A lot of you have read my post, Rant: Anime Characters Do Not All Look the Same. This time, I have another rant: Not all anime are for children. Honestly, this is obvious but there are still some people out there who don’t get it.
I was one of those ten year olds that watched anime rated 16+. That’s why I think children can watch shows like Death Note and Attack on Titan. These three shows are actually intense. I could name more, but that would imply that I watched them. Hahaha.
Gantz
Goblin Slayer
The first episode of Goblin Slayer was not appropriate for children, but the rest of the episodes were mild in comparison.
Happy Sugar Life
Happy Sugar Life looks cute, but the episode 1 turns dark at the end.
What was the point of this post? Clearly I don’t spend my limited free time socializing. Maybe you will watch these shows. I hope you’re not a child.
Wretched and Divine 
Yup not for kids but they still probs watch them. I know when I was a kid I watched a lot of things I wasn’t supposed to.
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I really hope kids don’t watch these shows. I would be concerned if they did!
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I love the concept of Gantz after watching Gantz-O on Netflix. The film itself was okay but the concept made me intrigued enough to read the manga. Sadly it’s insanely hard to find the first volume without spending exorbitant amounts of money 😝
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I thought Gantz was a little too intense for me! Normally I can deal with this stuff but Gantz was a lot. Hahaha
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Lol I’m definitely not a kid…maybe I’ll check out these Anime? I don’t like lots of blood and gore though.
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Ohh don’t check out these anime then if you don’t like blood. I recommend Erased and Violet Evergarden!
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Haha I can handle some blood, just not a ton. But I’ll take your advice!
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If I have concerns about an anime’s appropriateness for children, I specifically notate that in my review. And I’ve done it a number of times, actually. . .
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That’s awesome. I’ve heard people say that anime is just for kids and I just wanted to give a few examples to show that’s actually not the case!
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Took my wife to see Perfect Blue a while back. I blogged about it at the time. She was very upset at the sexual assault scenes. This anime had been promoted as one of the G-Kids series, an anime project aimed at bringing young people’s anime to US theaters. G-kids got its name from distributing Studio Ghibli works targeted at children but expanded to other works.
Perfect Blue is a great anime but NOT an anime for kids.
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Perfect Blue is a film I’ve been wanting to see for a long time. I was aware that there was sexual assault, but didn’t know that it was promoted as a G-kids series…
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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-10/gkids-shout-factory-schedule-bd-release-for-perfect-blue-anime-film/
Not only was it released as a GKids flick but not one of the early reviews mentioned how dark the story is. At one point she undergoes a simulated rape for the sake of the TV series she’s doing and another point there is a failed rape attempt by a crazed stalker. It is a kind of psychological horror that would have made Hitchcock proud if he’d had the freedom to do such a thing.
It is simply very adult and very intense. Terms like josei and seinen don’t come close. It isn’t hentai and it has no fan service unless you are a very sick fan. I did a blog about it a few months ago.
What would the genre of adult psychological horror be called in anime speak?
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I remember your blog post on it! Thank you for letting me know in advance on what happens because this stuff could be triggering for sure. It definitely sounds like it is not for kids, and it’s disappointing that the early reviews don’t talk about the darkness of it. According to MyAnimeList, it falls under a few genres.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/437/Perfect_Blue?q=perfect
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I took a quick look at the MAL and one of the genres was “dementia”. dementi
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Dementia has a specific medical definition and MAL doesn’t have a clue.
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Yeah that one was weird… I had similar feelings too.
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My mother in law had dementia for the last decade of her life. Maybe more. It is a touchy issue with me.
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