| I wouldn't say they're appealing so much as that they're just really easy to do. |
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| Thats really all theres is to it. You most likely can no longer relate. Bakamonogatari has a lot of talking If I recall. I had a tough time getting through that one |
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| I'm really starting to think that producers just find it easier to draw school uniforms all the time... |
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| It's just to set a routine I think. When it's not the main thing I don't really pay attention to it. When you check something like Shigatsu wa kimi no uso, they're freaking 13 years old. The same story could happen to a 70 years old man just as well tbh... or at least the twenties lol |
| I guess high school anime are just really easy to make. Raiichi said: When you check something like Shigatsu wa kimi no uso, they're freaking 13 years old. Wait, they're 13 years old?? Wow. I've never watched it but I thought they were like 17-18. |
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Nagirah said: I suppose they want to relate to teenagers as those are the most common anime watcher demographic. It's bit of a shame though, I wouldn't want to be reminded of school and hard work while trying to enjoy my free time watching anime. School, you can never escape it... I wouldn't bet on this one. Anime is still really popular to adults in Japan. |
| Because teens/young adults are the largest anime watcher demographic, so what setting can easily relate to and appeal to them? High School. |
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| why many anime has high school setings? > easy to relate for everyone. they are the last time when everyone still threated equaly, at least unlike work setings. also it's still memorable unlike junior or elementary. > cheap and easy to make. you can use one charater design and not feel wierd especialy daily shows. it's also very common trope so there is almost none risk on it. > high school is last part of puberty which have big impact on personality. there is also many excuse to use that theme > most anime target is teenegere. |
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| yeah I never really understand why in japan culture most things revolve around highschool children. EVEN THEIR MOVIES ARE SET IN HIGHSCHOOL! but I think it's like a cultural thing, since they have very strict rules and what it means to be an adult, maybe it's hard for the populace to accept or even fathom that an adult or someone outside of teenage years can go on a crazy adventures. BUT one must also consider the target market. most mangas may be read by teenage boys so they're targeting the biggest market for the biggest profit |
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| Probably because it's meant to be for high schoolers. Dora the Explorer doesn't really appeal to me either. |
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| I mean im not even in school anymore but I still watch shows like that and continually watch every Monogatari adaptation that comes out. You must be pretty disinterested in School Themes if you cant get through a show because of it. Also the High School theme is like a Superhero MC its easy to get the teenagers/kids to love it and relate to it. |
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| it's not like the mainstream audience in Japan are highschool kids, or anything. |
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| Easy and understandable plots can usually be written by using school as a setting, and lets not forget that anime's main demographic is aimed at teenagers. |
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| Your example is Bakemongatari? ehh. Most of the series takes place outside of the school. It definitely doesn't classify as a school anime. To answer your question because it's an easy and convenient setting to write. Also in Japanese culture youth is valued, due to their work culture, so its appealing for those who work to remember high school and such.. And its appealing to anime otaku who didn't have a perfect high school life. And it's easy to relate for actual high schoolers. A lot of reasons, really. Which is why its the most overused setting in anime. |
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| the same reason as why teen porn is so searched keyword |
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| Because in Japan, all the fun in life is kind of over once you start university. You have so much work to do all the time that there's not really a whole lot of time leftover to spend on some interesting storyline. In high school you have infinitely more spare time. So not only is it much easier to make an anime about high school, but there's also a lot more *fun* to be had in it. Or what, you want to see a 24-episode series about overworked college students studying for exams all the time? Sounds very entertaining for sure That, and you know... the biggest anime demographic are teenagers. Go figure |
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| we can all relate to a school setting, and its a good excuse to put hot/cute young girls in short skirts |
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| It's appealing because you can relate to it. |
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| They're simple to make and you can relate to them. |
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| I actually find them quite relaxing. Sometimes I just want a down to earth generic lovecom set in a high school. |
Mayuka said: A romcom set in a nice fantasy setting is better like Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii , Spice and Wolf and Otoyomegatari.I actually find them quite relaxing. Sometimes I just want a down to earth generic lovecom set in a high school. |
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DrGeroCreation said: But I don't always want to go for a quality series or supernatural/fantasy series. I like having some mediocrity so the quality series seems more whimsical.Mayuka said: A romcom set in a nice fantasy setting is better like Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii , Spice and Wolf and Otoyomegatari.I actually find them quite relaxing. Sometimes I just want a down to earth generic lovecom set in a high school. |
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Mayuka said: I guess that make sense but for me I can do without any anime being set in highschool even though there are some anime that are set in highschool that I like.DrGeroCreation said: But I don't always want to go for a quality series or supernatural/fantasy series. I like having some mediocrity so the quality series seems more whimsical.A romcom set in a nice fantasy setting is better like Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii , Spice and Wolf and Otoyomegatari. |
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| Again, it's the target demographic. And also high school life is fun, the pressures of life haven't caught up yet and at least there's time do something.. What? You prefer watching a middle aged man filing up his bills and trying to deal with his receding hairline instead? |
GesuYarou said: An anime with an adult protagonist dealing with divorce, finding a new lover and having to deal with lack of mobility in his line of work would be be far more interesting than typical shy loser teen in highschool.What? You prefer watching a middle aged man filing up his bills and trying to deal with his receding hairline instead? |
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| Its probably what some people have said already which is that it can be relatable to most people. After all the majority of people who watch the shows probably have been in school and will generally know what its like. Of course there is a fantasy-like element to it where people can be like, this is the kind of life I want or wanted when I was at school. Other then that it would be down to the demographic which is probably be people between the ages of 13-25 as a broad guess/estimation, who are either still in school or remember what it was like to be in school before the soul crushing reality of the world kills it off. |
| It's a very convenient setting that is appealing to the teenage majority. |
| Because any people that watch anime are in high school and they want them to be able to relate to it and the Japanese work long hours so high school is the last real fun a lot of them have. |
| because most anime watchers are high school student like me. |
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| I don't get why older adults are like "I can't relate to high school animu anymore"..........because it's not like you would suddenly FORGET all your memories from that time.....would you? I certainly haven't. Who can still remember their first crush? Their first date? That awkward progression into adolescence and accepting changes and losing things from childhood like friends or important treasures or the places you liked to play at? I'm sure MOST adults can still remember these things. It's like saying "I can't relate to the movie Inside Out because Reily was twelve and I'm not twelve anymore". But nobody would say that because it's BS. EVERYONE has gone through at least one of those things Riley went through and they can relate to her because those important memories don't fade away into nothingness unless you're past 80 years old and/or develop Alzheimer's disease or something of that sort. |
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plasma38 said: NNick said: In the same manner, to this day, no one has given me an answer to this question : Why are there no pants in anime when it comes to female characters? cause japanese girls like skirts in free time and school uniforms force midi skirts on girls during school time. So this has foundation in reality Absolutely true, this. When I was there in 2014, no Japanese women wore pants. XD Wanna know what they like to wear? Skirts, leggings or stockings and converse tennis shoes. My kind of people. XD |
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Chiibi said: I don't get why older adults are like "I can't relate to high school animu anymore"..........because it's not like you would suddenly FORGET all your memories from that time.....would you? I certainly haven't. Who can still remember their first crush? Their first date? That awkward progression into adolescence and accepting changes and losing things from childhood like friends or important treasures or the places you liked to play at? I'm sure MOST adults can still remember these things. It's like saying "I can't relate to the movie Inside Out because Reily was twelve and I'm not twelve anymore". But nobody would say that because it's BS. EVERYONE has gone through at least one of those things Riley went through and they can relate to her because those important memories don't fade away into nothingness unless you're past 80 years old and/or develop Alzheimer's disease or something of that sort. It's true, and I don't know why people suddenly dismiss certain anime series just because they can't "relate". "oh well this has never happened to me, so I don't think it's a good animu", okay well obviously this series wasn't geared towards you maaaaan -_-. One of the reasons I still love peach girl is because her situations she deals with in high school I feel are quite relate-able to me, but even if I couldn't relate I can understand how these thing could affect someone if they were real. There are a lot of corny ass high school series (same goes for any show, not just anime), but I don't think they're bad because I can't personally relate. |
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| What's so BAD about high school anime? |
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| Nothing bad about high school anime if they're done right. Usually they're comedies, romances, or dramas and those are done fairly well. It's just that some anime have settings like post apocalypse that don't even need a school setting but it's there because the protagonists are teens like in Owari No Seraph. |
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_Esper_ said: What's so BAD about high school anime? I think the setting is really overused, but honestly it doesn't really bug me too much. That being said... Well, high school is the setting for starters. It was terrible, and some of the worst years of my life. I don't need any reminders. Especially when it sugarcoats everything and makes it seem like some fun happy place that people want to spend even their free time at. LOL, rubbish. Secondly, variety is a good thing. Without it things can get predictable and boring. |
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| Aside from many things already mentioned, I thought part of it was because teenagers are generally the easiest type of character to show growth and development? And well, being a teenager means school. |
Kruszer said: Honestly, all the setting nowadays are overused. As for me, I dont mind what ever kind of setting in anime as long the story is entertaining._Esper_ said: What's so BAD about high school anime? I think the setting is really overused, but honestly it doesn't really bug me too much. That being said... Well, high school is the setting for starters. It was terrible, and some of the worst years of my life. I don't need any reminders. Especially when it sugarcoats everything and makes it seem like some fun happy place that people want to spend even their free time at. LOL, rubbish. Secondly, variety is a good thing. Without it things can get predictable and boring. |
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| Anime=entertainment for teenagers Highschool make it relatable for it's target market. Anime is not mean for grown up or adult. Anime is overall still immature type of entertainment. Highschool, RPG fantasy world,mahou shoujo, idol they are all overused setting/premise but in the end, 'it depend on execution' is what really make the difference for quality. |
ZapredonMar 4, 2016 8:27 PM
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
| Highschool anime is typically created for teenagers and adult perverts. I'm not saying normal adults can't enjoy them because stuff like hey arnold can be enjoyed by adults. I'm just saying your past the intended audience. Much like those grownass men who rant on how bad nick is now. |
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DrGeroCreation said: Well not for me because I can't relate with any of those and I'll probably lose interest really quick so yeah, I'll take 'shy loser teen' for now..GesuYarou said: An anime with an adult protagonist dealing with divorce, finding a new lover and having to deal with lack of mobility in his line of work would be be far more interesting than typical shy loser teen in highschool.What? You prefer watching a middle aged man filing up his bills and trying to deal with his receding hairline instead? |
GesuYarou said: DrGeroCreation said: Well not for me because I can't relate with any of those and I'll probably lose interest really quick so yeah, I'll take 'shy loser teen' for now..An anime with an adult protagonist dealing with divorce, finding a new lover and having to deal with lack of mobility in his line of work would be be far more interesting than typical shy loser teen in highschool. I like both ideas actually. I will say it'd be cool to see a series that Dr Greo was talking about, especially since they're not as common (or not as mainstream). I think both have their place and both can attract a wide range of viewers. |
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DrGeroCreation said: GesuYarou said: An anime with an adult protagonist dealing with divorce, finding a new lover and having to deal with lack of mobility in his line of work would be be far more interesting than typical shy loser teen in highschool.What? You prefer watching a middle aged man filing up his bills and trying to deal with his receding hairline instead? There are plenty of non anime likely very similiar to this though. Why not watch those instead? |
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