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>You are forgetting that OP asked why anime is more celebrated and popular than western animation.
Sure, but I was responding specifically about your critique for Ed Edd and Eddy.

>I also pointed out that one of the reasons western cartoons don't capture as big of an audience is the fact that it is solely cartoonish comedic.
I agree with you there, I even said something similar in another post within this thread.
A big reason for Anime and Manga's success is that there was demand for more than just childish comedy, and that demand was never met by the western animation industry. Hell, it's still failing to meet that demand.
However, just because there's a demand for other products, doesn't mean the cartoonish slapstick product that is already there should be watered down and become something else to weakly pacify that demand.

>Ed, Edd, and Eddy is obviously a great show. But you can't ignore that it's lacking in character development.
And here's where I begin to disagree. Not everything needs character development, or such lofty writing tools. It's a mostly episodic show (episodes could even be broken up), stemming from the idea that a child should be able to watch an episode out of order and be able to enjoy it (unlike shows with continuous plots, for example). So it's not that I'm going to ignore it's lack of character development, it's just not needed for this particular show.
Did Looney Tune Characters need character development? Tom and Jerry? Popeye?

>I also don't see anyone posting or gooning to fan art of any of the girls on that show
I brought up Marie because people are still gooning to her, so you're obviously not looking in the right circles. She's hardly going to be posted in a thread or board for anime art, for example. But I still see her posted regularly... Hell, Rebecca Sugar is infamous for her dirty EEnE art, so there's at least one person gooning to someone other than Marie.