| If an anime shows boobs with tits intact than it is a mature anime but if it censors the tits from the boobs than it is a kiddy anime. |
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| i might use the word "mature" to literally just reference that there's gore or boobs or whatever otherwise i sometimes like to say a story's more mature because it owns up to being more niche and completely dedicating itself to that fact; not relying on more widely appealing aspects (fan service, appealing visuals, explosions, whatever) |
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| Because it's mature, sue your elementary school. |
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| If it’s catered more to or the themes presented are more suitable for an adult. |
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| Since most anime is made to a younger audience, I think the less of the tropes you see often an anime has, the more mature it is. They tend to be very unique when compared to most anime, and maybe one of the only things that tie them to the medium is the art style. Examples: the main character does not have plot armor, main characters die, not every female falling for the mc, etc. |
| To me, mature is more thematic and tonal than anything else. If it deals with adult-oriented themes and does so in a way that allows you to take them (and it) seriously, then it's likely a mature product. |
| Graphic is generally the word associated with mature. Graphic violence, graphic sexuality etc. Violence is generally gore, blood, dismemberment even with out blood that make it graphic. Sexuality would be things like nudity of things that are deemed to be inappropriate for minors, explicit or highly suggestive sexual content. Suicide, sexual violence, domestic violence would likely qualify as well. Comedic violence wouldnt be. Would be the same as movies PG13--->Rated R--->NC17 I think most people can use their judgement and figure out where something would fall although NC17 anime is likely really rare. |
| The best thing I can say is the atmosphere created by multiple factors and I wouldn't be able to specify if you asked me. Take a look at SAO for example. It has a bunch of sexual assault but I don't think anyone is calling it a mature anime because nothing else about it is "mature" |
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| Mature anime has a narrative aimed at a mature audience, with themes adults relate to and understand. Blood, gore, and sex have nothing to do with it. You could have childish shows with lots of blood (e.g. shounen fight anime) or sexual suggestions (e.g. ecchi). You could also have mature shows with no blood and barely any sex (e.g. Rakugo) |
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| I think it's because the anime is not full of a cringy fandom |
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| A better question might be what separate a show from being 'mature' and 'adult'? Adult shows, which I refer here to 18+ shows, generally included sex, violent, cruelty and such, is not something that can consider 'mature'. A lot of writer tend to fail spectacular when they think that 'maturity' equals sex, violence, drugs and extreme pessimism as if darkness equaled matureness. I can be extremely cringe and somehow even feel like being insulted by the author. To be honest, the list goes more, like writing a angst teen story with existential crisis thinking it is something 'unique', 'dark' and 'mature'. When all in all, all those negativity is just one path that exist along with maturing show. But, they fail to realize that it doesn't need to have 'adult' content to make the show 'mature'. To me a mature show feel like a medium that communicate a message between author and reader. I know it is hard to balance, but a mature show is subtle and tactful in whatever they are presenting. The writing in itself has self-awareness in plot, and character development. A mature story focuses more on communicating how something affected someone and what it changed about them. Monochrosanity said: To me, I don't think having the themes presented being suitable for an adult make the show mature. A show can pick many of mature topic but failing to present the theme in 'mature' way would be just another immature show. I believe it is more on the 'how' part, but not the 'what' part.If it’s catered more to or the themes presented are more suitable for an adult. |
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| First off, what mature means in that context is "suitable to a mature individual". "Mature individual" means a fully developped individual. As you surely know, kids and teenagers are not considered to be mature since their growth isn't over. Maturity also varies from an individual to another, not everyone attains full growth at 18 years old, but it's the age where society considers an individual has acquired enough experience and has developped enough to be considered mature (adult) - in Canada and the USA, anyway. Knowing all that.. What makes an Anime mature? It is the nature of its content - what's presented to the viewer and in what way. Generally speaking, if there's presence of nudity or sexually explicit content, it is considered mature automatically and the Anime will be labeled as such. Though, Anime that mention taboo/touchy subjects - such as slavery, murder, incest, depression, suicide, racism, and so on - are destined to be viewed by mature audiences, since they can be portrayed in a way that impacts viewers not only emotionally but also psychologically. Hence why it is recommended to "mature" individuals. If I was to explain why that is, I'd hypothesize that it's to prevent developpement issues in younger audiences. E.g. a gory and excessively violent Anime could scar a kid/teenager for life and lead to consequences in his decision making processes or something of the sort. I don't know, I'm not a psychologist.. but I'm sure that if emotionally violent scenes can have an impact on mature people, their impact on younger individuals must be way heavier. |
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| As I see it, the maturity of a series has to do not only with the topics it deals with, but how it deals with them. It doesn't matter if there is nudity or a lot of blood, it can still be a work without depth or one that only focuses on shock value. In that sense, I believe that a mature work is one that does not interrupt serious moments with meaningless jokes, nor where the prevalence of death and blood is expected to be reason enough to be something for "adults." That is why I think that maturity implies a work that takes itself seriously and does not try to exaggerate what it wants to convey (be it blood, deaths, sexual content or whatever) |
NanoxjjJan 18, 2021 7:17 PM
| Mature anime is one that shows mature themes, like struggles with drugs and sexual frustration. I really think that things like fanservice comedy are immature. |
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| I really cant tell when a show ITS mature lmao |
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Elyts said: Yeah I didn’t think of that. Presentation of ideas is definitely a good pointer.Monochrosanity said: To me, I don't think having the themes presented being suitable for an adult make the show mature. A show can pick many of mature topic but failing to present the theme in 'mature' way would be just another immature show. I believe it is more on the 'how' part, but not the 'what' part.If it’s catered more to or the themes presented are more suitable for an adult. |
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| Anything that can't be consumed so easily by turning your brain off, I guess |
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| Certain themes and atmosphere can lead an anime to be "mature" The best example of a mature slice of life/romance from what I've seen is Honey and clover. Also I believe your friend recommended "Clannad" right? Clannad ain't mature but Clannad After story definitely is. |
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| I usually think of an anime as mature if it takes itself more seriously. Doesn't include a lot of fantasy elements and doesn't have much silliness in it. Examples of mature animes in my opinion would be Berserk and Vinland Saga. |
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| Interesting question. An anime that's considered mature has almost the same criteria that western series have (pov). For an anime to be mature it doesn't need blood, death or sex. An anime can have all of those and still not qualify. We may say that adult content isn't inherently mature. The main characteristics of a mature anime could be: > Plot is realistic, no deus ex machina (Doesn't mean characters can't be immature) > Certain topics in the series require some life experience to be related with so most kids or people without experience couldn't enjoy > It can have comedy, but it shouldn't be that obvious, it needs complex reasoning to catch up > In some way, the series doesn't focus on ''Moe'' so it doesn't look childish (there are exceptions, like aggretsuko) I may have forgotten some aspects, if you disagree with any above, tell me why with arguments. |
cbrJan 18, 2021 8:05 PM
Playay said: I wonder, is there even a base in determining a level of maturity? Should it include an emotionless serial killer? Should it set in a cruel world? Should it have a shameless sexual violence shown? I'm sure it's exactly the opposite. Emphasis on sexual or violent content is something that appeals particularly to younger audiences, at an age when you are trying to convince yourself and others that you have grown out of "kid's stuff" and so turn to what is supposedly "not for kids". But this kind of show is not "mature": its main target audience are teenagers going through a phase. Eventually you learn to appreciate works that analyze actual human experience, where violence and sex certainly have a role, but this role (except in extraordinary cases) is very different from gore and movie sex. In other words: I wouldn't call "mature" a show that includes sex and violence only to gratify the viewer's wish to see such things on the screen and experience them by proxy. In fact, the more it indulges in that, the less mature it is, in the sense that it is not aimed at a "fully grown" audience, which is what "mature" means. |
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| A "mature" anime in a sense is also the same as why would you rate a movie M or more. Since there is no distinguished rating for anime in regards to the target audience I would say in fact that anime can be considered mature if they delve on themes/topics/content that are not suitable to children and teenagers. |
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| I would call mature anime something that handles things that might be interesting to adults but not kids/teens. I guess such topics would be work, politics, psychology, family life, realistic war... I guess in general more serious and dark themes. |
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| Many people say that its determined by the Rating R, R+ or something or that it has to include violence or profanity to be considered mature. But I think its the exact opposite. Those aforementioned anime might be for an adult audience, but they are not using mature ways of achieving this. Well, this is of course something one could argue about. I think if an anime relies on violence and stuff like that to be "adult" then its quite the opposite of mature and even lures the younger watchers into it. "Hey, 15year old friend. I have watched this anime. It was sooo gorey!! So adult!! If you watch this adult rated anime you are so cool!" <- not mature in my opinion. In my opinion an anime can be called mature, if it is targeted towards (enjoyed) by an (mentally) older audience without relying on blood, violence or nudity. It can have topics, that younger audiences find no interest in or that are boring to them. Some examples might include Mushishi, 3gatsu no Lion, Usagi Drop. Of course this list is debatable and there would be many more. |
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| Since they are aimed for more older audience rather than kids. |
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| My concept of Maturity A mature anime according to me is something only rely on fiction for portrayal and would not overdependent on fiction concepts as plot point/twists. Blood, gore, sex, violence and especially psychology etc shown is anime are present to connect with immaturities present in adult audience. A anime which could rise above all this to be a real mature anime. Unless a stories can get past the the insecurity disguised as relatability, it can never truly be mature. I think novel adaptation are the real mature stuff (eg- The great passage, tatami galaxy) The rule based system of maturity This is the standard scale for anime based on maturity G - All Ages PG - Children PG-13 - Teens 13 or older R - 17+ recommended (violence & profanity) R+ - Mild Nudity (may also contain violence & profanity) Rx - Hentai (extreme sexual content/nudity) |
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