Present-Day Anime Animation

[Gors]

Anime, like any other thing, will follow trends depending on what people are willing to consume. So, old gags and old styles might not be the profitable thing.

The current trend of anime highly caters to the kawaii aesthetic which Japan is fond of - the neotenized characters in their 18s relate to many Japanese people who don't want to be responsible adults, having romanticized views about high-school and such (the fact of having too many high-schooler characters in anime is a multi layered thing: it's the most relatable thing and situation, and it is also a sexual fetish)

One can blame the lack of exaggerated faces and stuff on this reason, as they lost space to Kyoani style of drawing. Even action series still focuses on relatively young people, where an adult would make more sense (most anime protagonists are younger than me, and I'm 23 years old).

Briefly speaking, the current style is what people like, because it is cute, sexy, rentable, the most relatable and a better scapegoat for real life.

For more stuff to read about Japan 's notion of kawaii, i suggest you googling burikko-ji, hikikomori and the suicide rate in Japan.

(i didn't expect it to get dark this much)