> Compare this with backstories from Japanese manga which clearly some are targeted at more adult levels of intelligence I'm flabbergasted a hollywood exec woul

> Compare this with backstories from Japanese manga which clearly some are targeted at more adult levels of intelligence I'm flabbergasted a hollywood exec would decide to pour millions of dollars into some backstory aimed at children from the 1940s. They know their audience of wannabe eternal children, and so they invest for the only reason they ever do: a fat return on that investment. I'd also point out that a HUGE amount of anime, manga and ln content is beyond cheesy, it's just cheesy in a different way.