Totamo wrote:Hawk9211 wrote:TheMikado wrote:
I think it’s fair to say it had more of a scope and range. It’s similar to the Harry Potter series where it’s themes seemed to mature as both the audience and the protagonist matured in universe.
My argument still stands shonen are mostly read by teenagers and middle aged.Now,dragon ball may be read by teenagers or even children but it always had a wide range.At the start,it viewers may be teenagers only or even children but after ten years of serialization and a decade after that is the audience boys only?Now,I am not saying they should turn into a seinen,all I was saying is that adult audience will like the story to be a little adult themed or complex,which can be done without changing the general e.g. dragon ball.I could even give you examples from american child shows like
avatar legend of air bender[spoiler]Highly recommended,
https://www.google.com.pk/url?sa=t&rct= ... cKjwjzZJDX[/spoiler]
.Not to mention consistency and creativity has nothing to be with age.
No but money does and that is the only reason dragon ball is back. The minions movie made 1.5 billion dollars on a 74 million dollar budget.
And we are not the main demographic? Super airs in the morning. You know like Saturday morning cartoons used to.
First,the children shows fall under “Kodomomuke”,children below 6,just wanted to end the confusion.So,shonen demographic is actually preteen and teens.What I am saying is even if target demographic is teens or preteens it can still be used to appeal adults.Now,I am basing this on other shonen like one piece,nanatsu no taizai,even full metal alchemist is shonen.A copypaste of theme of fma
The series explores social problems, including discrimination, scientific advancement, political greed, brotherhood, family, and war. Scar's backstory and his hatred of the state military references the Ainu people, who had their land taken by other people. This includes the consequences of guerrilla warfare and the amount of violent soldiers a military can have. of the people who took the Ainus' land were originally Ainu; this irony is referenced in Scar's use of alchemy to kill alchemists even though it was forbidden in his own religion. The Elrics being orphans and adopted by Pinako Rockbell reflects Arakawa's beliefs about the ways society should treat orphans. The characters' dedication to their occupations reference the need to work for food.The series also explores the concept of equivalent exchange; to obtain something new, one must pay with something of equal value. This is applied by alchemists when creating new materials and is also a philosophical belief the Elric brothers follow
Now,you will say super airs in sunday morning.Check the link I gave above,like super it is meant for children with no blood and nudity,at least from what I can remember.I am not even talking about blood,nudity or adult concepts(though I would not mind that).I was talking about a little bit of three dimensional characters which we have gotten before like zamasu,hit,beerus(they may not be written well),some logic(in universe logic),creativity(hit,darcori) and consistency.
