Sorry, that was my inner comedian being channeling through my outter comedian...
Now, of course I hate this problem, but then again, and I don't know if someone else has noticed it too, but it seems that now the children are more interested in Disneysque tween comedies instead of animation, so I guess that's why a lot of modern cartoon shows, while being for children, appeal to a lot of adults with risque jokes and Pop culture references, since they can't rely on the younger demographics as they used to
Thank God my parents doesn't give a crap if a movie or a show are animated or not.
edited 4th May '11 8:49:43 PM by Anthony_H
It's not that I dislike comedy. It's that I dislike the way that people try to limit animation to comedy. Your argument is similar to claiming that "not all gay people should be hair stylists" and "hair stylists are worthless" are equivalent statements.
At first I didn't realize I needed all this stuff...
Sorry, reading the statement again I realized I was overreacting, it is a serious Berserk Button to me, but of course that wasn't the point.
Back to the topic, the only time I faced some kind of Animation Age Ghetto was when I was in Junior High, and some of my classroom loved to bitch about how my group of friends were a little too old for those "Japanese cartoons"...then again, when they noticed how sexy were those Japanese toons (If You Know What I Mean) they stopped
...I'm not an anime fan, but it really bothered me
Often times, I run into people who are in the Animation Age Ghetto. I get them out of there while other times they just stay in there. There were attempts to break the ghetto but however none of them were very successful.
Pat. St. of Archive Binge
I'd just seen Thor with an old friend and her boyfriend. We'd been talking about other adaptations, and I mentioned Hulk Vs and Marvel's other straight-to-DVD stuff. "Oh yes, there's lots of good stuff in animation these days, like A:TLA, one of the best animated series of the past 5 years..."
"It's animated? Oh."
Ironically,she'd enjoyed Watership Down and knew of Deadpool without seeing Wolverine.
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.Something I have noticed is that a large number of cartoon nowadays seem to be set on the suburbs, instead of, you know, having adventures around. I don't know, it's a thought I had while watching The Looney Tunes Show.
Ugh, I hate the Animation Age Ghetto so bad. I want to be an animator when I get older, and all I want to do is make a mature for adults animated series/movie. I love like Adventure Time and Regular Show but if I tell anyone their response is "Wait, it's animated? Must be for babies then." I also hate how it is only for comedies. Like the only adult animation I can think of in America is stuff like Family Guy and South Park, which are comedies.
Same here Bray. I even have to deal with the Animation Age Ghetto 24/7 and I can't even be taken seriously with it. Heck I had even saw with my own eyes someone who was still in the ghetto(with a mixture of What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?). My friend was working at borders and all of a sudden he sees an angry woman(Who I assumed judging by her appearance was around 30 or so).
And she had a DVD of Batman Beyond return of the Joker(if you ask, it was the uncut verison. It even had a warning label from Borders themselves). And she yelled this which makes its way to the ghetto, "My son shouldn't be watching this! Its dark, scary, and BLOOD is in it!". Just because its animated, it doesn't make it a kids cartoon. Sheesh, parents can be so stupid when it comes to cartoons.
I know! Reading the troper tales for Animation Age Ghetto makes me depressed sometimes. :P
What depresses me about the Animation Age Ghetto is that it left Brad Bird not to produce his take on Will Eisner's The Spirit. Which he wanted done as an animated film, but however the hollywood heads couldn't picture it working out as a cartoon. I think Bird's Spirit would have been a better movie of the In Name Only from Frank Miller. :(
edited 5th May '11 6:51:18 PM by Theoriginalblader
To be honest, I'm kinda annoyed by both sides of the Animated Age Ghetto conversation. I agree that treating all animation as if it was targeted at kids is annoying, but so what if it is for kids? Is "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" really in any way worse off for being targeted at elementary school kids? Avatar: The Last Airbender is definitely for kids, but it's still a remarkable piece of storytelling.
Wow, that mother should know that sooner or later, her child will have to be exposed to such content at some point sooner or later whether it's in animated works, other forms of media, or in real life, especially since content in curricular material supposedly gets grittier and grittier as students advance through their public education.
This trope is my biggest pet peeve. Really.
It drives me insane that people think western cartoons is the lowest form of entertainment simply because of how it is treated by marketing, media, and social agenda.
Maybe one day Animators and Artists alike will revolt and end the Double Standards...
YOU! OBEY THE FIST!Ugh, I hate the Animation Age Ghetto so bad. I want to be an animator when I get older, and all I want to do is make a mature for adults animated series/movie.
In that situation, make one of those on your own, and show em what you got!
And she had a DVD of Batman Beyond return of the Joker(if you ask, it was the uncut verison. It even had a warning label from Borders themselves). And she yelled this which makes its way to the ghetto, "My son shouldn't be watching this! Its dark, scary, and BLOOD is in it!". Just because its animated, it doesn't make it a kids cartoon. Sheesh, parents can be so stupid when it comes to cartoons.
Was her kid there? If her kid wasn't there, she's institutionally insane.
The whole thing just makes those people look stupid. It's like how you put a poster of Star Wars in front of them and they swoon and fawn over it, then you take a permanent marker, draw a few strokes over the characters, and they want to kill it with fire!
edited 6th May '11 7:24:03 AM by kyun
Her kid wasn't there dude. I assumed she was just part of the idiots from the Moral Guardians. Most likely, since she was insane.
edited 6th May '11 9:01:23 AM by Theoriginalblader
I would say the AAG varies on a whole lot of people, only because I can assure you that 50% of the idiotic parents think cartoons are for kids only while the other 50% thinks its for everyone.
x15 Wow, and I thought my cousin losted her marbles(before she got out of the ghetto). That woman needs a serious reality check by the sounds of it. What were the attempts to break the AAG? The only one I know is that Walt Disney almost broke it.

The Animation Age Ghetto seems like a serious problem to me, though it seems to be a broader problem. It's not just the attitude that animation is for exclusively children that I disagree with, but the attitude that animation should generally keep children in mind in any way, or even more broadly, the attitude that animation must stick to any stylistic, thematic, or genre constraint as a whole. I thought that TV Tropes generally lacked people with these attitudes, but I'm seeing a lot of them lately. What do you think about animation stereotypes or claims that it should be constrained to a limited number of types of story?
edited 4th May '11 7:23:29 PM by PDown
At first I didn't realize I needed all this stuff...