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#Post#: 1880--------------------------------------------------
I had forgotten what shonen was like.
By: Lumaria Date: July 3, 2017, 4:09 am
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So I probably made this thread before but I definitely feel it
now more than ever. I confess that I had been heavily
disinterested in the Shonen-targetted anime and even manga.
For a really long time I didn't even give shonen a chance. And
for good reason, Shonen hasn't really evolved in terms of anime
don't make it a fun experience as it used to be. Anime based on
Seinen are more liberal and attempt to make more edits that fit
the anime narrative to help it be more impactfuk (And although
death Note was published on WSJ I still consider it more
seinen).
But the new stuff just really doesn't interest me. Characters
look more moe and none of them challenge personalities. They do
variety for variety sake but I don't honestly remember an anime
where I fell in love with the entire cast. So why am I bringing
it up now?
As I wanted to keep writing my Seinen style manga script Terra
Stregada I wanted to excitement on trying old strategies that I
abandoned for inspiration. One of them was listening to the
soundtrack of the anime I intended. I couldn't find my Death
Note soundtrack but I stumbled upon my burned CD mix of tracks.
I like to not list any names and just give it a weird name so I
could remember by just the name (younger me of course).
So I listened to the tracks and they were oddly enough from a
group of anime I was watching when I was younger. Anime like
FLCL and Bleach mixed in with Eureka Seven and t
As I was listening I was reminded of all the good things Shonen
can offer.
I can see why I relied on these tracks for inspiration back then
because they are influential and iconic. Just to get an idea of
what I was listening to:
#1) Crazy Sunshine - The Pillows
#2) Canvas - COOLON
#3) Hanabi - Ikimonogakari
#4) Taoyou NO mannaka He - Bivatchee
#5) Sakura - NIRGILIS
If you manage to listen to the track you'll see how much energy
these songs have and just overall feel good. Not all tracks
associated with shonen but they invoke the same feeling I
believe a shonen anime series should invoke.
Sorry for rambling. I just wanted to share that was all. I do
hope more people who come here who want to do shonen bring it
over on this forum to share.
#Post#: 1881--------------------------------------------------
Re: I had forgotten what shonen was like.
By: Orchid Date: July 3, 2017, 5:56 pm
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I still enjoy shonen and never stopped. I think it feels a
little different from when I was younger but I still like it. I
also like the tracks you chose. Bleach had one of the greatest
tracks IMO.
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Re: I had forgotten what shonen was like.
By: Lumaria Date: July 8, 2017, 2:12 pm
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Well it came to a point where there was hardly any shonen worth
while. I'm not a teen anymore so beginning to read shonen can be
a bit of a hassle. The beginnings of Naruto and One piece just
take forever for me. If it wasn't for the Naruto anime I
probably would've stopped. Same for Bleach.
But after checking out my old soundtrack, i think I became just
a little more patient with shonen.
#Post#: 1909--------------------------------------------------
Re: I had forgotten what shonen was like.
By: HematoLogMeIn Date: July 19, 2017, 10:06 am
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I think trying to compare seinen and shounen is like trying to
compare realism with cubism. You can't really use the same set
of standards between them, so you have to look at shounen as
shounen and seinen as seinen. If you start trying to see what
shounen lacks in comparison to seinen, then you probably will be
sorely disappointed.
That said, I recognize that I'm just not the target audience for
most shounen, so I don't typically watch very much of it. When I
do watch it, I try to keep in mind that it's its own media and
enjoy it for what it is rather than trying to fight what it
isn't. That's probably why I can enjoy Queen's Blade...in dub,
no less.
But, I totally feel you on the soundtracks. I don't necessarily
save music beyond OPs and EDs except for video games, but some
shounen do just absolutely kill it. The American OP for Marchen
Awakens Romance for example is absolutely stellar. Yes, once in
a blue moon, the American OPs can be better than the original. I
can only think of that one example, though.
#Post#: 1916--------------------------------------------------
Re: I had forgotten what shonen was like.
By: Lumaria Date: July 19, 2017, 1:23 pm
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And I do definitely try to differentiate shonen and Seinen
criteria. I do know shonen gets more serious as it goes on but
up until recently it hasn't resonated with me as much as seinen.
Sometimes Seinen is written like shonen only with more adult
humor. But I noticed the emotion shonen goes for can be
completely different.
#Post#: 1917--------------------------------------------------
Re: I had forgotten what shonen was like.
By: HematoLogMeIn Date: July 19, 2017, 1:47 pm
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I definitely agree. Seinen and shounen feel different. I have a
preference for seinen most of the time as well, but sometimes
shounen can really make me feel things, sometimes more
intensely.
Now, this may just be me shooting the breeze here, but if I had
to guess, I'd say it has to do with the target audience. As
shounen is typically marketed to a slightly younger age group
than myself, the creators have to take into account the mindsets
and perspectives of that age range. In adolescence especially,
it's common to experience periods of mindlessness followed by
events that trigger explosions of emotion, and I see that device
used in a lot of shounen plots. It's almost uncanny how well
some shounen are able to mirror life in that way. That's
something that I can enjoy about it, although I'm starting to
grow out of those cycles in my "waking" life, as it were.
As for seinen, most of the time I find myself much more
intellectually stimulated, and that really works for my brain. I
tend to lose interest or get bored very quickly without it.
Relationships and events are portrayed with a completely
different severity, as things tend to be more complex, which
again shows the creators digging into the perspectives of their
target audience.
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