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Animefan16
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I know that animes are made for different ages. There are animes aimed at adults, teens, and kids. But because of the differences between Japan and the US, most uncut animes would get an R rating in the US. I just want to know which animes were originally aimed at kids, adults, or teens. it's hard to tell which ones are for which audience because of most uncut animes getting an R-rating.
I know that yu-gi-oh and Pokemon were originally aimed at kids. Animes like GTO and Ranma seemed to be mainly for high-schoolers. |
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che_guevara
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I believe the GTO manga was aimed more at college-aged males. It's basically your typical seinen manga. I don't know about the anime, since I've never seen it.
I've HEARD (not sure it's true) that it's pretty easy to figure out which anime was aimed at whom by just checking the air time in the US. Very strangely, anime like Cowboy Bebop were, in fact, shown after midnight in Japan, just like in the US. All the major shonen titles are aimed at kids: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, DB GT, Shaman King, Yugioh, Yu Yu Hakusho, Hikaru No Go... You always get a bunch of hard-headed fans who keep arguing that those anime "aren't for kids", when in reality, they are. Anime like Trigun, Hellsing, Ai Yori Aoshi, Cowboy Bebop, Love Hina... They're all aimed at teenagres/young adults. Many of these shows (Cowboy Bebop and Trigun being prime examples) don't really target a specific gender. Also, most Miyazaki movies (again, no matter how much people try to convince themselves against this) are aimed at kids. Even Miyazaki himself has said that. Most Satoshi Kon movies are aimed at aduts, and it's pretty easy to see that when you watch "Perfect Blue" or "Tokyo Godfathers". Most classic movies are also marketed to the young adult age group - Ninja Scroll, Akira, Ghost in the Shell... In fact, GITS is often considered to be one of the quintessential seinen titles. Most shoujo is targeted at young girls, teenage and up. Most shounen-ai is for college-age female viewers. These are stupid marketing methods, though. No one should feel bad for watching an anime not aimed at their age group or gender. |
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Animefan16
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I heard some fans say that Gundam is aimed at teens. That is not true. I read an interview in AI with the director of SEED, and he said he wanted to teach Japanese kids how bad war is.
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kainzero
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there are really mostly two types of anime.
stuff that is aired during the afternoon daytime, for kids... like Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Dragon Drive, and I believe Gundam SEED as well, maybe Naruto and now Bleach as well? then there is stuff that is aired after midnight, mostly reserved for adults/freaky otaku. i actually think anime is more popular here =P yes, even my beloved Pita-Ten and Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar were broadcasted after midnight. if you pick up a newtype JP and look at the schedule, you'll see times like 25:30... meaning 1:30 AM and stuff. although i thoughty those shows were CLEARLY aimed towards kids, they still broadcasted late. *shrug* |
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Golgo13
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The majority of anime distributors in America have the same target audiance as the anime was originally intended. Although America do has different standards, One Piece was originally aimed at kids in Japan. Well, here is some stuff on American TV that was originally aimed at children and not.
Children: -One Piece -Shaman King -PokeMon -Cardcaptors -Digimon -Sailor Moon -DBZ -Hamtaro -Kikaider -Digimon -Yu-Gi-Oh -Naruto -Cyborg 009 -Rave Master -Zoids -DBGT -Yu Yu Hakusho Not Children: -Outlaw Star -Gundam SEED -Rurouni Kenshin -.hack//SIGN -Tenchi -Gundam Wing -Escaflowne |
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Golgo13
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Yes, contrary to what others believe, anime is shown about as much on Japanese TV as much as anime is shown on Cartoon Network. I remember Blue Gender aired in Japan at 1:45am and Excel Saga aired at 2:30am. |
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Golgo13
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Yeah, real original. That statement might have some impact if they didn't do the same thing with the original Gundam, Gundam Zeta, Gundam 0080, etc. If kids want to know how bad war REALLY is, there is a lot of other anime much better than Gundam SEED to teach them about war. Besides, kids don't pay attention anyway. They're either swooning over more mecha or TM Revolution. |
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Nagisa
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Found some flaws. Gundam is aimed at children in Japan, period. There may be some exceptions where it skews slightly higher, but by & large it's a child-oriented franchise. Always has been and still is today. Similarly, Kenshin is also a primarily children's title, with the exception of the OVA series. I also have my suspicions about the .hack franchise, especially after seeing that latest one Cartoon Network's been running. |
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Kagemusha
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Not really. The GTO manga was originally serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine, which is aimed at boy/teens. While the art may be more realistic and some of the content more serious, it still is a shonen manga. There are a ton of things aimed at older audiences. Becuase people have already made a pretty big list of things, I'll only recommend Monster. This is intended for older audiences not only for its mature content, but it is a very serious show/manga that I'm sure alot of kids would not be able to get into. |
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Tommimacevovi
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The one shown on Cartoon Network is .hack/legend of Twilight's Bracelet, that one is mostly for kids. .hack//Sign is for mostly young to older teens, because most kids will not have the attention span needed to watch and understand what they're saying. BTW: is .hack//Twilight follows the Sign or the Games's storyline?[/quote] |
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Tony K.
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I think it goes: .hack//SIGN .hack//Liminality (and the video games) .hack//Twilight (or Dusk, or whatever the heck it is  )
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jfrog
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Let's also not forget that there's more than one demographic for anime. There's also the teenage audience (who watch shows like Escaflowne), the adult crowd (who prefer movies like Millennium Actress), and everyone's favorite - the overgrown adolescents. I think we can all figure out what they go for, and I don't want to get trampled by an angry mob of dating sim fans.
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Animage~
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Welll... If you took all the Japanese kids out of japan and replaced them with american ones, Yugioh and pokemon manga would be sligty more slanted towards 15 16 year olders. I mean, yugioh had people playing "peeky, peeky" and Grandpa was chacking Anzu out.>.>
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Kelly
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What's great about SIGN is that there's someone for almost every age group to identify with. In fact, I'd even go as far as to say that you might not fully "get" some of the older character's subtexts, for example BT starting to reach the age where you might be starting to wonder if you're going to find someone if you're still single, until you're in your mid 20's or older. |
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che_guevara
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Hmm... I didn't know that. Intersting, because it's so different from the other Weekly Shonen Magazine titles. Also, just one note - Rurouni Kenshin was primarily a children's story in Japan. Compare it to other samurai series, and the age group Kenshin is aimed at becomes clear. |
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