Quote Originally Posted by Carnage View Post
There goes any shot Japan has ever had at repopulation.
No problem, they've got iBabies waiting

Quote Originally Posted by Kraco View Post
Rather than some smartphone waifu application, I'd want that technology to allow a group of amateurs to eventually create fan made anime. Although considering the poor financial state of the professional anime industry, I wouldn't mind it lowering production costs over there as well to allow more of the studios to survive.
Well, you still need pretty good animators/artits as the guy says. It's not like the tool makes it easy to come up with creative and appealing designs consumers will get attracted to.

Regarding economics, I'm wondering if all of the industry from manga, to franchise, to objects and all is really that bad. Otherwise why bother?
My guess is that parts of the ecosystem are at loss, probably because no one cares, while the rest of the industry is fine...