American YouTuber: "Japanese anime only depicts kids and teens because real life is hell. Japanese people want to go back to being kids."

昨日ニコラスニキが「日本の闇」という解説動画でサラリーマンの過労問題に意見してるときに

「なぜ日本アニメはいつもガキやティーンばかり描くんだと思っていたけど、理由これだろ。日本じゃ高校出たら世界はこの地獄になる。だから彼らが垣間見た最後の夢はガキの頃なんだよ」

って言ってた。 pic.twitter.com/p5T4uIrKvS

— 髑人形 (@otakobouya) May 28, 2024

「呪術廻戦とかでもティーンエイジャーを大人のように描いてるけど、それは幻想を描いてんだよな。俺は10代の頃いじめられていたから戻りたくねぇけど、ほとんどの日本人は戻りたいんだろうな。仮に俺が物語書くとしてもそうするよ。大人の世界は退屈なクソだ」https://t.co/epnIzAfc5q

— 髑人形 (@otakobouya) May 28, 2024

It's "Shonen" Jump after all.

>>3
Exactly.
They don't get it.
Even sports are set in high school baseball or inter-high.

>>3
They're probably being sarcastic about adults watching it.

Adults wandering around in a fantasy world would just be pathetic.

>>4
There are plenty of such anime, though.
Recently, Dungeon Meshi has been popular overseas.

Kids have infinite potential depending on their efforts.

Maybe it's because people want to escape from bullying at school through manga and anime.

Of course, adults with financial freedom are better.

Well, the target audience is kids, after all.

Maybe overseas otaku don't know because adult-oriented manga rarely gets animated.

The reason why there are so many "isekai" stories is...

A country with no entertainment for adults.

Kids might find it hard to empathize with adult characters.
Adults can empathize with kid characters by overlaying their own childhood, so it broadens the support base.
Stories where kids can empathize with adult characters are limited, and adults at a mental level where kids can empathize are usually pathetic.
It's not a loss to cultivate kids as a purchasing demographic from a young age rather than targeting only adults with income.

Ultimately, if there's going to be a battle, it's better to have young bodies.

As a fan of "Kodoku no Gourmet," I wasn't wrong.

The country of "Superman is awesome, I am awesome" has a different perspective.

If you watch the 50s TV series "The Twilight Zone,"
it's full of adults who are despairing of society and life or who want to return to being kids.

This person is still doing anime commentary, huh.
I watched their stuff during Attack on Titan.

American animation like Superman or Spiderman has adult protagonists.

No, I think he's hitting a very fundamental point.
It's true that there are few anime works depicting adults.
Even now, when it's normal for adults to watch anime.

In Japan, it's safe and there are few child abductions,
so creative ideas can flourish, but in America...

Adult-oriented manga often gets adapted into live-action.

It's easier to have a single school uniform for all characters rather than thinking about different casual clothes.

In the West, it's the individual versus society, but in Japan, society or the public comes first, and the individual is just a part of it.
So, coming-of-age stories for kids or young people work, but in a world where adults are just cogs in the machine, it doesn't make for interesting fiction.
That's why there are so many medical and detective dramas.

I think Japan is a country with an unusually rich selection of adult-oriented manga.

Old men have no room for growth.
If you're going to create a story, it's easier to write about kids who have room to grow.

First and foremost, manga and anime are written for kids.
Japan has a lot of adult-oriented manga, but they get adapted into dramas, not anime.
Americans don't watch Japanese dramas.
That's all.

>>60
It means Americans are only choosing to watch Japanese content aimed at kids.

>>60
"So, anime fans don't want to watch adult-oriented stuff."

"Kodoku no Gourmet" is just an old man eating food, but it's interesting.

In tokusatsu, adults have a significant role due to the nature of the genre.
In Godzilla, kids are completely background characters.

It's just that America doesn't have the culture to depict it.

Even in Ultraman and Kamen Rider, the protagonists are adults.

Foreigners should watch stuff like "The Fable" or "My Home Hero."

>>82
"The Fable" is basically a fantasy for 15-16-year-olds who admire the underworld.
"Ushijima the Loan Shark" makes more sense; I don't know "My Home Hero."

No, it's simply because it's aimed at kids, so they use characters that kids can project themselves onto.

Showing "Kodoku no Gourmet" or the "Shima Kosaku" series to foreigners is pointless.

There are manga that emphasize the hellish life of adults.
Like "Ushijima the Loan Shark" or "Kujo."

Makoto Shinkai's works are easy to understand. Think about why they sell.

Adult-oriented comics and animation overseas often involve social issues, which may have significance but are not interesting at all.
The genres are also very narrow.

Either way, it's escapism, so they're just boasting about whose escapism is more sophisticated.

Adult-oriented manga has started to be turned into live-action dramas.
Dramas have become image videos for actors, so there are no works that can be exported overseas.

Garo-style adult-oriented works aren't even translated.

All entertainment is ultimately escapism.

Even in society, there are lots of people who act like kids.

In Japan, there's still the pretense that anime is for kids, but it's too interesting, so adults end up watching it too.

American superhero animations aren't watched by adults.

>>154
There are anti-hero works like "The Boys" or "Watchmen."
Those are definitely not for kids.

In Japan, live-action superhero shows have a stronger image of being for kids than anime.

Just read Weekly Morning.

Such adult-oriented manga often get adapted into live-action dramas.

Speaking of manga with adult protagonists:
"Golgo 13"
"Kochikame"
"Rurouni Kenshin"
"Naoki Urasawa's manga"
They just don't know these.

In Japan, they often just make kid protagonists for stories that are originally meant for adults.
They probably want to make adult protagonists more, but they go with kids because it's a shonen manga.

>>189
Adult protagonists don't hit as well.
It's also harder to keep things consistent, and most manga artists don't have social experience.
They don't know the world, so they can only write about kids' worlds.

Even in Ghibli, "The Wind Rises" is about the adult world.

Americans who love superhero stuff shouldn't be talking about society.

Recently, Netflix's ranking was almost all Conan movies, which was funny.

Long-running shows like Conan are watched continuously because people who were obsessed with them as kids keep watching them as adults.

Comparing overseas rankings with Japanese rankings,
Japan is the only place where anime dominates the rankings.
It shows that Japanese people don't watch foreign dramas much.

Kids.
And usually kids with good lineage.
Like, they turn out to be from some prestigious family or lineage.
Maybe it's because Japan's important people are often like that.

I can understand wanting to reclaim a lost youth.
I've watched the American drama "Community" on Netflix multiple times.

It's true that in Japanese manga and anime,
kids are often in bloody battles or training.
It makes you wonder what the adults in that world are doing.

In American animation,
"King of the Hill" seems to be entertaining for Americans.
It's just old men having conversations at a BBQ.

>>345
I think of "South Park."

Top people admired by elementary school students: Benesse survey

3rd: Hoshino Ai (Oshi no Ko)
6th: Shohei Ohtani
10th: Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End)

Is Frieren even considered a person?

When elementary school kids admire a character, it just means they like that work.
The same goes for the ranking of dream jobs; you shouldn't take it seriously.
They won't seriously aim for those jobs.

I grew up watching Harry Potter, but did we really admire Harry Potter as someone to respect?
I don't think so.

>>389
Ten years ago, the number one admiration for British elementary school kids was Hermione.
Chihiro from Miyazaki's movie was eighth.
Kids are the same everywhere.

It's fine.
I don't watch anime, but I want to go back to being a kid.

Hit manga get adapted into anime, and most hit manga come from shonen magazines.
Shonen magazines target teens.

That's the reason and it has nothing to do with society.

Is it okay for old guys to act like kids?