Anime has a 60 year history while "cool japan" as a policy that has some general focus on anime barely has a decade. And the anime industry and creators of today were still formed by the extremely rich and complex history of the industry and the mentorships and influences between people. So anime would be pretty much completely the same devoid of the existance of any "Cool Japan" policy or focus. Japan just has an extremely unique and rich history in manga and animation and that has and had nothing to do with any concious attempt of international marketing of the country .Hell for the vast majority of the mediums existance the creators straight up didnt know and didnt have a shit about the world outside of japan while making anime
Anime has a 60 year history while "cool japan" as a policy that has some general focus on anime barely has a decade. And the anime industry and creators of today were still formed by the extremely rich and complex history of the industry and the mentorships and influences between people. So anime would be pretty much completely the same devoid of the existance of any "Cool Japan" policy or focus. Japan just has an extremely unique and rich history in manga and animation and that has and had nothing to do with any concious attempt of international marketing of the country .Hell for the vast majority of the mediums existance the creators straight up didnt know and didnt have a shit about the world outside of japan while making anime