Disney has had to deal with waves of competitors in animation and eras where they were the only game in town. If anything, now is one of the more competitive eras.
I would also note that a large part of building Anime as an industry was a combination of crunch time and using methods to reduce the cost of animation.
I recall seeing a quote, I think attributed to Osamu Tezuka: “This is not animation, this is anime”; implying that anime isn’t “real animation” like those you’d see in the 1930s and thus didn’t deserve the full name
Disney has had to deal with waves of competitors in animation and eras where they were the only game in town. If anything, now is one of the more competitive eras.
I would also note that a large part of building Anime as an industry was a combination of crunch time and using methods to reduce the cost of animation.
I recall seeing a quote, I think attributed to Osamu Tezuka: “This is not animation, this is anime”; implying that anime isn’t “real animation” like those you’d see in the 1930s and thus didn’t deserve the full name