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What's the obsession with 15 year olds?
Humanoidz:
--- Quote from: armitron on August 18, 2009, 12:57:29 AM ---Anyone wonder why most anime out there feature 13-15 year old protagonists? Most anime I've seen feature characters half my age. It kinda ruins it for me, but after I watch for awhile I forget about it.
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I'm starting to get that way. I've seen new shows added to the tracker and if the first line of the description says teenager or high school student, I immediately hit the back button. But there are still lots of good shows that feature young characters like the others say and there are plenty of good ones with adults. I pick and choose which isn't a big deal since we get new shows almost weekly.
--- Quote from: Annonymous on August 18, 2009, 03:38:12 AM ---Makes you think "why didn't those things happen to me?" huh... :(
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lol! Like the sudden harem appearance ;D
Proin Drakenzol:
hehe, loli <3
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--- Quote from: armitron on August 18, 2009, 12:57:29 AM ---Anyone wonder why most anime out there feature 13-15 year old protagonists? Most anime I've seen feature characters half my age. It kinda ruins it for me, but after I watch for awhile I forget about it.
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Because, unsurpisingly, the main demographic group for most anime are adolescents. It makes sense to have protagonists that the target audience can easily identify with, at some level.
Sosseres:
--- Quote from: armitron on August 18, 2009, 12:57:29 AM ---Anyone wonder why most anime out there feature 13-15 year old protagonists? Most anime I've seen feature characters half my age. It kinda ruins it for me, but after I watch for awhile I forget about it.
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Because it is one of the ages where we undergo rapid changes that are interesting for a wide demographic of people. I personally don't care about the protagonist age if the story and chars are interesting. I don't even check the age of the characters prior to viewing. (I hate the lying about age that law has inserted though. Where people claim to be a certain age when everything shows them being younger...)
armitron:
--- Quote from: Annonymous on August 18, 2009, 03:38:12 AM ---Makes you think "why didn't those things happen to me?" huh... :(
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Yep. I'm jealous.
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