Topic of The Week 2 · 2:02pm Jan 14th, 2013
Topic of The Week 2 The Anime Fandom Why Anime is So Popular With People Of All Ages Written and Made by Evan Carlton on January 14, 2013
My name is Evan Warren Carlton and just like with last week it is time for the Topic of The Week so without further ado on with the Topic of The Week .
Last week I talked about why me and several other adult men are bronies this week i'm going to be talking about why anime is so popular with people of all ages so without further ado let's begin.
Anime Shows For Younger Audiences
Anime the word anime comes from the word animation and is used to describe Japanese cartoons made in Japan there are three types of anime shows, normal anime shows which are aimed or targeted by little boys like all fifteen shows from the Pokemon series that I no longer watch, all six shows from the Digmon series which I also no longer watch, four of the five Bakugan shows that I still watch because of how awesome and epic I think it is although I have never seen the Japanese version with English subtitles of Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Bakugan New Vestroia, (favorite Bakugan series) Bakugan Gundalian Invaders and Bakugan Mechtanium Surge so I don't know if the Japanese versions of these shows are more mature than the English versions of these shows which unfortunately are no longer shown on t.v., by the way i've never seen Bakutech Bakugan but I heard it's not as good as the previous four shows and none of the original cast of human characters or the original Bakugan from the previous series are in the show anymore so yeah I think i'll skip this show. (sigh oh well that's what we have Youtube for I guess)
Magical Girl Anime Shows
Magical Girl Anime shows are Anime shows like Sailor Moon, Tokyo Mew Mew or Mew Mew Power as the English version is known as and Magical Do Rei Me or whatever the Japanese version is known as because i've never seen the Japanese version so I don't know if the Japanese version is called something else anyway Magical Girl Anime shows are generally targeted for girls of all ages including women but are also enjoyed by a share fair of teenage boys and adult men probably because they think the characters are sexy and occasionally they fight villains and monsters LOL I don't really know this for sure but i'm just guessing, anyway other than the listed things like sexy or cute female characters even though those are in all anime shows again LOL this type of anime show has several female characters with superpowers given to them by some magical force or object when the girls aren't fighting monsters or villains they're in High School or hanging out together having fun until a monster or villain shows up then they have a costume change by way of transformation sequence, fight the villain and or monster then defeat said monster or villain with a magical superpower.
Shonen Anime The Most Popular Type of Anime
The third and final type of Anime is definetly the most popular and talked about in the anime fandom/ otaku fandom Shonen Anime with such shows as Bleach that I no longer watch or have any interest in, One Piece which I started watching recently, Yu Yu Hakusho which I also no longer watch or have any interest in, both shows from the Naruto series including original first series Naruto and Naruto Shippuden and all four shows from the Dragon Ball series including original first series Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball Z Kai or as the Japanese version is called Dragon Ball Kai anyway Shonen Anime is Anime targeted or aimed at teenage boys and adult men but is also enjoyed by a fair share of teenage girls and adult women, Shonen Anime contains intense epic fights between good and evil, blood, swearing on the uncut English dvd and Bluray releases of Shonen Anime and occasional nudity from both the guy and girl characters.
Otaku fans and Cosplayers
The final part of the Anime or otaku fandom for Anime fans is cosplayers who are also in every fandom from the Trekkie fans of Star Trek, the Whoovian fans for Dr. Who, superhero fans, The Adventure Time fans and the brony fans of the My Little Pony fandom, cosplayers go to all types of conventions whether it be a Star Trek convention, a My Little Pony convention, video game conventions, comic book conventions or a Anime convention you are sure to find people of all ages and both genders dressing up as their favorite Anime, cartoon, videogame or comic book characters and while some fans can be really obsessed with whatever they are fans of most of them are really nice people.
Closing Statements
Now you know a little bit more about the Anime fandom and Why it's So Popular With People of All Ages so as I say when i'm on the phone with either of my parents whether it's my mom or my dad "bye bye now." Now it's time for you to vote on what the next Topic of The Week should be do you want A. Why i've recently decided to start watching old Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network shows again or B. The Petter fandom for Littlest Pet Shop will it become as big and popular as the Brony fandom or C. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are they considered superheroes?
