While I don't disagree with the idea that anime has been very popular and influential in recent years, this author makes the argument that it is a completely on

While I don't disagree with the idea that anime has been very popular and influential in recent years, this author makes the argument that it is a completely one sided arrangement, that anime is the complete soul of the vast majority of creative works today, not a global exchanging of ideas. Yes, many pre-eminent filmmakers love anime and have for decades, but animation and cinema did not begin with Studio Ghibli. Modern anime was inspired by early manga like Astro Boy which was inspired by animated Disney and Warner Bros which was inspired by newspaper cartoons and so on and so forth. I've seen this argument in my friends who are big fans of anime, and it can be very exciting to see an art form you're so fond of get widespread recognition, but it seems meaningless and a bit dishonest to frame it as the end all and be all in a global world.