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Is Pokemon really aimed just for Children?

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Roseheart95

El Psy Congroo
I think it's mainly aimed at children, especially the anime in recent times. I reckon most of the older fans are people who loved it as kids and never really grew out of it (not saying that's a bad thing). That's what happened to me, anyway. Although it's mainly aimed at children, though, there are still aspects of it which are definitely for the older demographic. I tried explaining EV training to a friend of mine who's my age, and even she didn't really get it.

Then she got annoyed when I kept beating her. :p
 
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SoulSilverMstr411

Hikikomori
I still stand by my belief that Pokemon is aimed at the under 12s. But if Nintendo can make money from fans outside the target demographic then good for them.
 
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Zoru Kuraido

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I'm not sure plot-wise, but in the original anime (unedited and without dumbed down dialogues >_>) there are several jokes that can't be understood by the youngest audience, and even refferences that won't be understood by the average japanese that isn't over 20 years old.
 
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randomspot555

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Zoru Kuraido said:
I'm not sure plot-wise, but in the original anime (unedited and without dumbed down dialogues >_>) there are several jokes that can't be understood by the youngest audience, and even refferences that won't be understood by the average japanese that isn't over 20 years old.
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The "unedited" anime is 99.995% the exact same as it is in English. In (mostly) early Kanto, yes, there are some more "mature" one line jokes and puns. But that's simply due to the cultural differences between Japan and elsewhere, and they were making the anime under the assumption that it'd likely never air elsewhere. Once they knew the audience was worldwide, they adjusted the content.

It's not some completely different show. The plots and the characters are the same. But some one-line jokes are different. That's about it.
 
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battle171

New Gen, Go!
The way the anime is running right now, I say it's targeted towards the current generation of kids. Think about it, Ash is STILL 10, and still inexperienced, for some strange reason.
 
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Nyter

Island Challenger
I believe that because we grow up, our perception of what is a good cartoon gets changed time after time. It's hard when a cartoon has to focus on both nostalgic viewers and newcomer children.

I believe pokemon has its times when they direct it at long time fans, and other times to the children.
 
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Vernikova

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Yes, it is aimed at kids. 6-12 age demographic? Yeah, definitely aimed at kids.
 
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Royal_Qeca

Pokémon Blue
Yap, Pokemon anime is aimed for kids. Nowadays it looks less childish because most of the kids like to see things more that way. This is what made the all "Pokemon" thing look for kids, not the Games and the TCG. The games have a lot of layers: just for fun, to train 'em all, to catch 'em all, metagame, to hunt shiny pokemon, etc... That way games can be seen for all the ages. TCG has a variety of layers as well: collection, just for fun, sell them later, real competitions.
 
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Willow's Tara

The Bewitched
I never understood or understand how Pokemon looks so childish or "babyish" at all, I have even asked people this question on how Pokemon was childish, but nobody has ever given me an answer (So I stand to this day believing they assume, not actually know why). I get it's aimed for children but I don't see how it's childish at all, why?
 
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Willow's Tara said:
I never understood or understand how Pokemon looks so childish or "babyish" at all, I have even asked people this question on how Pokemon was childish, but nobody has ever given me an answer (So I stand to this day believing they assume, not actually know why). I get it's aimed for children but I don't see how it's childish at all, why?
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diamond and pearl was a bit rough, but black and white is the most childish version of pokemon created, it's far far less violent then dp ever was and the animation make's everything childish and cute
 
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Willow's Tara

The Bewitched
I have watched the recent episodes of B&W (That aired in Australia) and I can see some parts that leads into it, (I still can't get pass that Scraggy as the same name as a hairy dog would, and that Scraggy's voice sounds nothing like it should be). But before them I didn't understand how the anime was in anyway childish, not so childish that adults can't watch it too.


Edit: I just want to add just because it's a cartoon/anime does not make it for children. Fullmetal Alchemist is not for children I really doubt it. And there's this unnamed anime that was on my brother's TV years ago, don't know the name but it had some nudity, so that by the ratings stand wouldn't be for children (But somehow violence is okay more then nudity). I have watched, read, play etc and do not understand how any of that is for children either, Harry Potter and the Hunger Games books are in the childrens section of the bookstores I see... Explain how those would be okay for children.
 
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Willow's Tara said:
I have watched the recent episodes of B&W (That aired in Australia) and I can see some parts that leads into it, (I still can't get pass that Scraggy as the same name as a hairy dog would, and that Scraggy's voice sounds nothing like it should be). But before them I didn't understand how the anime was in anyway childish, not so childish that adults can't watch it too.


Edit: I just want to add just because it's a cartoon/anime does not make it for children. Fullmetal Alchemist is not for children I really doubt it. And there's this unnamed anime that was on my brother's TV years ago, don't know the name but it had some nudity, so that by the ratings stand wouldn't be for children (But somehow violence is okay more then nudity). I have watched, read, play etc and do not understand how any of that is for children either, Harry Potter and the Hunger Games books are in the childrens section of the bookstores I see... Explain how those would be okay for children.
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ofcourse cartoon or anime shows are not all aimed for kids, but the fact is Pokemon is TV G which means it's about as childish it can get, and it's main audience target is 10 year olds, which supports that fact.

This still means anyone can eatch it, but a show that is given a soft rating is a childrens show.
 
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Willow's Tara

The Bewitched
Pokemon- Oh yeah I forgot to mention I do agree it's aimed for kids and all. I just don't know what's so childish about it (Also G isn't the childish it can get, P is I believe which stands for Preschool, I think there's another rating under G and P as well, unless Australia is the only one with that rating? Or it doesn't exist anymore?)
 
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randomspot555 said:
The "unedited" anime is 99.995% the exact same as it is in English. In (mostly) early Kanto, yes, there are some more "mature" one line jokes and puns. But that's simply due to the cultural differences between Japan and elsewhere, and they were making the anime under the assumption that it'd likely never air elsewhere. Once they knew the audience was worldwide, they adjusted the content.

It's not some completely different show. The plots and the characters are the same. But some one-line jokes are different. That's about it.
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Not to mention the English dub has far far more jokes your average kid won't get than the original does, anyway. Far more "mature" innuendo, too.
 
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rohit_1997

Wait,what!?
ok then,agreed that pokemon is aimed at kids.shouldn't this thread be closed now?
since everyone's saying the same thing,the doubt shud have been cleared by now.
 
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Honeyichigo

The manliest
(P.O.K.E.M.O.N.) said:
ofcourse cartoon or anime shows are not all aimed for kids, but the fact is Pokemon is TV G which means it's about as childish it can get, and it's main audience target is 10 year olds, which supports that fact.

This still means anyone can eatch it, but a show that is given a soft rating is a childrens show.
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All that means is that it's appropriate for children to watch, not that it's childish. It can still have mature themes and storylines (like Chimchar and Paul's story), they just have to be handled in a way that won't traumatize kids.

Tell me, if having a G rating means a show is childish, does tacking on violence and nudity automatically make it mature?
 
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Vernikova

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Willow's Tara said:
I never understood or understand how Pokemon looks so childish or "babyish" at all, I have even asked people this question on how Pokemon was childish, but nobody has ever given me an answer (So I stand to this day believing they assume, not actually know why). I get it's aimed for children but I don't see how it's childish at all, why?
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It's plot is extremely simple and there aren't any mature themes present in the show for the most part. They've tried to do some stuff in the past but it's all pretty tame since it's a show aimed at children.

Conversely, why wouldn't someone consider Pokémon childish?
 
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