| 12 year old and me can both enjoy Hunter X Hunter Nothing wrong with that |
I still love watching Pretty Cure and I don't see anything wrong with that. |
SerafosFeb 26, 2024 5:36 AM
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| When i was young i loved shonens like naruto, dbz and hunter x hunter but once i became adult i moved on to ecchis like queen's blade and bikini warriors. |
| It may mean that that particular anime is so good that it can be enjoyed both by children and by adults. Trascends age sort of thing. Not an easy thing to do, but it happens. |
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| Do 13yo kids watch anything beside shounenshit? |
| Hasn't happened to me, so I can only hypothesize, but I don't see any reason to be concerned or care about that in the first place. |
| I generally think anyone should enjoy whatever they want as long as it's age appropriate. Most of the shows I find enjoyable probably aren't geared towards a younger audience. At least as far as I'm aware - I have no idea what kind of shenanigans 13 year olds are getting up to on the internet these days lol Kinda random but if I had the time for it I'd consider watching the new Digimon animes. It's been a decade or two since I played the games (PS2 games were so much fun) or watched the original show but I think I could still find some enjoyment in it. |
| Nah, doesn't bother me. An Anime can be appealing for both kids and adults, usually they perceive it differently or enjoy different aspects of the show, but that's no problem. |
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| As long as you still are an anime fan, everything is possibly enjoyable. You're just gonna grow out of anime, eventually. |
Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone. Helpppppp!  |
| Nothing wrong with liking anime that younger people also enjoy watching, it’s up to the person on what they like and if some of the stuff they like is shared with teenagers and children, that doesn’t hurt anyone. |
 "You fought to the end. You survived. That's why you're here now. I think that's something you should be more proud of." - Vladilena Milizé |
| That's silly. Disney movies and TV cartoons like SpongeBob and Adventure Time are enjoyed by both kids and adults, and nobody bats an eye about it. Why should anyone have to feel insecure about anime like that? |
| Yes hence why adults should only watch LotGH and Texhnolyze to make them kids bored |
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| I will never feel ashamed to say that Keroro is a great comedy show. |
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Reply to SgtBateMan
As long as you still are an anime fan, everything is possibly enjoyable. You're just gonna grow out of anime, eventually.
Yeah, About That; Middle-Aged Early-Millennial here... More Passionate about Anime then i was when i first started down this road as a middle-teen, twenty-five years ago. So... i Dunno; Perhaps i'm merely Autistic, or, Mentally-Stunted... or something of the like. Or, Perhaps... i simply prefer to stick stubbornly by the things in life that actually connect and stay with me... and To Hell with all the Societal and Peer Pressure to Keep within some ideal sense of Mental Lockstep with the Joneses. TLDR; i've been through Far too much Crap over the last twenty years to be bothered fretting over what "They Might Happen To Think" I NEED my Small Slice of Happiness within this World... I DEMAND It.  |
MasterTasukeFeb 26, 2024 7:25 AM
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| Oh so by that logic I should be concerned that I've enjoyed og Gundam, Shounens, Star Wars and stuff like that? Naaah there are stuff which can be enjoyed by both, not to mention that a kid can still watch an "adult" targeted product as easily as adults, by myself I've been doing it when I was still a lil teen of 12yo. |
| As CS Lewis succinctly said "when I became an adult I put away my fear of childish things", like what you like, whether you're a kid or an adult. |
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Reply to tchitchouan
When i was young i loved shonens like naruto, dbz and hunter x hunter but once i became adult i moved on to ecchis like queen's blade and bikini warriors.
tchitchouan said: When i was young i loved shonens like naruto, dbz and hunter x hunter but once i became adult i moved on to ecchis like queen's blade and bikini warriors. I'm kid of similar here as I started in my teens. You can still enjoy anime that are for kids or so like Pokemon and digimon, even though we many of us grew up with it, as an adult (wether you're still single or have started a family of your own and such) until you're no longer interested in it as a hobby of sort. |
| Why would it be of any concern? It's not like once we turn 18 we have to suddenly stop liking whatever we liked as children. Same with discovering new content, there's always something to be found in any media for anyone, regardless of age or supposed target audience. |
| Nah, I don't care at all, it actually makes me glad that such a good show is able to entertain so many people, with different ages |
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| Indifferent, however I do notice some animes that I would have enjoyed more if I watched if I was younger. Or maybe not even "younger", but less experienced? |
97653222333 said: It's a straightforward situation: As an anime enthusiast aged 18 or older, if you love a specific anime that's also popular among children under 13, does this concern you, or do you remain indifferent? Would you be bothered simply because children also enjoy the same content you adore? No... and i seriously don't get what the concern would even be I enjoy MHA now as an adult the same way i'm sure i would've enjoyed it as a kid if it'd released back then And the reverse is also true, i've been enjoying horror and psychological thriller movies ever since i was a kid even though the target audience of those is adults |
Reply to BigBoyAdvance
Do 13yo kids watch anything beside shounenshit?
| @BigBoyAdvance Funny how a comment insulting what 13yo kids like sounds like it's coming from someone with the maturity of a 13yo |
| If you worry about people's opinion about you liking something "kiddy", you are still a kid. |
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@Ten You misunderstood, I'm not talking about re-watching the anime I watched in my childhood, I'm saying that the anime I'm watching now is probably being watched by a child too.
| @97653222333 So what? That doesn't make any difference, which I already emphasised in my initial answer (about finding the new content to watch). And I wasn't even talking about rewatching. I didn't misunderstand you, more like, I don't see the issue. |
| Not really. But thats an interesting point when it comes to anime. In the west, there are very specifically "childrens cartoons" and "adult cartoons". Where when it comes to anime, sure there are some shows like doraemon or sazae-san that are specifically for kids, I find that most anime can be enjoyed by people of any age or demographic. Whether you're 9 years old or 45, you could still like naruto. |
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| Loved Date a Live when I was a teen. Still loving it. |
 -Tohka is better than Kurumi. You can't change my mind. |
| I didn't have access to anime at the time, but some of the stuff I was enjoying when I was under 13 is still seriously good from an adult perspective. Not the slightest atom of concern. Thinking that everything you enjoy has to be soaked in sex and violence or whatever is juvenile. BigBoyAdvance said: Do 13yo kids watch anything beside shounenshit? Have you heard about this thing called "shoujo"? it's like shounen, only for girls. |
| Nope, I have never once allowed my biological age to dictate what I watched since early childhood. And at least from the age of nine years-old I watched R-rated-type adult-targeted content like what were supposed to be brutal and harrowing horror films and the like, and now sufficiently into adulthood I'll put on the early childhood preschool edutainment series I watched and loved then and still watch and love. It's so unnecessarily and arbitrarily restraining and constrictive to limit yourself in this way for no good reason other than conformity to some preconceived notion and stereotype of what a person should be, do, think, and feel at any given age. You can decide that for yourself, not biology, age, or some invisible hidden guiding hand. Other than basic biological material realities like the need to eat, drink, breathe oxygen, urinate, defecate, and sleep to remain alive, you can watch and do whatever you want. Imagining that you can't or shouldn't for whatever reason is all in your head. |
WatchTillTandavaFeb 26, 2024 4:15 PM
Reply to MasterTasuke
Yeah, About That;
Middle-Aged Early-Millennial here... More Passionate about Anime then i was
when i first started down this road as a middle-teen, twenty-five years ago.
So... i Dunno; Perhaps i'm merely Autistic, or, Mentally-Stunted... or something of the like.
Or, Perhaps... i simply prefer to stick stubbornly by the things in life that actually connect and stay with me...
and To Hell with all the Societal and Peer Pressure to Keep within some ideal sense of Mental Lockstep with the Joneses.
TLDR; i've been through Far too much Crap over the last twenty years to be bothered fretting over what "They Might Happen To Think"
I NEED my Small Slice of Happiness within this World... I DEMAND It.
| @MasterTasuke Sounds like an appointment with a psychologist might be helpful to you. I mean it, seriously out of pure concern. |
Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone. Helpppppp! |
| I'm a childless adult, none of my friends have kids, I don't work with kids. There is zero need or reason for me to interact with children under 13. Why should I be bothered what they think of my favorite titles? |
| I like Beyblade more now than I ever did as a child. Over COVID I got back into the toys with Burst and got into all the in-depth mechanics and stuff, so I started watching the newer anime and really enjoyed it as it felt both nostalgic and new at the same time. Just because a thing is made for children doesn't mean it is lacking in quality |
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Reply to SgtBateMan
@MasterTasuke Sounds like an appointment with a psychologist might be helpful to you. I mean it, seriously out of pure concern.
Not Really. the "Real World" can in fact be a Very Rough Place for some people. What can some Psychologist tell me that i have not already long since pondered upon all on my own?!? i've been through PLENTY of Crap over the last two decades... not the least of which being a chronic, recurrent Physical Ailment that i've been struggling to keep in a state of remission ever since it escalated into a serious stage from about my mid/late-teenhood onward. Today, i am on a VERY Expensive, Bimonthly-Dosed medication to keep it in check. Thank the Lord that that it is fully covered by Medicare; i would NEVER even begin to be able to afford it. So; when i claim that i Require the things that are Beautiful to me and bring personal happiness... i do in fact mean that they were/are very closely-held, hard-won personal blessings that i take quite seriously indeed... and DO NOT stand to broach the notion of losing any of them lightly... |
MasterTasukeFeb 26, 2024 9:21 PM
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| Eh. If I only enjoyed anime made for 12 y/o boys I might be a tad concerned, but I like plenty of "adult" stuff, so there's nothing special about it. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
Reply to MasterTasuke
Not Really. the "Real World" can in fact be a Very Rough Place for some people.
What can some Psychologist tell me that i have not already long since pondered upon all on my own?!?
i've been through PLENTY of Crap over the last two decades...
not the least of which being a chronic, recurrent Physical Ailment that i've been struggling to keep in a state of remission
ever since it escalated into a serious stage from about my mid/late-teenhood onward.
Today, i am on a VERY Expensive, Bimonthly-Dosed medication to keep it in check.
Thank the Lord that that it is fully covered by Medicare; i would NEVER even begin to be able to afford it.
So; when i claim that i Require the things that are Beautiful to me and bring personal happiness...
i do in fact mean that they were/are very closely-held, hard-won personal blessings
that i take quite seriously indeed... and DO NOT stand to broach the notion of losing any of them lightly...
| @MasterTasuke People (must) live in the real world, still. Else, they would just either non-existent or dead. |
Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone. Helpppppp! |
| In Anime 13-18 is pretty much the same stuff^^ Most likely you're both enjoying a fast paced, action Shonen. Anime doesn't really make huge differences in that tiny 5 year age gap, demographic-wise. I get what you mean. But you really shouldn't feel that different to a 13 year old, yet. You're also still a kid. You're growing up. You feel like you're the only one kinda maturing around your environment. You think 18 is like the pinnacle of adulthood and you want to leave that kiddie stuff behind. We've all been there. Don't force yourself to be an overly serious grown up, tho^^ Enjoy this free, easy time-frame. In the end, who cares? If you like something - watch it. Doesn't matter who else likes it. |
Merve2LoveFeb 27, 2024 6:34 AM
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| I'm truly not bothered lol most of the anime I watch falls under shounen and then there's some shoujo I enjoy too I rarely watch seinen or josei, I feel there is no age limit on enjoying something. 13 year old me had saint seiya as a favorite anime and 24 year old me still does. most adult targeted anime just has not interested me much and I don't have to watch it and drop the shows I actually love just because I reached a certain age. In general I don't follow the rules on aging I enjoy alot of stuff that could be seen as "immature" does not bother me, trying to fit under the mold of what a "grown up" is supposed to be seems miserable af to me. |
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| Concerned? Not at all. The only instance I'd be concerned is if I caught myself sexualizing characters that are supposed to be minors, but I seriously doubt that will ever happen. And if we're being real, a lot of content designed for children actually has some depth that is easily enjoyed by an adult... maybe even more so, because adults can recognize underlying concepts and themes. I can't really think of any anime besides some ghibli movies that embody this, but Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein are still fire as an adult. There's a lot of my childhood films I can think of, too. Also, I feel like society would genuinely be happier if we engaged more in childlike play. |
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| I am 30 this year and I still love anime like BNHA, Demon Slayer etc. I can't wait to show my son anime in a few more years. My husband is desperate to show him One Piece. |
| Brother I watched hilda last year and it was one of if not the best series I saw from said year. |
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