Look "donghua" up - there is some anime production in China, even if way less than in Japan. And some rather good manhua stories to adapt; I'm still waiting for donghua versions of two. (Fairy Captivity and My Wife is the Demon Queen.)
Plus anime fans are everywhere.
Not in the picture: two Romans looking to the other side of the room, five minutes before the elephant comes in. One tells the other "It's fine, Gaius. See, no Carthaginian ship to the south. They aren't coming."