Talk:Sketchbook (manga)

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[edit] Demographic

There is no way that this is a shonen anime. Even if published in a shonen manga. The slow slice-of-life style and the cast of mostly girls along with the growth of the characters point to seinen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.139.216.194 (talk) 09:30, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Maybe it is usual to go with the manga it was serialized in, however, doing so may lead to confusion. If you look up the definition of seinen you will see how this fits. I really don't consider using what the manga was serialized in as valid for a demographic as they sometime go out of their norm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.139.216.194 (talk) 11:47, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm shocked that you hold that belief as most people use what magazine it is in to actually call most of what is called seinen as seinen, hehehe. I agree with you 100%, not that it's seinen, but that it shouldn't be branded based on what magazine it is in. Slice-of-life series don't necessarily mean seinen if that is what you are thinking. I'm not sure which seinen page you are referring to, but the seinen page I know of is 100% lacking in any examples of seinen staples and therefore not a great article to ask people to see in order to prove your point. In fact, it's the only demographic article that doesn't have any.

According to the description at the seinen page (which might I add is severely lacking in info), seinen is for 18-30 year old men. It also states that it ranges in deeper subjects such as avant-garde and pornography. There is no way possibly that would ever fit Sketchbook at all. I believe that Sketchbook is more closely related to a new type of manga and anime that aren't aimed at any particular gender. Both genders enjoy these series and they never seem to cater to the stereotypes of a particular gender like shoujo, shounen, seinen, and josei do. While they do deal with more realistic thoughts, they aren't too realistic. I think manga like Sketchbook are basically the "for everyone" type series. AjaaniSherisu (talk) 10:16, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

The seinen page seems to be way off. Generally speaking, seinen is a catch-all to anything non-shonen (assuming males are the target.) If you go by that definition then there is way too many anime that defies classification. What I think he meant was look under the seinen list of anime. That makes more sense. However, if they are wrongly classified then that is another matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.64.146.16 (talk) 09:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Just from the desciption, it sounds a LOT like shojo. Maybe not super obvious majical girl/ reverse harem anime stuff, but women soiund like the target demographic, even if the anime appeals partially to both genders. 24.181.243.83 (talk) 05:27, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

The manga was serialized in a shōnen magazine, so per {{Infobox animanga}}, it's not changing. Plus, this series shares very little with the definition of typical shōjo elements. Read the shōjo article if you haven't already.--十八 07:00, 1 June 2008 (UTC)