Swan Tower

I don't think the wave has quite hit yet, but I suspect we're seeing the front edges of it. And this isn't to say I expect Japanese urban fantasy to outsell the usual European stuff; just that I think there is/could be/will be a market for it, as Japanese pop culture achieves greater diffusion in America. And a smart editor who picked up a good Japanese urban fantasy and figured out how to market it to the manga crowd could make bank.

So I don't think the agent is clueless so much as not forward-thinking enough.