Comment on [Discussion] What are some anime whose demographics fans tend to get wrong?

missingno@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The reason Frieren is classified as shounen is because the manga is serialized in Weekly Shounen Sunday.

  Today I learned the “shounen” label is useless for categorization lol

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  • missingno@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I wouldn't exactly say that. It's a broad category, but it is a fairly well defined category. Frieren ticks pretty much every shounen box.

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    • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah it’s definitely half battle shounen. But “battle shounen” is a genre, while “shounen” does not appear to be a genre. It’s just the groupings by age and gender (at least according to OP), but they’re only decided by the company that prints them, and determined before the actual fanbase is found, and don’t change according to reception. Doesn’t seem very meaningful for us.

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      • Endmaker@ani.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        don’t change according to reception

        I cannot remember the title off the top of my head but I remember reading about at least one manga that changed the magazine it was serialised in to reach a different audience segment.

        Doesn’t seem very meaningful for us.

        Disagree. I found it useful.

        After watching a substantial amount of anime, I noticed - based on my AniList stats - that I enjoy seinen anime more than those of shounen and shoujo. (You can guess which demographic I am a part of.)

        This made it easier for me to seek out anime that fit my taste - though it certainly is a self-reinforcing loop.

        I’d still check shounen / shoujo anime out; they simply have a higher bar to clear.

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