Kadokawa cites excessive reliance on the isekai genre as one of the major causes of the decline in profitability in its domestic publishing business   - AUTOMATON WEST
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In its new mid-term management plan Kadokawa addresses recent financial losses driven by the company's "bias towards proven genres."
  • anikahj@ani.socialEnglish
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    5 days ago

    A non-isekai fantasy means they have to write a believable in-world reason for the protagonist becoming who they are and why we should care, instead of just yoinking some nobody out of Japan into a fantasy world