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Would you still invite a man to dinner if he took a dump on the roof of your car but then bought you a new one to replace it?

rheiders wrote:

Would you still invite a man to dinner if he took a dump on the roof of your car but then bought you a new one to replace it?

Hell yeah! Shyte is shyte, whether it be bird, cow, or human. Nothing that a good blasting with the pressure washer can't shift and I get a new car in the bargin? Just don't dent the roof.

This is interesting.

"Ah, but there's the rub. Viewers 12-17? Unless you're MTV, that demographic is toxic. They don't buy anything, especially DVDs. Adult Swim, specifically, seeks out viewers aged 18-34 for that very reason."

Doesn't an 18yo have more in common with a 17yo, or even a middle schooler (in your American terms), than some middle aged 34 year old fart? Who decides on these demographics, they can't possibly be useful lol.

This is interesting.

"Ah, but there's the rub. Viewers 12-17? Unless you're MTV, that demographic is toxic. They don't buy anything, especially DVDs. Adult Swim, specifically, seeks out viewers aged 18-34 for that very reason."

Doesn't an 18yo have more in common with a 17yo, or even a middle schooler in American terms, than a middle aged 34 year old? Who decides on these demographics, they can't possibly be useful lol.

faintsmile1992 wrote:

This is interesting. "Ah, but there's the rub. Viewers 12-17? Unless you're MTV, that demographic is toxic. They don't buy anything, especially DVDs. Adult Swim, specifically, seeks out viewers aged 18-34 for that very reason." Doesn't an 18yo have more in common with a 17yo, or even a middle schooler (in your American terms), than some middle aged 34 year old fart? Who decides on these demographics, they can't possibly be useful lol.

The point being is that 18 is generally when people start getting full time jobs, and have more money spend... this makes them a more appealing customer to companies than someone who has to depend on their parents money or part time jobs.

The key reason for the break at the higher end is, I assume, family responsibility. By the mid-30s, most people are married and having kids. Sure, for some this starts much earlier, but by the mid-30s it is a large part of what consumes your time and money, whereas the 18-34 year-old's money and time are more likely consumed by entertainment. That critical age group is where the ratio of entertainment spending to overall income is at its highest, that is why so many entertainment companies target their products squarely at that demographic.

I asked the Funimation reps about the status of Conan after their Otakon panel today. Their response was something along the lines of "stay tuned for an upcoming announcement". (I don't remember their exact phrasing, so don't quote me.) Now I don't know enough legalese to know how much hope to put into that response, but there was no hint of "we're completely finished with this show" in their response, so take that as you will.

They also told me to tell my friends to let them know we want more Conan, so let's let them know we want more Conan!

I personally plan to own as much of the localized Conan material as I can. I'm an active reader of the manga (current English issue completely read) and I've been purchasing the movies. I think the problem with the show was indeed its mixed content genre. Kids solving "violent" murder cases that the police need to figure out themselves is kind of a strange combination, and you've got the whole overarching plot with the Syndicate hovering somewhere amidst a few of the cases.

I'm more impressed with how Aoyama comes up with these individual cases; so many of the murder mechanics are pretty complicated.