Waifu 3D interactions!

[David75]

There goes any shot Japan has ever had at repopulation.

No problem, they've got iBabies waiting

Rather than some smartphone waifu application, I'd want that technology to allow a group of amateurs to eventually create fan made anime. Although considering the poor financial state of the professional anime industry, I wouldn't mind it lowering production costs over there as well to allow more of the studios to survive.

Well, you still need pretty good animators/artits as the guy says. It's not like the tool makes it easy to come up with creative and appealing designs consumers will get attracted to.

Regarding economics, I'm wondering if all of the industry from manga, to franchise, to objects and all is really that bad. Otherwise why bother?
My guess is that parts of the ecosystem are at loss, probably because no one cares, while the rest of the industry is fine...

[Kraco]

Regarding economics, I'm wondering if all of the industry from manga, to franchise, to objects and all is really that bad. Otherwise why bother?

Because that's what they have been doing all their lives and have invested in everything they have? Sure, I reckon individual labourers change frequently enough, for various reasons, but there ought to be a majority of people who stick to the business. Considering the studios, people in commercial business often run their place till they retire (or die), go bankrupt (or are in real danger of), get bought out... It's not like they would suddenly look at the horizon and think: "This is no good, let's change this animation studio into a retirement home for the elderly."