Consider this: Bad actors control money printers and public opinion via mainstream social media so no matter how much money and support genuine anime fanse gave to the industry they were always going to be overwhelmed by them. The only line of defence was if the anime executives rejected greed and easy short-term profit to prioritize japanese honor and dignity. Instead they chose to betray otaku and turn anime industry into yet another propaganda-churning machine but even more malicious than other media because it targets easily impressionable children. What happened to the spirit of samurai?
but you can watch some 10k members anime about some niche interest
True, but they have 1/10 of the budget and production value of the shows on the pic. The number of shows don't really matter but resources and 80% of it goes to anime comissioned by bad actors so everyone's eyes are set on them anyway. It will only get worse.