The target audience of the vast majority of anime are schoolboys so this shouldn't exactly be that surprising?
Of course there's a significant 20-40 incel audience as well which is pandered to. But given the largest market for anime is "shonen" (literally meaning young boys) I don't think it's a huge stretch to say this is probably the largest audience of vtubers as well.
The Disney channel isn't making shows with adults as the lead characters either. They're always teens because the target audience is teens.
Yeah I was teasing some people on reddit but realized that they're actually like 14-16 years old so it's not actually that weird for them to be watching a similar aged anime grill.
This'll be a merch thing. Disney's target is parents when it comes to merch sales, whereas the anime industry's merch sales come from the 20+ audience who spend a ridiculous amount on collectibles.
If Disney's merch sales were primarily coming not from parents but from oversexed incels things would change.
Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that the industry doesn't also knowingly pander to pedophiles. Just that the majority target audience actually is teen boys and that's the main reason that every character in every anime is also a teen.
These are vtubers we’re talking about. Evaluating serial shonen manga or whatever is a little bit different.
And, like, that still doesn't really justify the gratuitous sexualization of minors. Like, is getting teenage boys horny really such a deep societal need that it makes it more okay to depict teenage girls in such a sexualized way? I don't think those boys need the help, they'll get horny just fine on their own, and that has the added benefit of not flooding popular media with scantily-clad cartoon schoolgirls.
The target audience of the vast majority of anime are schoolboys so this shouldn't exactly be that surprising?
Of course there's a significant 20-40 incel audience as well which is pandered to. But given the largest market for anime is "shonen" (literally meaning young boys) I don't think it's a huge stretch to say this is probably the largest audience of vtubers as well.
The Disney channel isn't making shows with adults as the lead characters either. They're always teens because the target audience is teens.
Yeah I was teasing some people on reddit but realized that they're actually like 14-16 years old so it's not actually that weird for them to be watching a similar aged anime grill.
Disney generally isn't in the business of sexualising their underage protagonists with panty shots, revealing outfits and jiggle physics though
This'll be a merch thing. Disney's target is parents when it comes to merch sales, whereas the anime industry's merch sales come from the 20+ audience who spend a ridiculous amount on collectibles.
If Disney's merch sales were primarily coming not from parents but from oversexed incels things would change.
I'm still not used to the current thing where Disney are the good guys and get defended for not being harmful to society.
Disney has problems, they just aren't these specific problems
That's more of a live action Nickelodeon thing
These are vtubers we're talking about. Evaluating serial shonen manga or whatever is a little bit different.
I think the biggest anime is technically Hello Kitty, but that's a little off topic.
Disney isn't selling figurines of schoolgirls with highly-detailed upskirts.
Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that the industry doesn't also knowingly pander to pedophiles. Just that the majority target audience actually is teen boys and that's the main reason that every character in every anime is also a teen.
These are vtubers we’re talking about. Evaluating serial shonen manga or whatever is a little bit different.
And, like, that still doesn't really justify the gratuitous sexualization of minors. Like, is getting teenage boys horny really such a deep societal need that it makes it more okay to depict teenage girls in such a sexualized way? I don't think those boys need the help, they'll get horny just fine on their own, and that has the added benefit of not flooding popular media with scantily-clad cartoon schoolgirls.