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

• missingno@fedia.io ⁨8⁩ ⁨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 ⁨8⁩ ⁨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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    • Unboxious@ani.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      I always thought it was a description, but it just seems to be an origin

      It’s both. It’s telling you “hey, if you’re a teenage boy you’re more likely to like this.” It’s also telling you that the writing is less likely to be difficult to read or understand. Once you’re familiar with what gets published for these demographics it tells you all sorts of things, really.

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    • Endmaker@ani.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨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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