Anime is not for children!

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Go talk to anyone who actually works in the anime industry who the vast majority of anime shows are targeted for. Guess who they will say? Children and young teens.

>>Go to Japan you will see grownups with anime ringtones, and anything anime you will see for yourself

Bullshit.

You waps who are still under this impression that anime is mainstream (which it isn't outside of things like Ghibli movies) and is the same as live action you really need to read this: http://www.angelfire.com/geek/tetrisnomiko/misconceptions.html

In the end, anime is not watched by everyone in japan. It is not mainstream. Manga on the other hand is mainstream within the japanese society.

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You faggots who are still under this impression that teh internets care about your point of view of about things like anime really need to read this:
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>>6
I'M NOT CLICKING THAT

Bullshit detector:+1
This is a fan site of some girl.
Is she expert on japanese culture or have conducted a study on anime popularity?
Does has reliable sources?ANy surveys?
Gossip and what friends told you can't be trusted.

Yeah what would someone who has actually lived in Japan know? *rolls eyes*

Also there is a link to an interview with the manga artist of Fushigi Yugi who talks precisely about the topic of how the vast majority of anime is for children. But then again, what would she know she's only a manga artist and has had her manga turned into anime.

>>9
You forget these little rights you have to an opinion work both ways.

You're still under the impression that teh internets care about YOUR point of view on anime and their age target.

And yes...it's obvious not everyone in Japan knows what the hell is mainstream.  Just like alot of people in the US may or may not know what is mainstream what.

If you want to keep insisting that no one cares about anyone else's opinion, you'd might as well accept that no one really cares about yours.

COPY PASTA:

>>1

Exactly the same as it is in America.

In America most anime is probably watched and aimed at children.
But that doesn't mean it doesn't have it's adult fans.(Wow, I just noticed I'm an adult. :()

That also doesn't mean that there aren't some anime that are aimed at older people.

...I seriously doubt you would see many adults in Japan with anime ringtones, though. What are you quoting?

Also: what's to say this "Priestess of Tetis" person's opinion is anymore valid than mine? I could write up something real quick, stick it on an Angelfire page, and add a link to my wapanese email at the bottom, too. Would doing that make me an expert?
>Misconception #1: "Anime is not for children"
>Sailormoon, Pokemon, Gundam, Card Captor Sakura, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, Marmalade Boy, Fushigi Yuugi, GTO, Detective Conan, One Piece, Hime-chan’s Ribbon, Chou Kuse ni Narisou, Yuu Yuu Hakushou, You’re Under Arrest…. ALL of these shows were intended for children (elementary school through early junior high at the LATEST).

Yep, that is/was a common misconception. Although, none of those are really the darker shows. Some shows, especially the ones that get big movies spin-offs like any given "Gundam" title, might be aimed at kids... as well as the whole family.
>But if you are in high school or older and you love anime, you are just as much an anime otaku in Japan as you are in America.

Agreed.
>Misconception #3: "American releases of anime are bad because they leave out the swearing"

I've never heard any one bring this out. That is, with the exception of when swearing was translated, but then editing out/down for TV release, or to make it more child-friendly. In that case she couldn't argue that that's what the translators thought it would translate to... since they didn't translate it to that.
>Misconception #4: "But the Japanese voice actors are just so much better than the dub!"

I agree with her that this used to be a common misconception. I haven't heard it recently, but then again I haven't really been hanging out at any anime communities lately. Two things though:
 
1: Most people usually only say that after having seen the sub frst, and got used to the Japanese VAs, myself included. There were plenty of anime that I've saw in English first and liked/were okay with the VAs.

2: That section is full of her opinions. "Such and such isn't a good actor"- others might, and probably do, disagree.

>Misconception #5: "Anime songs and anime music is popular music in Japan"
>Aside from an occasional theme song done by a popular artist or group(...)
>I don’t think many of you were under this misconception, but I sure was ^_^;

Does that misconception exist..?

Bleh, after reading and then responding to all of that, I feel I lost braincells. Were all of those popular misconceptions or just misconception that she had. Sounds like a case of someone who took a trip to Japan and came back thinking she was an expert.

>>10
Ok, I'll do that.

If you're over 11 and still watch anime\cartoons, you need to grow the fuck up and act your age.

so kids in japan watch hentai all the time?
i mean its a cartoon/animation where a son rapes his mum, or multi-tentacle aliens mate with a school girl, this is the norm in japan?

>>14
Thats for immature adults

Well the Japanese have a lot more confidence in teir children.
Yes, Anime is for children, and we non Japanese like it even when we're grown-up cause we grew up with silly role-modelish-crap,like sonic says, orko says whoever says something.
That's why!
(He-Man owns tho ,so bleh)
I'm gonna watch Eureka7 now

>>14
Wow way to again not ready what was said. Here let me paste it for you and read carefully:

"Go talk to anyone who actually works in the anime industry who the VAST MAJORITY of anime shows are targeted for. Guess who they will say? Children and young teens."

Almost all anime is for children. Only a very, very, very small amount is made for immature adults with no social life.

Face it, animu fags. Animation is for kids in Japan, just like it's for kids here. Fucking deal with the fact that your tastes are infantile.

anime isn't for children, it's for manchildren who live in their parent's basement and spend all their allowance or earnings from their IT jobs on merchandise and overpriced dvd's. a show like elfen lied wouldn't be watched by children, but it sure as fuck wouldn't be watched by mature adults either. NYUUUUU

Even Dragonball had titties in it. Don't kid yourselves. You're watching children's cartoons and acting like it's art because you don't want to admit you're emotionally stunted.

>>13
If you where adult, you wouldnt show such a childish attitude.

Therefore, your grounds to tell anyone else they're acting like a child for watching any sort of program immediately drops to 0.

Also, shows are not rated to their target audience.  They're rated in direct relation to what age groups should be allowed to watch, minimum.  The anime market does not target children; it makes anime child friendly, just like every other media market.

You fail for the lack of understanding of a rating system.  Any adult can watch anime, with their dignity and their maturity fully intact.  Anime or media that is 'for' adults should be watched by adults only, anime or media that is 'for' children can be watched by any age group safely.  The only point here, is that some adults might not be interested in many all-age friendly programs.  This is the only part in which your opinion matters.  If you, yourself, think anime is 'kiddy', then that's your own opinion; and you're welcome to not watch it.

What an Adult shouldnt do, though, is troll on an online forum, and spam false misconceptions leading to confusion and unrest of an internet community.  Shame on you.

>>21
You live in a deluded world. Next time you go to a anime con talk to some of the japanese industry people and ask them who exactly the vast, vast majority of anime titles are made for. Then you'll realize your obsession over kid's cartoons is pretty sad

>>23
I dont, actually.  And I havnt watched anime for years, so you again fail at thinking I have an obsession with it.  If anyone is to realize somthing here, it's that you're meager opinion dosnt mean anything, to many people.

Even if the 'japanese industry people' where to say 'Anime is mostly targeted towards children', that would still mean absolutely nothing.  The same people will watch it who have been watching it for years, and there's still nothing wrong with that.

It's only when people who have a severe schism of their childhood, feeling that they must always be 'more adult' in their lifestyle start saying 'no, doing that makes you a child' that it really becomes a problem.  People generally like to enjoy their lifestyle, and they fill it with objects of comfurt when they can; anime being somthing of comfurt for many people.  And it's absolutely normal.

Just because your childhood may or may not have been a trainwreck, it dosnt mean that you need to force your crooked outlook on everyone else; believing that once you hit 'adulthood' (which your own adulthood is now in question) that you should strip away anothing resembling a childhood.  People dont live like that.  Go outside, watch some kids play.  Try not to hurt any of them.

In despite everything you've put in this thread, it still dosnt change the fact that programs for 'young people' are accepted for viewing for all age groups.  The only thing holding you back is your close-minded opinion.

>>24
Hey moron, wtf you on about?

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>>29

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I once lived in Japan. Anime was very popular among teenage girls and young children, and manga was popular among everyone, but most adults were too busy working to engage in ANY recreational activities.

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What?