tomasowa said:To be fair, it all comes down to interpretation.
The simplest analogy would be songs on TikTok; most have emotional lyrics but they become viral around the World because of their hilarious interpretations on the social media application.
So content messaging can be a separate thing to its interpretation which can also add to its mainstream appeal.
Generalising anime tends be categorising the viewership as children whilst omitting the fact creators of franchises are adults, some of who are older than most on this forum.
The only place content for children are created by children is in a classroom. Or TikTok.
With that in mind, it is not a case of age per se but rather age-appropriateness of content to viewer.
Most of anime held in high regard here rely on rudimentary understanding of philosophy, coated with gratuitous shock value but capped at the intellectual level of a teenager.
These would include every so-called edgy title that gets glorified in Posts of late.
A sensible adult would be able to see this and feel both patronised and bemused at the sub-par intellectual pursuit on offer, myself included.
Other anime, however, are created with full understanding of the immature nature of their realities but does not try to pass it off as four-dimensional chess.
A good example is LuckyβStar and its daily teenage life skits, from the standpoint of teenage intellect.
A sensible adult can understand the logic, may even have gone through a similar period, and will enjoy the humour.
Interestingly, there also seems to be a correlation within their art styles.
Simplistic art usually equated as childish seem to be the preferred medium for more mature-minded messaging.
Elaborate and detailed art, however, seem to be the preferred fluff for the most infantile-logic tropes ...
I'd give this post of yours a thumbs up if MAL had such a feature. Reminds me of a quote by CS Lewis
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