The doujin scene is a more accepted and appriciated scene than the western remix scene. The possibilities for cd production is more affordable in Japan, and the market for it is huge, with 3 different conventions and markets, artwork artists, vocal talent rental services and publications that advertise and sell doujins.
There is more a sense of cheapness to the American audience as they think differently of remixes and see them as more of a hobby thing and just simply a remix, and the Japanese fans (atleast the ones i know and discuss with) have more appreciation for the effort, polish and arrangement that is put into the different songs, and look forward to the different conventions, follow artists blogs, mixi's and radio shows to keep up to date.
It should also be noted that the doujin artists themselves earn extremely little money on their work and often do original work on the side (Hentai games, original works cd etc), such as MintJam who by now have pretty much become an original only band, though having started out as a game arrangement band.
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