTimeKirara'' became known as the face of {{Moe}} anime and manga throughout the 2000s and 2010s, but towards the late 2010s, things slowly began to decline for them, attributed to the increased fatigue of their brand and less financial return that saw more flops then successes, resulting in less Kirara anime being produced. 2018 saw the anime adaptation of ''Manga/LaidBackCamp'', which became it's newest CashCowFranchise, but the other 2018 releases became some of it's biggest commercial and critical failures to date, including ''Manga/AnimaYell'', ''Manga/HarukanaReceive'', ''Manga/SlowStart'' and ''Manga/ComicGirls''. While 2019's ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'' became a success and got a sequel, things quickly hit the absolute nadir for the company at the start of the new decade in 2020 with the anime of "Manga/{{Tamayomi}}", which became known as Kirara's worst received title, alongside the lukewarm ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'' and ''Manga/DropoutIdolFruitTart'', and none fared well financially either. While 2021's solo Kirara installment of the second season of ''Laid-Back Camp'' proved to be another success, the commercial failures of both ''Manga/SlowLoop'' and ''Manga/RPGRealEstate'' (the latter becoming the worst selling anime in Kirara's entire history) kept a tumultuous era going in 2022, kept afloat by the aforementioned two successes they had at the end of the previous decade. Despite this, ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'', released the same year, became Kirara's biggest hit since ''Manga/KOn'' and was one of the most popular anime of that year, becoming the solo new anime success Kirara had in the early 2020s. Unfortunately, 2023's Kirara entry, 'Manga/StardustTelepath'', while well-received, did not get the same popularity or praise as it's predecessor, and was yet another commercial flop, only outperforming the aforementioned ''RPG Real Estate''.

* ''Magazine/MangaTimeKirara'' became known as the face of Main/Moe anime and manga throughout the 2000s and 2010s, but towards the late 2010s, things slowly began to decline for them, attributed to the increased fatigue of their brand and less financial return that saw more flops then successes, resulting in less Kirara anime being produced. 2018 saw the anime adaptation of ''Manga/LaidBackCamp'', which became it's newest CashCowFranchise, but the other 2018 releases became some of it's biggest commercial and critical failures to date, including ''Manga/AnimaYell'', ''Manga/HarukanaReceive'', ''Manga/SlowStart'' and ''Manga/ComicGirls''. While 2019's ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'' became a success and got a sequel, things quickly hit the absolute nadir for the company at the start of the new decade in 2020 with the anime of "Manga/{{Tamayomi}}", which became known as Kirara's worst received title, alongside the lukewarm ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'' and ''Manga/DropoutIdolFruitTart'', and none fared well financially either. While 2021's solo Kirara installment of the second season of ''Laid-Back Camp'' proved to be another success, the commercial failures of both ''Manga/SlowLoop'' and ''Manga/RPGRealEstate'' (the latter becoming the worst selling anime in Kirara's entire history) kept a tumultuous era going in 2022, kept upfloat by the aforementioned two successes they had at the end of the previous decade. Despite this, ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'', released the same year, became Kirara's biggest hit since ''Manga/KOn'' and was one of the most popular anime of that year, becoming the solo new anime success Kirara had in the early 2020s. Unfortunately, 2023's Kirara entry, 'Manga/StardustTelepath'', while well-received, did not get the same popularity or praise as it's predecessor, and was yet another commercial flop, only outperforming the aforementioned ''RPG Real Estate''.

** You also won't find many fans of the first two arcs of the second season of ''[[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds 5D's]]'', which is sometimes considered the weakest point of the franchise. Criticisms include either dropping plot threads from the first season or resolving them in anticlimactic ways, [[DemotedToExtra demoting prominent characters (especially Carly) to extras]], an absurd amount of ProductPlacement, and a gargantuan block of irrelevant {{filler}} episodes at the beginning of the season. However, this was a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot, as a major character's voice actress was arrested for being part of a cult... which suddenly required the main plot arcs of the season (involving PsychicPowers and a cult) to be DistancedFromCurrentEvents, yanking the rug out from under the story.

** ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' is itself better regarded than ''Smile'', but it is also considered this due to its overly-complicated plot and the poor reception to some of its twists. For example, the SixthRanger Aguri/Cure Ace was not a previously established character (like the {{Sixth Ranger}}s of every Pretty Cure season before) but an entirely new one. [[ReplacementScrappy She also replaced Regina]], [[RedHerring when the show seemed to be building up to Regina becoming a Cure herself]]. (In the end [[PutOnABus Regina vanishes for most of the second half]].) Basically, they tried to do the opposite of ''Smile'' where ''every'' episode tied into the MythArc...and despite some initial promise, they couldn't pull it off. It currently has ''the'' lowest Website/MyAnimeList rating in the franchise, and allegedly got some of the worst TV ratings as well.
** ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'' looked like it would escape the Audience-Alienating Era...in its first half. The second half was struck by a RomanticPlotTumor while other plot threads from the first half were either [[AbortedArc dropped]] or [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot poorly resolved]]. It's telling that original series creator Washio Takashi returned to be the series planner for the next season, ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure''. It is also telling that this was the first series to bring in ''less'' than 10 billion yen to Bandai since ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar''.

** Some fans also consider ''Anime/SmilePrecure'' this (though it is slightly better regarded) due to its episodic, goofy nature (to the point that it feels more like a spoof of the genre), childish writing (with both the MythArc and character growth being non-existent), and what many see as blatant pandering to the {{Moe}} crowd. On the other hand it was allegedly very financially successful...though mostly only with otaku. It says something when its first Toys/SHFiguarts figure is the EnsembleDarkhorse otaku character (Yayoi/Cure Peace) and not the leader.

** Unova is brought up due to how the ResetButton was pressed for Ash, his new traveling companions, the initial story arc with Team Plasma being [[AbortedArc unceremoniously dropped]] and later refitted into a short mini-arc, the unsatisfactory ending at the Unova League, [[EndingFatigue and ending on a lackluster arc comprised mostly of filler]].

* ''[[Anime/NGKnightLamune40 VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fresh]]'', a sequel to ''VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire'', breaks the concept of the original series of light hearted and comedic SuperRobot fantasy adventure genre into a [[DarkerAndEdgier dark military story]] with [[HotterAndSexier girls showing off her]] [[{{Eroge}} breasts]]. It didn't go well, considering every previous show before it [[{{Shonen}} was made for children.]]

* The {{Mecha}} genre, specifically HumongousMecha, once a staple of the anime industry with many acclaimed classics, has been in steady decline since the 2010s. Very few new properties of note are being produced, most of them being mediocre RealRobot series, and [[Anime/AldnoahZero those]] [[Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx seeking]] to breathe new life into the genre seeing their initial popularity quickly collapse due to SeasonalRot, and most of [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion the]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury properties]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn that]] do receive success and acclaim have [[GrandfatherClause the advantage of being part of long-established franchises]]. Many think the genre [[ToughActToFollow already reached its peak]] with the {{Deconstruction}} of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvanGelion'' and {{Reconstruction}} of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', and most depictions of Mecha nowadays either not the focus of the show (i.e [[Manga/OnePiece General Franky]] and [[Anime/GodzillaSingularPoint Jet Jaguar]]) and/or only qualify as part of the genre in the technical sense (i.e [[spoiler:The piloted Titans]] from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' or the {{Spider Tank}}s from ''Literature/EightySixEightySix'').

* The HumongousMecha genre, once a staple of the anime industry with many acclaimed classics, has been in steady decline since the 2010s. Very few new properties of note are being produced, most of them being mediocre RealRobot series, and [[Anime/AldnoahZero those]] [[Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx seeking]] to breathe new life into the genre seeing their initial popularity quickly collapse due to SeasonalRot, and most of [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion the]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury properties]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn that]] do receive success and acclaim have [[GrandfatherClause the advantage of being part of long-established franchises]]. Many think the genre [[ToughActToFollow already reached its peak]] with the {{Deconstruction}} of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvanGelion'' and {{Reconstruction}} of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', and most depictions of Mecha nowadays either not the focus of the show (i.e [[Manga/OnePiece General Franky]] and [[Anime/GodzillaSingularPoint Jet Jaguar]]) and/or only qualify as part of the genre in the technical sense (i.e [[spoiler:The piloted Titans]] from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' or the {{Spider Tank}}s from ''Literature/EightySixEightySix'').