agreed, i feel like theres some sort of institutional incest at play here, like anime is now just so deeply buried by its own conventions it has lost its ability to connect with anyone but a peculiar breed of people who have similarly lost connection with the real world.
i couldnt shake a feeling of uncanniness when i was in japan, like it was less a nation and more a nation-scale giftshop. but maybe thats just the effect of being stuck in tourist areas coupled with illiteracy.