Is Super really intended for a younger audience?

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Is Super really intended for a younger audience?
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DBZAOTA482	Feb 11 2017, 05:58 PM Post #1
Posts: 1,798 Group: Member Member #5,093 Joined: August 2, 2010 Gender Male Country United States Favourite Anime Dragon Ball/Z, One Piece, Akira, School Rumble, Detective Conan. What Browser do you use? Google Chrome, Internet Explorer.	I've ponder this question for a long time as many people claim Super is made for a younger audience but it is possible considering GT was also intended for a younger audience than Dragon Ball or DBZ. The difference here is GT was made during a horrible time for the Japanese anime industry when anime was pandering towards children and "otakus" while Super is made when Japanese censorship had gotten stricter and the show airs on Sunday mornings instead of Wednesday nights. Other examples would be the violence is significantly tone down from the original series (which had blood, gore, and even decapitation), the stories are much more within Toriyama's comfort zone, and as far as I can tell there's no heavy-hitting themes explored thus far (the original series dealt with racism, nurture vs. nature, and redemption). There also seems to be a stronger emphasis on comedy (particularly the anime) than the original which was mostly serious from the Piccolo Daimao arc and following. Now what do y'all think?



+ QueenTD	Feb 11 2017, 06:22 PM Post #2
My Dear Melancholy, Posts: 4,480 Group: Elite Member Member #11,589 Joined: August 8, 2014 Gender Female Country United States	It's made for fans of Dragonball, the younger audience (since that's DB target audience anyways), and to whoever feeds them money. Money talks.
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lazerbem	Feb 11 2017, 06:31 PM Post #3
Posts: 10,662 Group: Forum Moderator Member #10,435 Joined: November 1, 2013 Gender Male Country United States Favourite Anime Asura's Wrath(it counts) What Browser do you use? Google Chrome	While I think Zamasu's arc was a complete and total mess of poor characterization, you can tell that there was at least a token attempt to explore darker themes with him and his god complex. So I can't really say that the target audience is much different. If anything, Super attempts to shoot higher...it just fails really badly at it.
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DanielSan	Feb 11 2017, 07:17 PM Post #4
Posts: 1,536 Group: Donator Member #5,730 Joined: February 14, 2011	Dragonball to me always has its lighthearted moments, and its darker moments throughout the series. I don't believe this is anything new at all. I am just now seeing Super and it seems like it can go into deeper themes at times.



Tinny	Feb 11 2017, 08:24 PM Post #5
Posts: 6,059 Group: Super Moderator Member #12,355 Joined: May 24, 2015 Gender Not Specified Favourite Anime Silver Spoon, Fate/Zero, Legend of Galactic Heroes, Space Patrol Luluco, Psycho-pass, Miss Kobayashi What Browser do you use? Chrome, Edge Favourite Manga Wizard's Soul ~Holy War of Love~	And considering what Lazerbem said along with call backs to early Dragon Ball like the Mafuba, I'm almost certain that it's at least bay much considering long time fans as well. Dragon Ball Super has a very... Let's call it varied target audience from what I can tell. Edited by Tinny, Feb 11 2017, 08:25 PM.
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* Mitas	Feb 11 2017, 08:33 PM Post #6
It truly was a Shawshank redemption Posts: 12,129 Group: Retired Staff Member #2,993 Joined: December 16, 2007 Gender Male Favourite Anime DBZ What Browser do you use? Google Chrome Favourite Manga DBZ, Full Metal Alchemist	Pretty sure the target audience for Dragon Ball in general is kids. Or teens, to be more specific. So Super most likely follows the same blueprint, although I'm sure they keep in mind that they have a number of viewers who were originally in that target audience, but have grown up.
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+ Son-Goku	Feb 12 2017, 12:09 AM Post #7
孫悟空 Posts: 13,358 Group: Elite Member Member #12,886 Joined: January 24, 2016 Gender Male Country United States Favourite Anime DB/DBZ/DBS, Code Geass, Gintama, YYH, Death Note, and SAO. What Browser do you use? Google Chrome Favourite Manga Dragon Ball, Fairy Tail, and Naruto.	Seems like the same target audience as Dragon Ball Z, which is roughly around 12 imo.
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Darker	Feb 12 2017, 01:29 AM Post #8
The Lord of the Dark Posts: 15,356 Group: Member Member #11,968 Joined: January 7, 2015 Gender Male Country Spain	I'm not sure who it's aimed for, but it's definetely not the same target audience as the original series. The OG series could show off a lot of violence and gore, DBS has ridiculous levels of censorship.
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