Why Anime Are Known as Adult Cartoon?!

These are pretty lame questions aren’t they? The main reason that brought me down to my desk and type all this stuff is because yesterday, I was kind of thinking about how I should categorize the Anime that I’ve seen until now.

Well, apart from their general category, like romantic comedy, mecha, science-fiction, super natural, action, comedy, adventure, slice of life, etc., I didn’t know how to put them in my watch-list. I am not certain if I should watch Naruto Shippuden with my buddies or not, or Ah! My Goddess with my little sister or not, etc.

In any case I came to just one conclusion and that was, I can’t definitely watch any of these with my parents or grandparents (they won’t understand any of those heart-touching stories).

Personally, I just love to watch Romantic Comedy Anime and I’ve got my own reasons for that.

i) I love to watch comedy because it gives me a break from this ridiculous and bored life of mine.

ii) And with a slice of romance in comedy, everything just feels so perfect and I can’t help myself from watching same Anime several times.

I would like to put Ouran High School Host Club at the first place because I just can’t get enough of it. Every time I watch it, I just can’t stop myself from toppling off the sofa.

There are so many Anime and so less time to watch, so I always search (or Google) for top ten or top five best romantic comedy Anime and every time I get different results on different blogs and websites.

My favorite blog (if you really want me to say) for this information is Neko Kyou’s blog. His list introduced me several new Anime (I was a beginner in this Anime world and wasn’t used to watch many) and I had a lot of fun watching them.

I wish I could do this, but I want to thank him personally for introducing me, Ouran, Kenichi, Wallflower, Fumofu and Ranma ½.

Anyways, what was my topic again? Oh yeah! Why Anime are known as adult cartoon?

Well, cartoons don’t appeal us so much, at least they never appealed to me. Although, there was this one cartoon that I loved so much, when I was a kid (not too long ago) I used to dream about it. It was one of the best shows on Cartoon Network (India).

I was too dumb to figure it out back then. It was actually an Anime, it was Dragon Ball Z. My very first Anime that I loved so much.

I thought that this show was definitely for kids but with a different plot (a big one). It had a goal, something to thrive for, some teenage humor, etc.

But later, when I came to know about this big world of Anime. I couldn’t stop myself from saying, “Whoa!!!” Then I came to know and was sure, “Anime are definitely not just ordinary cartoon”.

They were more than just silly bugs laughing around and kids playing in sand, cat chasing mouse, a sailor beating the crap out of someone with just a can of ‘spinach’, ……… there is not an end to this if you know what I mean!

There was a better and advanced side to cartoons (which opened to me just 3 years ago) and that’s what we know as anime (not just Japanese cartoon).

A boy to gain respect from his village, a boy to learn martial arts so that he can defend people who are most important to him, a girl who loves darkness and fights the world with flashing creatures, a boy who is able to share moments of his life with a goddess……. (As you know this too well, there is also not end to this one as well)

But that’s why I love anime (and I call them cartoons for adults) because somehow they relax me in a different manner. And, to tell you the truth, they fill up a spot in my heart which is blank because I am just too dumb to interact with the world around me.