Why is there a stigma in the anime community towards people who enjoy children anime? Like YuGiOh, Pokemon, PreCure etc.

@DesuMaiden Very nice, we need more people who watch PreCure (or any other children anime) and openly admit it in the anime community.

There isn't. at least I haven't seen it.

There is a stigma against the shows, but not their fans.

The simple answer is, I don't trust mangakas to handle children. Its the sad truth, theres alot of mangakas who start to sexualize elementary schoolers, middle schoolers and highschoolers, i stay away from these immature casts set shows because I know alot of mangakas are weirdos.


Im not shaming all children shows in anime, but its hard for me to give any chances, when I find somewhere down the line the children somehow get put in sexual scenes, or scenes where they talk about sex, or somehow the wind blows and now theres panties showing etc.

Simple Answer: I don't watch children plotline shows anymore because I don't trust mangakas to not sexualizee their own characs. But i won't shame someone for watching a show with a childish plotline with a children cast(As long as there isn't heavy sexualization)

can you give an example? I’ve seen plenty of children’s shows and never encountered this issue.

@DreamingBeats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz1E1sCh-3M&list=PLoFsBvi07TuyWJ3uFeE5YIGstiKVWmvfe&index=3&ab_channel=haribohappycola



Pretty much a whole youtube playlist, all i had to search was windy panties anime lmao

Good points by the removed-user. R.I.P.

Pretty Cure is one of my favorite anime franchises.

@Serafos maho pri is so underappreciated. i loved the many different transformations and attacks.
this reminds me, i still haven't read the light novel that is sitting in my drawer. will definitely start when time allows!

@Zamus_Edits
you didn't actually watch the playlist, did you? some of the anime in the playlist are rated R+, and virtually none of them are rated PG-Children.

a quick look through the playlist, Nozoki Ana (#50) is R+, My Dress up darling (#51) has a seinen demographic, although it's rated pg13. Tomodachi game (#53) is rated R 17+. SUPER HXEROS (#56) is rated R+, and so on and so forth.

there's a difference between anime aimed at younger children (mostly under 10. precure, for example, is aimed at children around 6-year olds) and anime aimed at teenagers. i was talking about the former, not the latter. it's also worth noting that some teens are adults (18 and 19 year olds)

I really don't think anyone gives a shit about this, I've seen plenty of praise for all the shows that were mentioned in the OP.

I've tried watching some of them as an adult and they're more simpleminded than copy/paste fantasy, but to each their own.

@DreamingBeats Children Entertainment can still refer to teenagers, people that are 10 or 6 or even 17, after all teenagers are still "Children."
Now if the person who made the post would have said PG-Children then that's different, but they actually did not.

So now that I know we are talking about PG-Children, I still wouldn't watch it, what business do I as a grown man have watching a show meant for 6 year olds?

@LostSpectre I'm not even sure if I'd consider any of them "children's anime". I mean, they are, technically, but when I think "children's show", I think things targeted towards the lowest possible age demographic. The type of shows I couldn't see any older teen or adult wanting to watch unless they have a small kid or younger sibling.

@FanofAction Precure definitely is, but the Yugi-Oh I remember would have been censored, so maybe not that one, anyway.

@LostSpectre Ah yes...censored yu-gi-oh. Back when censorship was hilarious. Good times.

@FanofAction Because who needs guns when you have an index finger? 🫵

There's a stigma around enjoying cartoons made for kids here?

I can honestly say I've never seen that on this website, as we all recognize that we have to be pretty weird to be here in the first place.

Anyone acting that way toward you is just gatekeeping because it's the only way to maintain their perceived superiority to you, and those are people you probably don't want to deal with anyway.

@FanofAction Because who needs guns when you have an index finger? 🫵