@CanisWolfred, it's a well produced show for sure (Death Note), and I should actually like it more than I do (it hits one of my favorite themes in anime, which is the "real world" being affected by the events at hand), but it just didn't mesh with me for whatever reason.
I'm not trying to knock it or anything.
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In regards to the "target audience", you are comparing an action/drama show to two comedy shows, that's not really a valuable comparison at all. You aren't going to expect a serious show aimed at teens and young adults to be filled with innuendoes and mature humor (though YJ does have some awesome occasional innuendos). What you would expect is mature themes and the fighting not pulling punches. There is blood, villains fight to kill, and most storylines handle things that would resonate with a teenage and young adult audience.
I'm not comparing anything. And the point still stands - RS is specifically aimed at teens/young adults, like it or not, it's a fact. It has nothing that kid's show should have. I can't remember any blood in YJ, but I didn't watch all episodes, so I don't know. If there was, then it was clearly a mismanagement and completely missing the point on Warner side. For kids, it was too serious and barely anything for them to enjoy it. TMNT is a smash hit because it has balance. Power Rangers to some degree. From what I know, Ben 10 series is a hit too not only for kids. Teens enjoy some epic plots from outter space, and kids some jokes for them and all the colors. That's important. YJ wasn't anything like that.
I never said RS wasn't aimed at teens/young adults. But you did compare the two; you used RS as a benchmark of an animated show aimed at Teens and Young Adults, but the benchmarks vary from genre to genre. YJ has blood when blood makes sense to include. When someone is stabbed or nicked with something sharp, they bleed. You wouldn't see it if you just watched a few episodes. But yes, Warner did mismanage the series, because they put a show that wasn't for kids on a network for kids television. The hired producers known for their more mature themes, they saw a storyline that was not really for kids, but they put the show on Cartoon Network and set the show in a business model meant to sell toys.
Oh well then...I apologize in that case, at least for this example. I don't know much about the series and didn't think anything that stupid happened. I just assumed it was like, darker Teen Titans or something, I didn't think they entirely and literally didn't make it for kids, because then why did you put it on CN like this....my god that sucks. Because American action cartoons (the like 3 that still exist) haven't been ****ed with enough the past few years.
It would be nice, cartoons with actual plots and characterization are rare. Even rarer are those that don't try to go the dark (for a kid's show) route.
The problem is when you call cartoons "kid's shows". Young Justice is dark, but it's also not a kid's show.
Last I checked, it's still PG. That's all I meant by "a kid's show."
So then we can also group shows like Monk and I Dream of Jeannie as "kids shows" too then. They are both PG as well.
I'm sorry, it just really peeves me when people classify PG cartoons as "kids shows" regardless of how mature the themes or content is.
I only meant that it's appropriate for kids. Kids aren't stupid. I watched and enjoyed Monk when I was 10, and I don't recall there being any content that I wouldn't want a 10-year-old to watch in the episodes I saw (I do believe there were some TV-14 episodes I wasn't able to view). Having watched anime, I can assure you that it brings a whole new meaning to word "dark", especially as far as animation is concerned. Call me when Young Justice starts dealing with rapists and decapitators, and maybe I'll change my tune.
Oh I see what you are saying. I agree with you about Monk. It's very much a family friendly show (aside from one episode where Monk is asked to talk about his sex life).
I really need to get into Anime. But then again, there is a lot I need to get into. Maybe when I finish Justice League and start and finish Avatar, I'll get started on Death Note.
I know this is going off topic, but has Death Note become required watching or something? The few times I've seen someone getting into anime these past few years, it's always one of the first things they seem interested in watching, which I don't get, as I personally didn't care for it.
Then again, I've come to see I have different tastes than the usual anime fan it seems, so in that case ignore my crazy rambling ;P
Personally, it was one simply one of the first Anime I heard of when my sister started watching it.
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