>>150303792
>how come girl shows in places like Japan sell like hot cakes though?
Because Japan knows how to pander and the US is afraid to. It's not that girls grow out of animation, it's just that there's nothing of value in western animation for a girl after they grow up from MLP, and want hot boys and romance.
So they tend to start watching live-action shows that'll give them relatable female leads.
In the same sense, animation has also failed men by being too afraid to show sex appeal because of it being labelled as problematic.