The overriding problem is that the Japanese bosses have no respect for the foreign market yet want its cash. It's kind of creepy, but a big part of selling things like this is to create an appeal with the audience, a connection. Bandai/Sunrise are unwilling to give that, instead throwing whatever series they feel like overseas and doing so in a way that comes across like a cheap cash grab. They get their money from the initial licensing fees (which companies like BEI are forced to pay), show no interest and then complain that the title wasn't a success in that region. Nothing will change unless they stop looking at the foreign market as petty cash or a threat to their domestic sales. There are already signs in the industry that reaching out to the global market, partially with the help of distributors born and bred in said regions, can make titles work. But Bandai will have none of this, instead killing their own chances simply to hold a tight control over their properties. We saw how they disliked it when American fans slaughtered them at that BVUS con panel a few years back and it's made all the more worse when we know the local distributors WANT to do things right.
