The other editor felt that the reason was, this audience hasn't matured yet. Prior to Sailor Moon and the Tokyopop explosion (which was mostly buoyed by shojo manga and shonen romantic manga like Love Hina), the number of seriously manga-influenced artists in the U.S. was negligible. Since then, a whole generation of excellent artists has developed, mostly influenced by the things which manga did which American comics didn't do -- shojo and romantic material. This other editor felt that the future Naruto-and-Bleach-influenced artists simply weren't old enough yet.
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