While the committee system shares risk, it also shares control. Creators (mangaka, directors) often retain few rights to their own work. The 2021 explosion of Oshi no Ko (anime about the idol industry) was shocking because it came from a major publisher—it brutally critiqued the very system that funded it.
In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi finds beauty in imperfection, transience, and incompleteness. This manifests in entertainment:
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: The music scene is dominated by idol groups and solo artists who often cross over into television and film.