> well yeah, different things are profitable in different cultures

I'm not buying that one. I haven't met a western person who has seen Miyazaki's movies and not liked them. And I'm not talking about anime fans, I'm talking about average people. The reason he isn't more popular is only that people don't realize they should try and watch his movies, partly because of the stigma of cartoons and partly because he's not getting promoted anywhere near enough for it to register for most people.