| Made for adults? [Polar Bear Cafe]Sexual?[Golden Boy] Blood and gore? [Tokyo Ghoul] Covers a topic kids wouldn't understand as well? [Neon Genesis Evangelion] Actually features something adult done in an adult way? [Wolf Children] Anime that cover a dark subject in a way that is understandable to kids? [Full Moon wo Sagashite] Or does it just have a cool mature atmosphere? [Cowboy Bebop] |
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I dig both those answers because I have been feeling it. Not that I don't enjoy mindless anime. I just find it hard to wrap my head around what is mature when anime fans say that then say they like Elfin Lied. Nothing wrong with liking what you like. guess they mean the rating on the tv rather than how subject matter is dealt with. Because when I think of maturity, I think of an anime like Wolf Children. |
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| @Shocked Ohh boy... Doesn't this look familiar to you? xD Anyway, maturity for me doesn't do anything about it's grotesque or gore-ish style; presentation in how it is viewed. What makes some series mature, or stands-out from others is that, the theme it tackles are just so unique you can basically apply it to human nature; as a whole in terms of action and decision, stuff like that. Although, if such series do exist, I will or at least probably wouldn't like it as how I would enjoy CGDCT. Just a personal thing. I have nothing against mature- either in art or theme, but the enjoyment it gives to me is not as much as how CGDCT offers it. In short, in some ways, mature series are not generally for "kids" because, well either the theme are hard to grasp or the artstyle is gore; not appropriate to children under certain age. And, to some it all up, I don't care just what the fuck it is, if I get bored of it, I will eventually and drop it, regardless of its demographics. |
| An anime with multilayered messages sprinkled across the anime that most kids wouldn't comprehend. Like the value of life, consequences, the right to choose, and etc. For example, Avatar was a kids cartoon but had a lot of mature themes. It appealed to a wide range of ages. There are adult shows that can be immature and kid shows that can be mature. And vice versa. P.S. I know Avatar isn't an anime. It was just the first thing that crossed my mind for using as an example. |
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| I don't watch anime to seek maturity or those types of theme so the way maturity is portayed never bothered me. I watch anime for what it is and enjoy it for what it is. |
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 Jonouchi-Katsuya said: I dig both those answers because I have been feeling it. Not that I don't enjoy mindless anime. I just find it hard to wrap my head around what is mature when anime fans say that then say they like Elfin Lied. Nothing wrong with liking what you like. guess they mean the rating on the tv rather than how subject matter is dealt with. Because when I think of maturity, I think of an anime like Wolf Children. The issue comes down to defensiveness and the self-assurance that what we watch is, in fact, justifiable in the eyes of others and to ourselves. That somehow, the quickest ways to assert that what we're watching is serious stuff is to mention things that have mature content in terms of graphic content. In some ways, it's a symptom of some current trend I can't qualify where we must limit our conversations to the bare minimum. "Essentially," "basically," twitter post character count limits, meme images, the ability to give elevator speeches, 30 second commercials, billboard and advertisement design - a lot of things feel condensed down to only what is necessary to gain an understanding of something, even if sacrifices a lot of complexity to do so. As I see it, in terms of anime, you run into the issue of trying to quickly portray the image of anime being mature, which uses gritty imagery with equally gritty subject matters. That's not to say that graphic content can't also be mature in thought, but when isolated, can it really be something mature in thought if you can describe it in a singular words or phrases? |
| It's just a dumb buzzword for ppl to claim they watch anime that isn't for kids, which ofc, most anime isn't -____- |
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EcchiLordMamster said: It's just a dumb buzzword for ppl to claim they watch anime that isn't for kids, which ofc, most anime isn't -____- Lol. In this one, to be honest maturity does different in a certain range, the only reason why some people think its some kind of a "bad" connotation is how they seem to connect the word to some kind of Elitism, which by itself is where things go wrong. Maturity comes from, many form, and of course nudity is in that category, well well, there's no need for us to look deeper into that don't we? xD When people associate different things to a somewhat negative stuff, shitty stuff always happens, in which I tend to dislike and frown upon. @Shocked Is-is that... Wow... kawaii Onee-chan... |
_Ako_ said: EcchiLordMamster said: It's just a dumb buzzword for ppl to claim they watch anime that isn't for kids, which ofc, most anime isn't -____- Lol. In this one, to be honest maturity does different in a certain range, the only reason why some people think its some kind of a "bad" connotation is how they seem to connect the word to some kind of Elitism, which by itself is where things go wrong. Maturity comes from, many form, and of course nudity is in that category, well well, there's no need for us to look deeper into that don't we? xD When people associate different things to a somewhat negative stuff, shitty stuff always happens, in which I tend to dislike and frown upon. @Shocked Is-is that... Wow... kawaii Onee-chan... That's definitely the definition that seems to come off lol |
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In which users just suddenly jumped-out and go on "happy trigger mode", irrationally thinking about shit but in the end, they're just too butthurt. I'd rather associate "maturity" from my perspective, in a sense that I will grasp a series in how I want it to seen in my own eyes regardless of how users/people see it. In the end, it's about how users see it and how they want others to affect them. I'm done. I've said my piece.  |
Mll23 said: Jonouchi-Katsuya said: I dig both those answers because I have been feeling it. Not that I don't enjoy mindless anime. I just find it hard to wrap my head around what is mature when anime fans say that then say they like Elfin Lied. Nothing wrong with liking what you like. guess they mean the rating on the tv rather than how subject matter is dealt with. Because when I think of maturity, I think of an anime like Wolf Children. This is an interesting point. I consider myself somewhat critical, but I find maturity is how you perceive a show. If you can look at the show from different perspectives and how you take in the information is what strikes me. As example, I felt Elfen lied in terms of questioning the system and its strategies in displaying segregation and self expression were done in a far more mature fashion than other shows This is so true. I'm basicly an expert at litterary analysis (jk I've only taken a class on it) and I see it as more being about how you view the [anime], so one person could watch elfen lied and just see sex and violence, while another person could see much more, because their personal experiances and views interacted with the story differently. |
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| Maturity has lost its meaning in the context of anime. Anything with gore or nudity can be considered "mature". |
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_Ako_ said: In which users just suddenly jumped-out and go on "happy trigger mode", irrationally thinking about shit but in the end, they're just too butthurt. I'd rather associate "maturity" from my perspective, in a sense that I will grasp a series in how I want it to seen in my own eyes regardless of how users/people see it. In the end, it's about how users see it and how they want others to affect them. I'm done. I've said my piece. Well, i mean... you're not wrong lol |
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| all girls high school slice of life you need to be a mature otonashii adult to understand it |
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Styrke said: Maturity has lost its meaning in the context of anime. Anything with gore or nudity can be considered "mature". Lol... Are you saying that just because the protagonist died, it is tragedy? In that sense, as the time passes by? Quite true and funny, actually...xD |
| Shows like Showa Rakugo,Space Brothers,Nana and 5 Centimeter Per Second are example of mature anime to me. In fact, 5 Centimeter Per Second is praised and single out as anime completely for adult. They are down to earth. Natsuki Imai, a Japanese television and film director known for her 2007 film Koizora, views 5 Centimeters Per Second as a film "completely for adults even though it is an anime".[31] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Centimeters_Per_Second#Reception Naah,I wouldn't consider Cowboy bebop for adult. Not at all. |
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
Zapredon said: Shows like Showa Rakugo,Space Brothers,Nana and 5 Centimeter Per Second are example of mature anime to me. In fact, 5 Centimeter Per Second is praised and single out as anime completely for adult. They are down to earth. Natsuki Imai, a Japanese television and film director known for her 2007 film Koizora, views 5 Centimeters Per Second as a film "completely for adults even though it is an anime".[31] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Centimeters_Per_Second#Reception Naah,I wouldn't consider Cowboy bebop for adult. Not at all. Funny story, I started this topic because a guy told me he thought Trigun and Bebop were more adult than Evangelion and NHK. Further that Eva was only for young teenagers. |
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Zapredon said: Shows like Showa Rakugo,Space Brothers,Nana and 5 Centimeter Per Second are example of mature anime to me. In fact, 5 Centimeter Per Second is praised and single out as anime completely for adult. They are down to earth. Natsuki Imai, a Japanese television and film director known for her 2007 film Koizora, views 5 Centimeters Per Second as a film "completely for adults even though it is an anime".[31] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Centimeters_Per_Second#Reception Naah,I wouldn't consider Cowboy bebop for adult. Not at all. sure 5 centimeter for second is the epithome of maturity if by that you mean it being about two liveless robots pretending to be humans in a movie that pretends to be about the extremes of human emotions but denies to give any caracterization or depth to any of its characters something that would be really necessary to make me slight care for what is going on |
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| It means that it explores its themes and subjects from various viewpoints, doesn't take things for granted, recognizes every character is the hero of their own story, doesn't make the story for easy gratification or escapism. Digimon Tamers is a kids' anime and fits this extremely well. |
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| A mature anime, as far as I'm concerned, should generally have at least some degree of subtlety and should ideally not be all "show-offey" with regards to its darker subject matter/themes. |
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| I consider sexual stuff to just be perverted and gore to be quite childish (Elfen Lied is very similar to Happy Tree Friends which is made for edgy 12 year olds). The rest of them seem mature in my opinion. |
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| cute grills doing cute things, because only adults would enjoy looking at underage girls with happy face. if you know what i mean ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ |
| I can't tell if some anime I watched is mature or not. |
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| Ecchi, blood and gore attract younger viewers, because sex is funny, blood is cool and gore is exciting. I'd say anime that deal with problems that a kid will never expierience are "mature", for example parenting (Usagi Drop), heavy psychological shows that require human knowledge or any show similiar to that and probably the setting. I would prefer a college setting, over the highschool setting and also the age of the characters, all those moeshows aside, I rather follow a grownup MC than a 14 YO boy. |
| Where the characters dont act like dicks...and are sensible about decisions etc... |
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| Maturity is where its 2deep4u for the mainstream casuals. |
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XIIIRed said: Like the one in a hundred show in this medium that takes itself seriously And the show that show was not Samurai Flamenco. Man did that show divide my anime club recently. lol. I did love it though. |
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| Allows viewer to think for themselves. No over saturation of pathos. Provides insight on a moral issue. Pays attention to detail of the setting, and stays consistent with its logic. Characters that are multi-faceted and complex. |
| It has themes or content targeted towards adults, which could be anything from: -Extreme violence and gore -Nudity and sexual situations -Pornography -Raunchy sexual humor -Complex subject matter children probably wouldn't understand or would be bored by -Contains subject matter that is deemed culturally "taboo" for exploring the darker side of human nature that children are generally sheltered from -Shows about adults doing things adults do like going to work, college, maintaining relationships, raising children, managing economic finances, etc. |
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