I think that the best response to the original post was "anime (and any foreign language films) were certainly considered, but in many cases that's about it"; just setting aside issues of quality, the films I was able to see were limited by budget and availability. How Leafie got reviewed is a minor miracle (and I like to point out that, for the first time, I managed one foreign language film on both lists; and by a massive coincidence, they're both Korean!); also, speaking of Leafie, not really part of this conversation, but I believe a heavily edited version is available on Netflix as Dixie rather than Leafie. On one hand, it's a readily available version for people who want to try it; on the other hand, I've heard it is drastically changed (apparently the original ending is completely absent), but I can't confirm that because I haven't seen the Netflix/English language version.
Of course, anime, due to its sizable fandom, is usually a bit easier to find in America than other types of foreign animation, but Green Reaper is right and I still haven't seen Wolf Children, so that's at best a *shrug* and admission that maybe it'd make it on there if I had? Maybe?
I think that the best response to the original post was "anime (and any foreign language films) were certainly considered, but in many cases that's about it"; just setting aside issues of quality, the films I was able to see were limited by budget and availability. How Leafie got reviewed is a minor miracle (and I like to point out that, for the first time, I managed one foreign language film on both lists; and by a massive coincidence, they're both Korean!); also, speaking of Leafie, not really part of this conversation, but I believe a heavily edited version is available on Netflix as Dixie rather than Leafie. On one hand, it's a readily available version for people who want to try it; on the other hand, I've heard it is drastically changed (apparently the original ending is completely absent), but I can't confirm that because I haven't seen the Netflix/English language version.
Of course, anime, due to its sizable fandom, is usually a bit easier to find in America than other types of foreign animation, but Green Reaper is right and I still haven't seen Wolf Children, so that's at best a *shrug* and admission that maybe it'd make it on there if I had? Maybe?