Asked whether the perception of adult animation is evolving, Lacombe, who heads Europe’s leading theatrical distributor of Japanese animation, alluded to the genre’s exponential growth over the past two years, saying: “Change will come with big money and big business. Audiences are ready to go to theaters to see animation for adults. A few months ago, I released a remastered version of “Akira” in cinemas and it was a huge success. Everyone said ‘It won’t work because they can find it everywhere on DVD and Blu-ray.’ But people want to see it on the big screen, share the emotion, and enjoy it as the spectacle that it was intended to be.”
Source: Adult Animation Could Help Lure Audiences Back to Cinemas, Experts Say – Variety