| I dont know, maybe because anime is targeted on high school audience ? |
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| Maybe both, because just like what Swagernator said, the target audiences are mainly high-schoolers. |
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| I don't mind it but the story and characters involved are almost always the same doesn't matter the series. 99% of high school anime are the same |
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Raahim-Zafar said: That maybe true but it would make thngs interesting They make what sell the best, the stagnation of anime industry is nothing new. You can make new fresh original anime that is actually good, but for what reason ? When it at the end sells like shit. It is easier to make adaptations of 999+ chapters of battle manga with high school boy who constantly scream and it sells, or incest LN adaptation about dense high school MC whose sister is tsundere and it sells. And sorry dude but you make a thread about "Over Rated or Over Used" school theme and yet you give garbage like gamers 9/10 |
SwagernatorAug 22, 2017 3:13 AM
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| Due to perspective roundabout of some routines which always based on a high school theme can be less predictable but also enjoyable. Contradicting express amount of tone in every segments. To be bother with that unless their traits are well executed through the plot. |
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Raahim-Zafar said: but maybe its about time people change their thinking Don't forget you're speaking about Japan, when that island ever changed their way of thinking. |
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| i want to see underage anime girls in skirts.. so im not complaining and lol its not about the audience being mostly highschoolers, its apparently about highschool being a much better time in many peoples lives. i don't the majority of BD and other merch buyers are highschoolers.. no fucking way and highschool girl fetish |
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| The thread title itself is the answer OP, just remove "or" to it and you have it :/ |
| Over-saturated, yes. Overrated? Please. Everybody and their grandmother salivates at the chance to take a crack at them with reviews that are so linear and repetitive it's basically the default party line at the moment. To be a high school anime is to never hear the end of it. To be a high school anime is to be accused of murdering anime day in and day out. All the while, shitshows with mature adult characters gets fanwanked to the skies even if they do squat diddly shit. P.S. Relevant: |
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| At least I already know what to expect when watching these shit. |
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| You forget the main audience for anime are high school teenagers, so of course a lot of anime will be in a setting they're familiar with. It would be nice if we had a more variety of setttings, I agree. But the school setting is flexible enough so it doesn't matter to me. You can do so much with it. It's not particularly limiting. |
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| I think it's overused to the point that you have fine fantasy worlds and some displaced apocalypse universes having to shove academies (this isn't a jab to bnha) and battle schools in there. I find it refreshing when shit is set in college or maybe the teenagers don't need a school. Such a revelation of a idea. Also, fuck everyone who says it's for the target demographic so they have to be in school. That's just a poor excuse for these writers who just can't come up with an interesting setting or refuse to think outside the spectrum of imagination. If anything it's just to pander. |
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| I think we need more school anime all of the school anime every anime will be set in high school or lower in an ideal world |
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| what did you expect dude who do you think is the target audience of the vast majority of anime? though i agree with you that it's overused. but what can we do about it? as long as people eat it up, there's no reason for them to stop making more of it. if you don't like it, then just look for something else. |
LoGH_Elitist_boyNov 30, 2020 2:28 PM
| I seriously don't think the authors specifically writes a series as a highschool or non highschool anime. People all have fantasies. You do too. In some they lie in the fantasy genre of anime, other it's a highschool rance where they are surrounded by girls. Is it overrated? Dunno. Who gives the objective rating? Also statistically every anime has an equal number of people who overrate and underrate a series. Overused? Well it's not like not having highschool anime would have any impact on the non-highschool anime, because the number of people who have highschool setting fantasies in their minds and those who have non-highschool setting fantasies wouldn't really change. |
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| I wouldn't say it's overused necessarily. If most of your characters are high-school age and living in modern Japan, then they're going to send a lot of time at school. School is where they'll have most of their interactions with the rest of the cast, so school is where most of the story happens, so it's necessary to set the anime at least partly in a school. Of course, there isn't really any reason why all the characters need to be Japanese teenagers. When you were growing up, did you read exclusively shows about people in your age group? I certainly didn't. But I can understand that it's a safe bet, tried and tested. Having said that, I do value shows that have nothing to do with high school, even if they're just in middle or grade school instead. They're a breath of fresh air. |
| It's pretty much a safe zone for studios to produce hs anime so they have something that they know will do reasonably well if they were to pursue something different |
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Raahim-Zafar said: Idk why but this is how i think the mangakas think "first ill give the mc an op power and then im gonna show his sad history and after that hes gonna enter high school phase where he makes friends and finds his love interest and then ill progress the story further from there " I don't even think most people refer to "Mc with OP power" when referring to highschool anime. I thought it was mostly referring to romcoms. Also mangakas? I thought the stereotype was light novels? |
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| For japan where high school life is everything before they go society for overwork to death life style. Is there something wrong? |
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Raahim-Zafar said: EcchiKingMamster said: i want to see underage anime girls in skirts.. so im not complaining and lol its not about the audience being mostly highschoolers, its apparently about highschool being a much better time in many peoples lives. i don't the majority of BD and other merch buyers are highschoolers.. no fucking way and highschool girl fetish I like what u said about high school being the best part of our lives but maybe it would be also good to see how people go through the worst parts of their life . Just maybe. i don't agree that HS is the best part of peoples lives, and it never seems to be for anyone i know. i've just heard from theanimeman, that thats what so many japanese seem to say there are anime like that.. what are you talking about? its not like every single anime is a HS setting don't forget the school girl fetish.. cause thats a better reason :D |
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| A big reason is that everyone goes to school and the schools there are mostly similar. It's a setting that resonates with all of the target audience + You can play with it in numerous ways easily - it can be used inside out or just as a vehicle for certain 'school' events So it's effective. Overused? Not sure. I'm never really bored about it. |
| Well the Japanese have always thought of high school as the best period in their lives so that may account to why it is used almost all the time, also High school Girl uniforms, 10/10- *SIRENS BLARING IN BACKGROUND* goddammit, FBI you know JK girls can be 18 too right? ALSO DON'T FORGET COSPLAY!!! (goddamn this joke lmao) |
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| I strongly agree.... There are great high school animes but I do find myself thinking more than often... "What about college?" "Careers?" "Adult life?" I mean these are just as interesting and it would open up many new themes and hopefully bring some originality to the table... |
Clanky72 said: And they're also the ones which will pay the most money for it. Seriously, adults spend way less money than teenagers. I seriously doubt it. Teenagers may watch more proportionally, but otaku money spending would probably mostly come from adults I'd say. |
| It's extremely relatable to their target audience, which is high school students. So it sells, and therefore will never be given up. |
Raahim-Zafar said: Every season animes with high school theme air out. Some of them are good like boku no hero academia, tsuki ga krei, haikyuu and many other countless but like is it really necessary to have a high school theme everytime ?? like for a sports anime you could maybe try a setting where the mc is a grown up and wants to race in 100m and win a gold medal for his country or maybe someone who wants to bring japan to the top in volleyball and for a romance setting you could maybe try something like end of the world theme like a war that will end the world and people are struggling to keep the ones they love alive . why keep using the same high school theme ??? PS: its not like I have a thing against high school animes its just maybe a new theme will be fun to watch Totally agree with you OP. They could use some new settings. But since high school is the most relatable settings to most audience, so it's quite understandable. |
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| There are still a LOT of shows with different settings so I don't feel like it is killing variety too much. Admittedly in a genre like sports it is pretty rare to find non-school settings but there's still stuff like Giant Killing, Ashita no Joe or Season 4-6 of Major that tap into that potential. |
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Raahim-Zafar said: existentialist said: It's extremely relatable to their target audience, which is high school students. So it sells, and therefore will never be given up. what about dragon ball z , Naruto and one piece these animes weren't high school related yet they are super popular since the 90s' Yeah... what about them? They are much more popular, but also extremely removed from reality. If we compare HS against anime in which it is about work life or university life, there are a fraction of them and most aren't very popular because it doesn't mirror the reality that high school student live in. |
Raahim-Zafar said: For a sports anime you could maybe try a setting where the mc is a grown-up and wants to race in 100m and win a gold medal for his country or maybe someone who wants to bring japan to the top in volleyball Back then, sport manga were following future sportmen from their highschool/middle-school beginnings to their 18 years or more easily, sometime you had moments passed in the sxchool, often you had zero of them. Maybe it is simply a trend of the past. Raahim-Zafar said: For a romance setting you could maybe try something an end of the world theme like a war that will end the world Also, check series animating seinen manga. There are a good number whose hero(e)s attend university. |
| A lot of theories have been brought up >Appealing to a high school-age audience >Convenient, easy-to-write setting >Easy to relate to, appeals to a wide audience >Idealization of high school >Short skirts Considering the vastness of this setting, there are probably a ton of other reasons for its prevalence. |
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| I want to fantasise about fucking young, hot girls. Most people generally prefer hot teens than MILFS so having a school setting will appeal to more people. |
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| Yeah, I think it's overused. I don't mind a high school setting, but only when it's appropriate for the subject material. For example, something like Oregairu works very well in that setting. However, there is a problem when they try to force a story that has no business being in a high school into a school setting just so they can copy the template of all the previous high school anime that came before it. A high school setting is easy to work with, so lazy writers just choose it because it's easier to mold. Also, even if it is true that most anime watchers are in high school, that doesn't mean they can't understand and identify with characters who are older or stories that take place in different settings. |
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| Have no clue, when I was in high school that was enough for me I'm sure High school kids careless about high school. They use it cause its easy and a safe setting that they can skimp and save money on. |
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