Will anime designs keep getting "younger"?

[KPawel]

Originally Posted by IamKira

Digimon was my childhood!!!!! OMG! I lost all my digimon when my external crashed I am going to have to re-download it... only season 1 though... that was the best

and yes I have noticed a trend in animation style ... the bodies aren't as lanky and some of the features on the faces are more childlike for the most part.

Seasom 1 DOES seem to have thew most-instestes characters (human and mon) of the seasons I've seen

[xyzone]

Originally Posted by AndreaDesu

I think is all matter of revenue,

Sadly the market of 10y/o or nearby is the best market for selling toys/gadgets etc from the manga/anime.

Then if we include a handfull of fanservice we end up with the answer of your question

Yes, it is of course the market and demand. Though I simply don't agree that the 10 y/o market is the one driving the whole thing. Everybody knows that anime is driven in large part by the teen to 20s market (and older), not the 10 year olds. This trend isn't at all about the designs trying to liken to the age of their audience, not even close. The demand for it is an overall one. That goes back to my main point and the one of this thread: what is the forecast for the future, the demand continues the trend or shifts?

[iPhantom]

Originally Posted by xyzone

Yes, it is of course the market and demand. Though I simply don't agree that the 10 y/o market is the one driving the whole thing. Everybody knows that anime is driven in large part by the teen to 20s market (and older), not the 10 year olds. This trend isn't at all about the designs trying to liken to the age of their audience, not even close. The demand for it is an overall one. That goes back to my main point and the one of this thread: what is the forecast for the future, the demand continues the trend or shifts?

Bullshit, shounen is the most popular genre, not seinen. It mostly consists of 10-15 year olds but sometimes adults (yeah there are people who like it).

The most popular anime come from shounen, but they are poorly rated. Seinen gets the best rating.

You know nothing about anime and your point is still invalid. Everybody knows that the design of an anime is driven by the category it falls into.

[nobora]

are you comparing pokemon to superman ? character wise?

[manganimefan227]

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