I think the manga format is really effective at letting new stories reach audiences. US media companies need to realize that funding authors/artists to test run

I think the manga format is really effective at letting new stories reach audiences. US media companies need to realize that funding authors/artists to test run their new stories as cheap comics and increasing funding to the 1/20 that gain traction is a great way to incubate the new talent that the industry desperately needs. American comic books are incredibly stagnant and have been so for the past 20 years. Not a single new character with any cultural relevancy (besides reboots of old characters) has been made in the last 20-odd years. Meanwhile, series like Attack on Titan, Chainsaw Man, and Jujutsu Kaisen have become million dollar global franchises in the last decade. The manga => anime => cultural zeitgeist pipeline has produced tons of recent compelling series.