Many adult comic fans are trying to prove that "national comics are not just for children to see", and there are indeed some national comics, in terms of content depth and theme, more suitable for adults to watch, and even some national comics have played the slogan of "it is recommended to watch over 18 years old".
However, the content of the national comic is still difficult to escape "for children" after all.
01. "Children watch" of the national comic
For a long time, national comics are exclusive to children, even now, an adult is watching anime, if found by the elders, most of them will wait for a sentence of "how old are the people, and still watch cartoons."
It is also because there is an inherent concern that "national comics are for children to see", when some national comics appear content that is not suitable for small audiences, it will usher in various degrees of blows, and some national comics are even removed.
What should a national comic for children look like?
Like "Pleasant Goat and Gray Wolf" and "Bear Haunting", the animal is anthropomorphized, and simple stories are used to convey simple truths to small audiences, such as protecting the environment, staying away from big bad wolves, valuing friendship, etc. The story must be all positive and upward, and try to avoid inappropriate pictures.
The big theme of this kind of national comic must be that good and evil are clear, good people are good people, everything is reasonable, bad people are bad people, and what they do should not be forgiven.
In the eyes of many people who do not understand the national comic, the national comic should be like this, that is, for children to see.
But we also know that the national comic is not all like this, there are many deep national comics suitable for adults to watch, children may not be able to understand.
02. It is difficult to escape "for children"
Although many national comics now indicate that it is recommended for audiences over the age of 18 to watch at the beginning of the film, no one can prevent this kind of national comics from being seen by small audiences, nor can they avoid some unnecessary imitation behavior.
Therefore, in the production of content, many national comics are still trying to get closer to "for children".
For example, "Devouring the Starry Sky", the earth chapter is called a science fiction masterpiece, the protagonist Luo Feng kills decisively, and in the animation, some unfriendly behaviors in the original work have been beautified.
Every time Luo Feng moved to get rid of the villain, he was forced by the villain to have no way out, and had to do it, instead of taking the initiative to attack for his own safety as in the original work, good people should be particularly good, and bad people should be particularly bad.
For example, in "Douluo Continent", Tang San exterminated the Human-Faced Demon Spider in order to avenge Xiao Wu, and in the animation, Tang San only eliminated the one that stood in the way, because he was a "good person" and could not do bad things.
Whether it is a novel, a comic adaptation, or an original national comic, the protagonist in it must be righteous, and whatever he does must be famous.
Because in the eyes of a small audience, there should only be two kinds of animated characters: good guys and bad guys.
Everything that good people do should be right and can be imitated, while everything that bad people do is wrong and must be eliminated.
And those national comics that are advertised for adults to watch, because they cannot prevent small audiences from watching, so in the setting of the protagonist, we must be careful, careful and careful.
So in the end, there is still no way to escape the setting of "for children".
epilogue
Even if many national comics indicate that adults are recommended to watch, domestic animation does not have a rating system to ensure that their suggestions take effect, so it can only be ensured that small viewers will not learn badly if they watch it.
Although adults will feel that it is for adults when watching these national cartoons, it is not difficult to find that small audiences can actually watch them carefully.
Without the animation playback rating system, the national comic will eventually be unable to escape the setting of "for children to see".