American anime industry

The chair of AX says the attendees of Anime Expo is averaging about 20 percent annual growth,
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/07/07/apop.DTL

but Ask John mentioned "The contemporary American anime industry is in dire straights. Evidence suggests that many of America's anime distributors are struggling financially."
http://www.animenation.net/news/askjohn.php?id=1123

What's this all about?

So according to this thread, the american anime industry is putting out too much crap, and needs to focus on higher quality titles. It's getting into a dead end with DVDs and needs to get more anime on broadcast TV to make real money. But getting it on a non late-night slot like adult swim where they can get a wider audience and bigger ad bucks means editing to appease the censor happy political climate or a retarded executive's vision of youth culture, reducing the appeal for a show's core fanbase. Never mind that licensing costs are ballooning as anime producers realize the potential of the export market. And if a popular show gets licensed in the middle of its run, it can be months or years before they catch up to where the fansubs left off, giving buzz over it plenty of time to cool off.(assuming the subbers stop on announcement of a license)

So it sounds like they're in a bit of a pickle.