/jp/ - Otaku Culture

How do you guys feel about vtubers killing anime? I noticed something was wrong a few months ago but now we have more or less solid evidence that 2018 is the worst year for TV anime bd sales in the last decade, at the every least. By my rough count, the revenue from bd sales is 8242,36 million yen in 2018 vs 17425,3 million in 2017. A 50% drop in sales. There's still the ongoing fall season, but going by the current stalker estimates, it's unlikely to add more than 1.5 billion yen in sales. The only thing that has changed between 2017 and 2018 is that in 2018 you had a new industry pop up out of nowhere targeting the same anime watching audience and otakus in general.