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Raito of Light

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Post: 12928413_76 created on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:17:18 +0000
Posted: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:17:18 +0000

SantoryuDeath

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But yes, there are series amied specifically at children, series aimed at teen, and series aimed at adults.

*cough* Hentai! *cough cough*

Aparently, from posters in the thread, hentai is made for kids. rolleyes

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Post: 12928413_77 created on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:26:30 +0000
Posted: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:26:30 +0000

Mizoko

News flash!

Anime is for kids.

Only some anime is, not all. Some anime is aimed for an older audiance like adults (not all anime aimed for adults is hentai). Those are just a few of the stereo-types about anime. It all depends on the show.

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Post: 12928413_78 created on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:33:45 +0000
Posted: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:33:45 +0000

Raito of Light

SantoryuDeath

wingalinged

But yes, there are series amied specifically at children, series aimed at teen, and series aimed at adults.

*cough* Hentai! *cough cough*

Aparently, from posters in the thread, hentai is made for kids. rolleyes

There are animated works aimed at adults as well; yes, hentai being one of which.

That doesn't stop most animation created for public viewing in Japan being intended for kids.

fiaria

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Post: 12928413_79 created on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:37:23 +0000
Posted: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:37:23 +0000

Mizoko

News flash!

Anime is for kids.

*murders you slowly and painfully* try showing a kid akira, it would give them nightmares for years, and what about prakiss or gravitation, they have alot of questionable things for children to see. Its like saying family guy is for children.

Red Scully

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Post: 12928413_80 created on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:52:58 +0000
Posted: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:52:58 +0000

fiaria

Mizoko

News flash!

Anime is for kids.

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There are animated works aimed at adults in Japan. That doesn't stop most animation created for public viewing in Japan being intended for kids.

FanFicGuru

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Post: 12928413_81 created on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 02:51:09 +0000
Posted: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 02:51:09 +0000

Anime is for kids. Anime was designed and aimed specifically for children.

Are there series for adults? Certainly. There are Hentai and overly violent series like Ninja Scroll, etc...but Anime was originally made for children, and still is for the most part.

Keep in mind as well that what is for 'children' is much different than our standard of 'children' shows here. Children includes anyone up to and including 20 years of age. When you turn 20 in Japan you become an 'adult'. Therefore, if you watch anime up through the time you're 19, that's fine, as well as beyond that for more adult oriented series.

However, anime is meant for kids. No matter how cool or 'mature' you think anime is. That's the truth.

Aya Hihoshi

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Post: 12928413_82 created on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:05:37 +0000
Posted: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:05:37 +0000

i agree with what u saw i hate people for judgin just cause they like something different than us and they call it normal hello nothing in this world is normal everything is unique in there own way and people should respect that but teh ones who don't are just not open mind *sayin in a nice way* thats all and all those who r gonna diss me for typing this i don't give a freaken care of what u think IF U RN'T TYPE NICE THINGS THEN JUST DON'T TYPE AT ALL OK ^_^ thats all

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Post: 12928413_83 created on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:36:02 +0000
Posted: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:36:02 +0000

Neckros

I try to invite people to the anime and manga industry all the time. I find nothing wrong with people that are new to anime and manga liking highly mainstream series. But so many people refuse to give manga or anime or any kind of comic a chance because of the reputation it seems to carry as being, "only for people who are too lazy to read real books" and the even more popular, "It's kid's stuff".

Where does this reputation come from? A lot of people insist on blaming it on Pokemon, Yu Gi Oh and other popular animes on Cartoon Network. Most of you probably know though. It's from those, "fly by anime fans" as I've heard them called. They like manga or anime for about a year, two years at most and during that whole time they do nothing but embarrass the anime and comic communities by claiming their love for it when they only know of about two or three series. You can usually recognize these people by their posts like, "anime roxs!!!!! itz bettar then anything else" So even if that is their opinion there are better ways of putting it, the simplest spelling things correctly and perhaps even defending their argument. These people profess their love for anime and manga to their fellow students when they actually have no idea what it really is. They have not read any articles on it, all they know is that it's "Japanese animation" many time they do not know the difference between anime and manga. They assume it's better then any other comic art when they have never looked at anything else. And I have nothing against character fan girls as I am a slight one myself, but when they make remarks of how "smexy" some of the characters are to the whole world and that's the only reason why they like manga or anime. It does not give a good name to those who actually like comics because they have good plots and character personality designs. They give the impression that there are none with good plots, they give the impression that they are stupid and for stupid people like those that profess their "love" at the top of their lungs while the real fans either shrink back in a corner or start getting very, very angry.

These people are also quick to claim that something isn't anime if all the girls don't have big eyes. They are quick to jump into the art work critique people who are developing their own style of manga by claiming it isn't "anime-ish enough" when in fact many anime creators do not draw with huge eyes, and yes some are from Japan that do this!

We all have to start somewhere, I like some mangas with not the most complex plots because they're cute and they make me laugh. I like a lot of mainstream stuff myself, which makes it even harder to like when you've got all sorts of idiots running around with it. I have nothing against the people that do not know a whole lot about anime or manga or comics, they are as welcome to liking it as anyone but they have to realize just because they like one or two maybe even five series it doesn't make them an expert and thus they shouldn't act like one. If they admit they're interested and would like some more info before they run at the mouth it would mean so much to them if they do actually stick with it and don't have to try to change the impression they've left in their time of "incense" to what it really is. No one was born an expert on these things, even those in these industries for years still pick up on different series and ideas.

I made this lengthy post because I know there are so many fans going through this same situation, and also to encourage the beginners to find out more before they embarrass themselves and add onto this already bad reputation. So, discuss your experience with these people or whatever, since this is something that I feel is never going to chage (sorry for the lenght of this post):

It is what happens with everything that becomes popular and defines culture. Many are ignorant of many aspects of it and draw their own conclusions. For those of us that respect anime and love it for what we know it truely is, it's frustrating. I've learned to just deal with this, if people don't want to get into anime, that's fine, I refuse to love rap crap music, so there xp

Aritsuke

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Post: 12928413_84 created on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:32:56 +0000
Posted: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:32:56 +0000

Mizoko

News flash!

Anime is for kids.

News Flash! 4laugh

No its not stare

Ne ways I REALLY hate it when ppl say that "Anime is for kids!" "And is porn!" and ITS NOT! Anime is for all ages... I mean theres some for kids some for teens, some for adults.. but that does not mean that ALL of it is "Porn or kids stuff". Hentai just about ruined animes reputation and so did yaoi and yuri. I have to deal with ppl at my highschool making fun of me saying "Anime is Chinese porn!" one, its not chinese.....two..its not porn.

Lady Nefrodiel