| This is something i wanted to ask too maybe because lots of mainstream action trend to be shounen so thats why they are have teenager mcs since the target audience is young boys As for isekai most wants to start a new life so they born as a baby and then we see their journey from there or straight summoned as teen human or some object or creature? overall isekai have lack of adult human mcs too if you omit there past life selves but they do still have mind of an adult such as Rimuru or Tanya or Rudeus or Arthur. Another thing i feel like Korean System and Chinese Cultivation novels uses more adult mcs than JP Isekai novels Also Shojos are like that too teenagers mcs this time its Young Girls who are targeted so you have better luck with seinen and josei |
| try watching some action Seinen shows |
| It depends on the target audience of anime you're watching under action anime. If it's shounen you'll always see a teen MC because the target audience is teens so it relates to them. If it's a seinen it's usually always an adult MC because it relates to adult males. I guess they figure most teenage boys like action anime which is why usually a lot of Shonen will be as such with teenage MCs. |
| Action anime are targeted towards middle school to high school aged boys so the MC's would be of same age too. It's the same reason isekai MC's are usually adult salarymen who hate their life lol |
| shounen MCs are mostly teenagers but in most shounen there are many adults as well, the MC and his/her friends are the younger ones but almost every shounen has adults and strong ones too, Expect Tokyo Revengers, adults are dead there |
| I think they are trying to make the shows more marketable to their main audience which are teenagers. Their logic could be that teens would not find adult characters relatable, which may have a negative effect on sales. So they are playing it safe with teenage main characters because they want to be sure the series will make money. Also by your list only 2 anime are very popular among anime fans. They can't compare with numbers of Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen, One Piece, Full metal alchemist etc which all feature a teenage cast. |
DrSexyAug 30, 2021 8:15 AM
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| Well According to japan and general science people around the ages of 16 to 25 are the most physically appropriate for such activities because after the age of 25, the body slowly loses its steam and our bones become weaker, and our healing capability decreases making fighting in general difficult.. thus most action anime involve characters around these ages. As far as mainstream is concerned.PLease... I have heard this alot and frankly old anime shows are no better in this..(I have seen a number of them.. Its just a typical excuse to say old was better because this and that...without even mentioning the pros of shows and mangas that air today or mentioning the cons of previous anime s(There were alot of plot holes in previous shows mostly as well) People just pick the most famous one from that time and compare it with lowest of the low today..Thats not a fair comparison frankly.. With addition to that, action in general is not a deep or great genre in anime or anything because not alot of people know how to write good action. Though in anime and manga it is somewhat better if nothing else. |
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DeepRiver said: chronofantasy said: It depends on the target audience of anime you're watching under action anime. If it's shounen you'll always see a teen MC because the target audience is teens so it relates to them. If it's a seinen it's usually always an adult MC because it relates to adult males. I guess they figure most teenage boys like action anime which is why usually a lot of Shonen will be as such with teenage MCs. Plenty of seinens also have teenagers as MCs aswell, such as Kingdom, Vinland Saga, Gantz and more Yeah, I'm not saying they all do just usually they do for the most part. There's exceptions but to be fair the other two mentioned are historical pieces where the characters age throughout. I don't see them exactly as a show for teens with teen characters because there's plenty of adult characters which tend to outshine the MC at times too. But I think it does have a lot to do with in Japan they thinking teens have more energy and represent hope. Usually adults are stuck in their ways unless they are really young adults and have less energy and they're usually shown as always working. That's why even isekai starts out with an adult mc who ends up dying and going into a fantasy world as a kid/teen. So maybe it's a culture thing in Japan too where work ethic is more important than anything else for adults in Japan. |
| Really? What about Blade of the Immortal, No Guns Life, Berserk, Yasuke, Noblesse, Fugou Keiji, Vivy, Great Pretender, Lupin III, Kengan Ashura, Inuyashiki etc these are all shows released in 2016+ where would you put them? So no i don't think so. You simply have to watch more anime. I myself am not a seasonal watcher but even i can name this many and that's just those with "adult mcs". We're not talking about simply "adult characters in action" anime. If it was that then even the most popular ones like Vinland Saga, Fire Force and Fate series have a bulk. |
DeepRiver said: in Vinland Saga second arc where the story really starts, Thorfinn is not a teenager, he was a teenager in the prologue onlyPiyushSan said: Maybe try watching something that isn't Shonen or targeted towards a younger audience? The thing is not even Seinen is safe from this, action seinen as a whole is very narrow to begin with, and some of the popular action seinens such as Kingdom or Vinland Saga are also featured with teens as MCs, stuff like Gantz aswell. |
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| I think it's because most of the popular action genre tends to be Shounen. Shounen's target group is teenagers, so hence lack of adults character in it. |
| They are there. It's just that everytime they are either goofy/badass(Gojou Satoru, Dazai) or serious/weak(many unnoticed) adults. |
| Most action anime are aimed at teenagers so trying to make the characters relatable to the target demographic makes sense. DeepRiver said: But the thing here is that a lot of these examples are really old, and some of them are already considered relics from the past I'm only 22 but that made me feel old. |
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| I would say you would need to go back a few years in the time and you will not have any kind of problems finding action with adults in, no problem at all. |
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| I've actually watched a YouTube video discussing this very subject. Unfortunately, the video was taken down but I still remember the answers. Why is there an overwhelming lack of adults in anime? Target audience/demographic and work life. Let me explain. Target audience/demographic: The main target audience of anime and manga are kids and teenagers. So it makes the most sense for anime/manga production companies to appeal to the target audience who could spend the most money on their product. This works the same way with American cartoons. Companies in America, market to kids/teenagers so that they can make money off of merchandise and toys.
Work life: Work life is the most realistic decision with regards to choosing between using adult or young characters. Obviously, this leans in favor of young teenage characters. They don't go to work, therefore they have more free time to do other things than adults. They have less responsibilities, are more dramatic, still young enough to appeal to kids, and are still ignorant of the world that they live in. All of these weakness of youth, work in favor of storytelling and world building.
Personally, I'd prefer action shows featuring adults than teenagers. Adult characters are more grounded (less idealistic) and are less ignorant than their teen counterpoints. |
Anim3PunkAug 30, 2021 9:44 AM
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| cuz grown ups are lame boomer go back to rewatching gone with the wind pog |
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