shadowkami
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Simpsons=/=Pokemon=/=BondThen that's ending the show.
And this isn't Pokemon.
This is the most idiotic idea that's often trumpeted on these forums. Pokemon isn't Pokemon if it's made for an "older" crowd.
That doesn't mean Pokemon couldn't be used for mature or deep plots, but usually when people say "mature" they mean needless gore, sex, violence, drug use, etc...
It also doesn't help that the older crowd fans, you know, 18+, are the vast minority of the franchise, and probably insignifigant as far as the anime is concerned. A show aimed for them would fail.
I mean, hey, if some violence addicted 15 year old needs to see some animated cleavage and explosions, then there's no shortage of franchises to choose from. But why make an innocent franchise like Pokemon into that type of crap?
They already do this. But they need to be modified so that the mechanics make sense in an animated, fluid format.
No, they don't. The Simpsons have been on for 20 years, James Bond has been around forever, and people don't whine about them not aging.
Please don't.
They're not even comparable in any way. You should've at least compared something a little more valid. In the name of example, Digimon. In the first two seasons, the characters aged. To not have characters age would be more of a time paradox. As for all 5 seasons there was no overkill of one main protagonist, not even the digidestined was monotous and repetitive as this trainer ash crap. The anime needs variation. A child won't play with one toy forever, he/she will eventually get bored and become preoccupied with another. It's a surprise that for about 10 years Ash is still the main protagonist and he hasn't fulfilled his dream AT ALL yet.
On a alternative note: I wasn't referring to a NC-17 type of show. It doesn't have to show blood and guts. I made myself very unclear when I said "mature" Less more of "Together Yes We Can!"(No pun intended), more vengance, a deeper plot, anticlimax perhaps. Who said we needed cleavage, T & A, and graphic violence to make a show mature. The plot line is weak for a children's show. I've seen children's show's who had a much stronger plotline than pokemon. Now you may reply as why I should watch those shows instead. One reason, They're too short.