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Yes, and a lot of the manga that get anime adaptations are targeted at children, so you'd expect the anime to be targeted at children, too. It's just that in Japan cartoons can have bloody murder and partial nudity and still count as children's entertainment (or young adult's entertainment, at any rate).
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No. I was addressing to the people my arrows pointed to. If I were to address to you, however, I would say you are wrong too. Many animes people oversee watch are aimed to children. Like every shonen ever made.
I know. I haven't understood your post, sorry. I thought you were saying the animes, just like western cartoons, tried to change their appeal to aim at children, which is not the case (as they are aimed at them since the start). I actually agree with you.
What kind of shows are you talking about when you say vast majority of anime?(ignore hentai)
"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."
Anything that airs in late-night Otaku slots, which makes up the majority of new anime each season. Anything aired past midnight is not intended for children. Obviously there will be some children/teenagers watching them, but they aren't the audience they are going for.
There are relatively fewer daytime slots, and most of them do not air anime that is half as popular oversees, though they tend to be significantly more popular in Japan.
The most famous of these slots is the one currently occupied by Ao No Exorcist, which is also the slot where the FMA anime and the last few sets of Gundam series have aired.
And then every so often you get something weird, like Gurren Lagann having that early morning slot.
Those all look like they were originally made for children.....
In fact, in Ao No Exorcist's page itself...
Even Full Metal Alchemist(look at the magazine it was printed in).
edited 31st Jul '11 1:59:41 PM by Signed
"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."
Uhh...no shit. Thats what I said. Ao No Exorcist airs in a daytime slot, that was the entire point of that paragraph.
And those anime aimed at children are also the vast majority of anime watched by people outside of japan.
"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."
Maybe the ones that have the vast majority of fans (One Piece, Naruto, Bleach etc.), but the vast majority of titles aren't for children. And even then, I think you're thinking of "children" as in teens, but I think they're talking about, like, you know, kids' kids shows, like Doraemon or something, which are pretty much never exported.
Eh, teenagers have the maturity of* children anyways.
As far as I'm concerned. Shonen=good enough for Children.
I'll be honest though, I don't keep up with what gets dubbed and what doesn't anymore. It took me several years after it was dubbed to learn that Zero No Tsukaima and Monster Princess got a dub.
But I can only name a very small number of late-night anime that aren't aimed at children that are licensed.
edited 31st Jul '11 2:21:13 PM by Signed
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No, they aren't.
The vast majority of new shows each season are late night "Otaku" shows, aimed at older teens and up.
Childrens shows like Naruto, One Piece, Fairy Tail, Pretty Cure, etc have a much larger number of viewers PROPORTIONALLY, but they make up a much smaller segment of the total anime airing at any given moment.
By and large I am not including such shows when I discuss aspects of how anime is aired, since they are handled in a very different sort of way.
Signed, you don't just get to make up your own definitions here. And who the hell mentioned anything about dubbing? Who gives a shit?
edited 31st Jul '11 2:20:32 PM by SakurazakiSetsuna
I'm working under the assumption you are talking about underseas fans.
edited 31st Jul '11 2:22:29 PM by Signed
"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."^
Also, overseas.
edited 31st Jul '11 2:24:34 PM by Signed
"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."
Oh, that. I was using that to transition into my actual point, how the timeslot an anime airs in shows what the domestic target audience is.
Most oversees fans are completely clueless about how the anime industry actually works, as this thread demonstrates. I personally do not care about the oversees market in any meaningful way, its completely irrelevant as far as I'm concerned.

Were you referring to me in that last point?