Your original statement was, and I quote, "the average age of attendees hovers dangerously far south of 21". This is true, but why it's "dangerous" is anybody's guess. It is completely appropriate for an anime convention to have a large percentage of its audience be under 21 because, as I said, most anime is completely appropriate for an under-21 audience. Most anime is created for an under 21 audience, and most anime is watched by an under 21 audience. Here and in Japan. By whatever metric you care to use. Number of TV series, income generated through advertising and licensing, studios engaged in such work, whatever.
Throwing out terms like "romance genres" is meaningless. Care to name some titles of romance shows created for adults? Do you have any specific sitcom anime titles that were created for adults? Name three family drama anime shows that were created for adults. I'm not saying anime shows created for adults don't exist - Lupin III for one was always animed at an adult audience. But the adult-focused series are vastly outnumbered by fifty years of goofy children's comedy shows (Dokonjo), adaptations of classic children's literature (Heidi, Anne Of Green Gables, Little Women, Tom Sawyer, The Yearling, etc) insane super robot shows (Mazinger Z and 100s of others), juvenile space opera (Space Battleship Yamato), girl's romance (Candy Candy), historical drama (Rose Of Versailles), high school sports drama (Aim For The Ace), and shows that defy categorization (Patalliro).
You may say that the description of "aimed at adults" encompasses most anime. You'd be wrong, though, by any yardstick you care to use.
It was always AWA's intent to create a show that people of all ages would be comfortable attending, that parents and children could enjoy. Fortunately, all we had to do was stay focused on Japanese animation. We have some adults-only material, but for the most part we've tried to keep things family friendly. I think our constantly-increasing attendance figures show this to be a successful policy. Certainly by aiming at a general audience we seem to be connecting in a way that the typical literary SF convention does not.
Sorry to hijack your LJ with my pedantry. Please, enjoy your non-AWA conventions.
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Date: 2010-09-05 04:35 pm (UTC)Throwing out terms like "romance genres" is meaningless. Care to name some titles of romance shows created for adults? Do you have any specific sitcom anime titles that were created for adults? Name three family drama anime shows that were created for adults. I'm not saying anime shows created for adults don't exist - Lupin III for one was always animed at an adult audience. But the adult-focused series are vastly outnumbered by fifty years of goofy children's comedy shows (Dokonjo), adaptations of classic children's literature (Heidi, Anne Of Green Gables, Little Women, Tom Sawyer, The Yearling, etc) insane super robot shows (Mazinger
Z and 100s of others), juvenile space opera (Space Battleship Yamato), girl's romance (Candy Candy), historical drama (Rose Of Versailles), high school sports drama (Aim For The Ace), and shows that defy categorization (Patalliro).
You may say that the description of "aimed at adults" encompasses most anime. You'd be wrong, though, by any yardstick you care to use.
It was always AWA's intent to create a show that people of all ages would be comfortable attending, that parents and children could enjoy. Fortunately, all we had to do was stay focused on Japanese animation. We have some adults-only material, but for the most part we've tried to keep things family friendly. I think our constantly-increasing attendance figures show this to be a successful policy. Certainly by aiming at a general audience we seem to be connecting in a way that the typical literary SF convention does not.
Sorry to hijack your LJ with my pedantry. Please, enjoy your non-AWA conventions.