| @VitorLeiteAncap actually the mid normie tier list is meant to be exactly that lol |
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| MAL really needs to learn to formulate disagreements in a way other than dismissive ignorance. |
| That's because shounen anime is easy to watch and understand, they're made to grasp quite a wide range of audiences, especially battle shounen. New anime watchers can easily enjoy them and have a good first impression of watching anime. |
| I grew up on them, I like the format. That being said, its hardly the only thing I watch. I've been watching anime for 15 years or so and I still watch new shounens when they come out, if they interest me, so its not something only "new people" watch. Don't limit yourself to any genre. |
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Jo_E said: Cause most of the mainstream animes are Shonen, and they dont know where to start on their own. But it isnt a bad start as long as they dont stay in the same spot. That's a fair point. Shounen is far from being a bad genre, but it doesn't hurt to diversify a bit. |
| "Why does Newbies gets attracted to Shonen animes?" 1. Battle shounen fans are the most vocal part of the fandom and have being such historically. (For example "The Big Three"...out of actually hundreds anime titles which reached western television.) 2. Just check all the requests for recommendations going by this pattern: "Hello, I am newbie and I have watched Battle Shounen 1, Battle Shounen 2 and Battle Shounen 3. What are your recommendations?". They will get even more battle shounen suggestions. 3. Many people have no concept of personal preferences and just want to be part of the herd. They are not actually interested in japanese animation. They will never do a research of their own just ask "What's trendy?" or check the ratings "X is rated below 8 and ranked 1200, it must be total trash!". CoreFinder said: fast paced Yeah, something happens once in 10 episodes, the rest is recaps and flashbacks. CoreFinder said: full of action 99% of talks how they are going to fight and prove their cause. 1% actual fighting. Also training arcs of 99% explanations how they are going to train and motivation speeches... waffleman00 said: Probably because they are teenagers for the most part All the shounen and shoujou titles are for teenagers. Still people prefer battle shounen and sport shounen. Better exposure. |
alshuJul 15, 2020 3:30 PM
| You always lose me when you start your threads with words like overrated. People like Shounen because most people like action go figure. Also they're the most likely to get western TV broadcast. |
| i prefer my anime to be simple and to the point. not a lot of thinking required. that's what the majority of shonen animes are like, and that's exactly why i watch it. if i wanted to something complicated that require a lot of thinking, i would've just worked on my college essay. |
Efu_Eichieru said: The only shounen shows that I have seen is DBZ, and while they are attractive at the beginning, they tend to grow out boring fast, plus fillers, predictable fights and extended arcs. Lastly I prefer to enjoy more variated genres when comes to Anime, since their shows have such a rich diversity when comes to storytelling, that I ignore shounen shows totally. Can't comment on DBZ, but it helps somewhat to not avoid the fillers (if you know of them beforehand), but overall it ends up being a repetitive sequence. |
| It's not just newbies that like shounen or "battle shounen". Even though I'm an oldie is still like shounen for all the many reasons mentioned in this thread (fun, fast paced, fight scenes, camaraderie, adventure etc....). You never grow old of many of these aspects. I tend to watch a lot more SoL, seinen & shoujo than shounen nowadays, but I still have Black Clover and One Piece on my watching list and will pick them up and indulge in a shounen binge every now and then. I only completed Hunter x Hunter 2011 for the first time a few months back, although it took me over a year to complete. Also watched Demon Slayer couple of weeks back and that was great, I thought it was darker than your typical shounen though, and more gory. |
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| It's simple, approachable, and highly engaging. Shounen has developed a winning formula for attracting large audiences with its spectacle and broad, easily digestible tropes. It's the genre with the broadest appeal overall hence its popularity. People who aren't as entrenched in the anime scene are going to naturally gravitate to the shows that are flashier and more popular than the weirder and more obscure stuff. This is true of every other genre or medium. There's a reason the most popular movies are Star Wars and Avengers movies and not stuff like Enter the Void. |
| A lot of us older anime fans (30+) grew up watching shows like DBZ, Pokemon, Naruto and One Piece. They'll always have a special place in our hearts. Even older stuff like Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Ninja Scroll and Ginga played a huge role back then. Call it nostalgia or whatever, but shows or movies that can bring back the same feeling now as when we were young will always be appealing. That said, I'm incapable of getting into some of the newer shounen, like BNHA and HxH. |
| Probably because they are in their teen for the most part and also its easier to follow and more welcoming then harsher shows |
| Don't fuck up the present, it's connected to your future! |
| Easy to understand story, promotion of good morals and virtues, memorable characters |
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loadingData said: Hunter x Hunter isn't new, it predates Naruto. A lot of us older anime fans (30+) grew up watching shows like DBZ, Pokemon, Naruto and One Piece. They'll always have a special place in our hearts. Even older stuff like Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Ninja Scroll and Ginga played a huge role back then. Call it nostalgia or whatever, but shows or movies that can bring back the same feeling now as when we were young will always be appealing. That said, I'm incapable of getting into some of the newer shounen, like BNHA and HxH. |
| Because there are more and there are more known among the non-anime lovers. |
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| People like vast stories which give you alot of enjoyable things. May it be fights, good characters or just a interesting creative story. |
| they're easier to follow and tend to catch your attention more. plus shounen contains some of the most popular anime so that's where everyone starts off. you can watch romance irl but seeing a guy have fire coming out of his feet to pass through space and time to beat up his albino time stopping younger brother who he thought died in a traumatic fire but ended up being a leader of a borderline terrorist group isn't something you see in most irl shows. plus, most newbies are teenagers which is the literal demographic of shounen lol. |
lighenlt said: Except Chobits is a seinen, and Death Note is a shounen. Just for your info.Bc shonen are more famous, people are more attracted to anime with blood,fights .... Personnally I went back to anime with a shojo : Chobits then Death Note a seinen it's long after that I choose to watch a Shonen it's was Fairy Tail |
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| Battle Shonen are appealing due to the easy-to-follow story, characters and fight scenes; also because they are the most well known to non-anime fans. There is nothing wrong with starting out with a battle shonen as long as you branch out into other genres. I won't say anything else, since I can't add anything more without reaffirming something already stated. |
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| It’s easy to follow and has a lot of action. It’s made for kids so not overly violent or sexual or offensive. Easier to digest for the mass not much brain power required. |
| Down on the West Coast They got a sayin' |
| Its a vicious cycle is what it is. say youre a snotnosed dipshit [non jap] who just got internet. and you still like toons. but your local crap is well crap. it looks ugly as shit. what do you do? google it, better looking toons, you come across anime. but which? only the most popular ones, the already popular ones. which just happen to be shonen [bataru shonen!!!] garbage as they might be, thats what you will easily have access to. and it turns out, there are more losers like you, whop might have come across the same thing. there you go.... now you can talk abt this shit too, everyones watching that same shit. what currently hyped what most popular...... |
Roevhaal said: loadingData said: Hunter x Hunter isn't new, it predates Naruto. A lot of us older anime fans (30+) grew up watching shows like DBZ, Pokemon, Naruto and One Piece. They'll always have a special place in our hearts. Even older stuff like Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Ninja Scroll and Ginga played a huge role back then. Call it nostalgia or whatever, but shows or movies that can bring back the same feeling now as when we were young will always be appealing. That said, I'm incapable of getting into some of the newer shounen, like BNHA and HxH. Honestly never heard of it before the 2011 version, which is also the one people refer to 99.9% of the time. |
| Shounen are simple and enjoyable anime, but its average quality is quite low You've got excellent shounen: Hunter x Hunter, Fullmetal, JoJo and Mob Psycho You've got ordinary shounen: Kimetsu, Shingeki, Dragon Ball You've got appalling shounen: Naruto, Black Clover, Bleach, Nanatsu no Taizai etc etc |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Perhaps, this is hell. |
Lucifrost said: People can only watch things they've heard of. Newbies have only heard of famous things. Battle shounen are the most famous. Or are they advertising Clannad on TV these days? I was just about to say this. People who aren't familiar with anime tend to only pay attention to the famous ones |
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| most of the people start watching anime from death note because it is very popular lol even my first anime was death note |
| Im not really sure. I didnt got into anime through shounen, but i think it is just the simplicity of the story and it gives you a little taste how great anime is ^^ |
| Because shounen anime are actually kinda pretty interesting and very easy to get into. The anime that got me into anime was actually Attack on Titan but nowadays, I'm not a big fan of shounen anime. But I did enjoy Hunter x Hunter 2011 which I finished four months ago |
| Because that's what new fans will see when they first get into anime. Shounen in general also has a lot more cross gender appeal than shoujo, I feel, so it's possibly the widest demographic. It also helps that most of them are easily accessible. You don't have to do a lot of digging, nor do you need to get yourself into anything weird to watch it. |
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| Simply popularity. Many genuinely good story's are short so they end rather quickly and people who are new to anime aren't going to notice them at first. They will see the big anime that are popular all the time. I think that is a pretty normal thing |
| I swear Ya'll watch some sub par shoujo anime like SNAFU or Toradora and think your opinion matters lol. |
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ohml said: Ya'll watch some sub par shoujo anime like SNAFU or Toradora Both are shounen tho. There is no such thing like "demographic guaranties quality" also some people watching nothing but battle shounen or nothing but extremely popular shows is kind of boring to discuss with. |
alshuJul 17, 2020 12:16 AM
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