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Kouji
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We know that anime is starting to become a little more popular among teens and some adults in the U.S., but how popular is it with kids? And by kids, I mean those who are 11 and under. Do you know any kids who like anime? What shows do they like? Do they even know what anime is? What are their thoughts about subtitled anime? Have you ever told them you liked anime? What did they think when you told them? I actually haven't had much experience in talking about anime with kids, mainly because I don't normally hang around kids all that much. However, in what experiences I have had, the most popular anime among boys were Dragonball Z and Yugioh. Pokemon was popular when it was still a new fad, but it was mostly the games and the TCG that seemed to be popular. I don't think the anime made as much of a big impression on those kids outside of possibly Pokemon: The First Movie. I don't think I've met a little girl yet who was a big anime fan. One of my girl cousins liked the Sailor Moon dub when she was about ten years old, but I don't think she was ever a major fan and I'm not sure if she even knew what anime was. She's about 13 now and I don't know if she still likes Sailor Moon or not. She also used to like Digimon and she and her sister liked Pokemon too, but I don't think they were majorly obessesed with those shows, either.
Most of the kids at my church don't seem to know what anime is, but most of them are obessesed with Dragonball Z. I haven't had any conversations about anime with them since I don't really know them, but I have over-heard their conversations before and they really seem to like Dragonball Z a lot, as they've rambled on constantly about how cool it was, and I think Frieza and Cell were the most popular characters among them, at least that's what it seemed like. Most of my relatives who are young boys are addicted to Yugioh, as I often see them playing the card game and talking about how cool the show is. One of my ten year old cousins who's a boy used to be very obessesed with Dragonball Z. It and Yugioh would pretty much be the only anime he ever watched, but the last time I saw him, he admitted that he hates Dragonball Z now, though he still likes Dragonball GT and Yugioh. He did watch Dragonball but he didn't see what the point of it was to have a "prequel." I explained to him that Dragonball was released in Japan first but Dragonball Z was released in the U.S. first followed by Dragonball, and that's why it seems like Dragonball is a "prequel" in the U.S., and he still didn't seem as interested in it even after I explained that to him. His parents allow him to watch mostly anything as long as it doesn't have sexual content in it, so he can watch a lot of the anime that's on Adult Swim. Although he's still a big Yugioh fan, his current anime obessesion is actually Inuyasha and he surprisingly doesn't seem to care about Naruto at all. He's also seen Mononokehime and really enjoyed the movie and he now really wants to see Spirited Away. And he's a Sailor Moon fan too, but he's only seen the dub. He's still a dubbie and hasn't watched any subbed anime, but he is aware of the censorship anime dubs sometimes go through and that there's better anime out there than the shows that are aired on TV. Even though he hasn't seen any subbed anime yet, he doesn't seem to be against watching it, either. He's pretty much the only kid I've ever really told that I liked anime. He didn't seem to be surprised or anything when I told him I liked anime and he never made fun of me for any of the shows I liked. He also seems exicited to know someone older than him who likes some of the same things he does. I myself think it's kind of fun to hang out with a kid for a change instead of always hanging out with the adults. As long as they're not the annoying bratty type of kids, they're kind of neat to talk to, I just sort of wish I could do it more. So, what are your experiences in dealing with anime and kids? |
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ShadrachAnki
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Well, my 9-year-old sister loves anime, as does her best friend. She knows a fair number of people at her school that watch anime as well.
My sister's interest stems largely from the fact that I really like anime and will let her watch a lot of the stuff I have (this is okay since I don't have anything that would be considered inappropriate). Because of how I watch anime, she prefers subbed shows to dubbed ones. As far as her favorite series go, she really likes One Piece and Tantei Gakuen Q. We've also been watching Naruto, Tokyo Mew Mew, Fushigi Boshi no Futago Hime, Ultra Maniac, and MAR. She's expressed an interest in watching Hikaru no Go with me as well. The only series she'll watch on TV is Pokemon, and she's mentioned more than once to me that she wishes I could get the series subtitled. My sister has also been going through my manga collection (as have my younger brothers). Her favorites on that end of the spectrum are DN Angel, From Far Away, Hana Yori Dango/Boys Over Flowers, Alice 19th, and Hana-Kimi. ~Shadrach Anki |
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Nightshrill
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I am the oldest and I have two younger brothers; they are 14 and 13. They used to express interest in your common Cartoon Network anime, DBZ, Digimon, Pokemon, but aside from an isolated incident (the 14 year old reading the Naruto manga he borrowed from a friend) they take up the common misinterpretation of "it's a cartoon and it is for little kids". If they were to ever get into anime seriously I think it'd all be shouen and dubbed. They've seen me watch series such as Fruits Basket and Ai Yori Aoshi subbed, and they just snicker at the fact that it's in japanese (probably because my parents tease me over it). I don't think they would take up any of their older brother's (i'm turning 18 next month if that makes any differance) viewing habits or tastes.
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remember love
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Well let me be honest first I didn't read your post just too long for me to read at the moment because I have something to do, so, I'll just write this in response to what I have read.
I came into anime at the age of around 8 when I first watched Akira and Vampirehunter D. I stayed with anime watching other anime movies. But at that age it did catch my eye as being great the same way X-men did. Now at an older age I find to be liking anime alot more then X-men or spider-man or teenage mutant ninja turtlas,garfield, etc. But when I was at that age I don't think I realised the difference between anime and american cartoons because to me they just felt the completely the same. Now, I see them being two different things and I think this started when I was around the age of 14. I still like american animation so don't get me wrong about that but anime just is something I find more to my liking. |
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PantsGoblin
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I go over to one of my parents friends house every other week and they have two children (both 11, one a girl and one a boy). Although I have to say they are a little young for they're age, even already being young, both of them love anime like DBZ, Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh. The thing is they don't even know that they're made in Japan. I've asked them, and the thought they were made in the US. I've watched subtitled anime over there and they thought they were talking in Chinese. They don't like subtitled anime, which didn't really surprise me though. They know that I like anime and would want to watch it, but they're parents won't let them watch the anime that I watch for kind of obvious reasons. Although I do have a few titles that are all ages (Azumanga Diaoh and Panyo Panyo Digi Charat) they don't find any interest in them which doesn't surprise me. I recently got the Angelic Layer Thinpak, maybe they'll find some interest in that.
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Hikaro0
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i started watching anime in third grade. I started watching dragonball z then yugioh pokemon. But now they all suck and i just watch bad a$$ anime.
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PantsGoblin
Subscriber Encyclopedia Editor Posts: 2969 Location: L.A. |
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Well, they may "suck" to you now that you're older, but I think Pokemon is a great show for kids. I used to be a big fan of it, and although I don't like it as much as I did before, I still think its a great show for younger kids cause first of all they seem to love it, and it also teaches them positive lessons. I never really got into Yu-gi-oh or DBZ. |
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remember love
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I never liked the show pokemon I just liked the card game and I used to be DBZ fan till I saw it just being the samething over and over again just with different enemies. Yugioh show wise I wasn't too into it. I watched it occassionally but not too often the card game how ever I was really into. Yuhioh the show was just too boring only parts I like were the parts the explained a little bit about the millinuem pieces or what not. |
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YourNeighborTotoro
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My little brother LOVES anime. He doesn't care much for Yu-Gi-Oh (he likes the OP on the uncut one, but that's it). He enjoys shows like Angelic Layer, Azumanga Daioh, Case Closed, the Ghibli movies, and his all-time favorite is Junkers Come Here. He doesn't want to watch gross stuff (the Daichis was too much for him..and me
 ) and the only reason he wants to see Princess Mononoke is because it's Ghibli. He is 11, and he has friends that read Shonen Jump and watch some anime. He so interested that when he grows up he want to work in anime licensing!
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Tenchi
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I get the idea that the fad-based anime shows were massively popular with kids from about 1998 to about early 2003, but, since then, the pendulum has swung away from the anime fad cartoons back towards the Nickelodeon stuff, especially Spongebob, which, on any given week, seems to be half the top 30 in the juvenile demographics. Not that the fad anime shows aren't still reasonably popular, but they're down a fair bit from what they once were.
There are anime shows with large "cult" audiences like Inu Yasha and Naruto, but they don't have nearly the same massive crossover popularity as Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh did in their heyday. |
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rebekah1-anime
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Naruto is the clut? There's nothing bad in it. |
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Zalis116
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"Cult" in the sense that there is a certain, narrow group of people who watch it and are very dedicated to it, as opposed to it having widespread popularity amongst the general public. In the same way, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is also a "cult" movie, since it has a limited following of fanatics, much like a cult. This has nothing to do with the occult, like witches/demons/black magic etc. (Still, parents could find things objectionable in Naruto, like the references to "chi" and other magicks.) I don't have too much contact with kids, but anime still seems to be doing okay...I did see a Sailor Moon backpack when I was driving by my old elementary school (it's on a major street, I'm not a pedophile  ), and actually, it was my younger brother and sister who got me "back" into anime, so to speak. I had seen Sailor Moon dubbed back in the mid-90s, and after borrowing the movies from my sister in 2003, I decided, "Gee, this is something I could watch comfortably for hours on end."
Even though DBZ and Naruto seem to be the most popular among kids these days, I think their influence will shape kids' preferences as they get older, leading them to seek out more diverse/mature types of anime. Let's hope so, for the future of the industry. |
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remember love
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I think when he says cult he saying that a lot of the fans who like naruto are very big on it that that's all they think about and everything they do is based on that show. Correct me if I'm wrong. |
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Tenchi
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When you're talking about audiences for a movie or TV show, "cult" means it's huge among a certain very narrow audience but virtually unknown to the rest of America.
It's more or less another way of saying "niche". |
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Dezember
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My younger brother (who's eight) loves Naruto, as well as most of his friends, and a few other titles. He's allowed to watch almost anything as long as there's no major sexual content. So he's pretty much seen everything on adult swim at least once. Unlike his friends, he doesn't like Yugioh, Pokemon, or anything similar. He knows I watch anime (I'm probably the one who got him into it) and likes a lot of the titles I like. And he sees the difference between anime and cartoons.
I believe most kids don't quite understand the difference between anime and other animation because of the way it's advertised. When I was a youngling and I watched my first episode of DBZ, I thought it was just another show on Cartoon Network. I didn't see the difference until someone pointed it out when I was like eleven. If it was advertised as anime instead of the Toonami Block, or whatever, I'm sure I would have realized sooner. I think reason most kids aren't into anime is because up until recently, it seemed like a lot of parents were really concerned and picky about what their kids were reading and watching. Remember the Harry Potter controversy. One guy said it was teaching kids witch-craft and a lot of parents agreed. So they started burning the books, protesting against Rowling's book signings, and a bunch of other crap. Well, I think a lot parents felt the same about Pokemon or Yugioh, just not to the same extent. When I played soccer, quite a few of the girls and their younger siblings weren't allowed to watch, play, or read anything of the sort. During a game, one of the girl's younger brother brought Yugioh cards to play with. It seemed like a lot of people started avoid him and his family, even though he was like seven or eight. But it seems more kids are getting into anime now that picky parents have moved on to video games. The rating E no longer equals everyone, but everyone 10 and up. Weird isn't? |
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