It's a little bizarre IMO that this manga was rated "All Ages". My theory is that the Viz people looked at the title and thought, "Oh, it's Pokemon! Of course it is safe and fluffy and childish with no violence at all, and we'll put it out under our VizKids line because there can't possibly be anything non-kid-friendly in Pokemon."
I think there's a distinction between "childish" and "kid-friendly". The former would be something that is oriented towards kids and that older people won't enjoy; the latter is appropriate for all ages, literally.
I think kids these days (lol) are too sheltered in the sense that Moral Guardian types are getting all over themselves about how such-and-such is not appropriate for chilluns!! and being overprotective of kids. But kids are going to get their hands on stuff that isn't appropriate for them anyways, and that it's kind of a part of growing up. I was reading ecchi manga at the age of, like, 10. (Love Hina to be specific, if you're familiar with it.) I turned out alright, I guess. There's always going to be that fascination among kids with "adult stuff, no matter what the adults would like to think.
I also think our culture places too much emphasis on things like sexual content and nudity being inappropriate, and not enough emphasis on violence being inappropriate. I remember my mom ranting this one time about how "Oh, there's this new movie that is PG-13 and ridiculously violent with people being tortured on-screen, and yet if there's someone's naked butt in the movie and nothing else? RATE IT R, KIDS CAN'T SEE THAT."
lol I'm kind of sleep-deprived right now so I really don't think this comment made any sense at all. I am not good at thinkythoughts |D
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Date: 2010-06-16 07:13 pm (UTC)I think there's a distinction between "childish" and "kid-friendly". The former would be something that is oriented towards kids and that older people won't enjoy; the latter is appropriate for all ages, literally.
I think kids these days (lol) are too sheltered in the sense that Moral Guardian types are getting all over themselves about how such-and-such is not appropriate for chilluns!! and being overprotective of kids. But kids are going to get their hands on stuff that isn't appropriate for them anyways, and that it's kind of a part of growing up. I was reading ecchi manga at the age of, like, 10. (Love Hina to be specific, if you're familiar with it.) I turned out alright, I guess. There's always going to be that fascination among kids with "adult stuff, no matter what the adults would like to think.
I also think our culture places too much emphasis on things like sexual content and nudity being inappropriate, and not enough emphasis on violence being inappropriate. I remember my mom ranting this one time about how "Oh, there's this new movie that is PG-13 and ridiculously violent with people being tortured on-screen, and yet if there's someone's naked butt in the movie and nothing else? RATE IT R, KIDS CAN'T SEE THAT."
lol I'm kind of sleep-deprived right now so I really don't think this comment made any sense at all. I am not good at thinkythoughts |D