They should put some romantic comedies on AS

[True Noir]

Has anyone ever heard of Love Hina? or His and Her Circumstances a.k.a. Kare Kano? THey are hilaraious cartoons. I think Adult Swim should put some Romantic Comedies on. I love action cartoons but i need some laughs. Futurama and Family Guy are the worst ever.

[Jackie Chun]

I don't care for Romantic Comedies. Futurama, Family Guy and the other comedies are enough for me.

[Zechs]

I would love to see that happen but being that the target group is mostly male I don't think it wouldn't work out so well. I say leave non action/comdies animes to pay channels at least untill anime gets better known here in the states. By these questions I'm asumming you're a girl. Your best bet would be mangas and DVD's at least until a major station airs more girl type shows.

Which won't be soon this is the reason I'm such a big manga fan there's far more out there in the world of manga than on T.V here in the states for girls. Right now with the pouplairy of boys show on the rise stations are most likely going to stay with what sells. After CCS faling they are most likely going to stay faaaaaaaaaaaaay away from girls animes for now ( mainstream channels anyway). So like most fan girls I read manga. Besides most of the time the manga is better than the anime because you don't have to rush the story along.

[True Noir]

Actually I think they are going to put a romantic comedy on adult swim. IT's going to come out with Blue Gender. IT's gonna be called FLCL aka Fooly Cooly. I went to discountanimedvd.com to read the summary of it sounds pretty funny. Oh and Zechs I am a gurl. Are you?

[Andrew]

FLCL isn't exactly a romantic comedy.

Wait for Vandread in September.

[Teio]

There's only two ways I could ever see romantic comedies on Adult Swim.

1) CN execs see a monetary potenial from this genre.

2) WS really wants to push the idea.But of course,you still need CN to give the go ahead.

Option 1&2 basically boils down to wants to push it or who came up with it first.

If not,the closest you'll ever get to a romantic comedy on Adult Swim is Inuyasha.

Wait for Vandread in September.

Is that official?Though I am already convinced it couldn't be Vampire Princess Miyu.Of course,this is based on the belief that SwimBuddha is being truthful.

[Andrew]

Not "official," no. But I see more than enough reasons to believe it is, in fact, Vandread and not Vampire Princess Miyu.

By the way, since I fear having to brave the depths of the AS.com forums, what did SwimBuddha say?

[Teio]

Here's his entire response:

"As far as I know, that bump was purely a joke. Whatever the editor typed onto the screen for McGuirk to interrupt should not be scrutinized. We've heard of no plans for either Ghost in the Shell or Vampire Princess Miyu.
It is true, however, that our Greetings section launches next week.

*Plug*

--SwimBuddha"

Here's the link (http://boards.adultswim.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=adultswimforum&msg=28616.1) for people who dare brave to horrors of the AS.com forums.

[Jude Santos]

Is that official?Though I am already convinced it couldn't be Vampire Princess Miyu.Of course,this is based on the belief that SwimBuddha is being truthful.

it cant be Vampire Princess Miyu becuase its only 25 episodes (the card said 16)

edit: err, maybe SwimBuddha is truthful...who s Swimbuddha anyway?

[True Noir]

THey should put Nadesico on cause that is sorta action/romance/comedy. Its funny cause there are three girls fighting for this one guy who doesn't want anything to do with them.

[Andrew]

"As far as I know, that bump was purely a joke. Whatever the editor typed onto the screen for McGuirk to interrupt should not be scrutinized. We've heard of no plans for either Ghost in the Shell or Vampire Princess Miyu.
It is true, however, that our Greetings section launches next week.

*Plug*

--SwimBuddha"
Oh. Hrm. Um. Well...that's interesting. Is that just yet another in a long string of denials about GitS, or was the card really a joke?

I have to wonder, though...if it really was a joke, why pick that series in particular?

it cant be Vampire Princess Miyu becuase its only 25 episodes (the card said 16)
The card said 26, actually. And I think ANN's encyclopedia is wrong...TOKYOPOP's listing for the final volume of VPM on their website has an entry for an episode 26.

[Jude Santos]

The card said 26, actually. And I think ANN's encyclopedia is wrong...TOKYOPOP's listing for the final volume of VPM on their website has an entry for an episode 26.
oops, typo, i really meant 26

anyway, im gonna have to question swimbuddha's statement...just because:

1. if the purpose is to kid around, then why "Ghost" and "Vam"? couldnt it have been "Ber" or "Hells", heck, even "Ev"?

2. the cards probably should have indicated at the end that they were kidding...

[DianaGohan]

I wouldn't say that card was a complete joke. More like a "Get the fans talking before we really surprise them" type of deals. And there will probably be no "comedy" animes, romance or not, on Adult Swim, besides Lupin The Third of course. And that isn't even a pure bread comedy.

[Keldran]

Well they did show Tenchi Muyo! on AS, so I guess that has to count for something :D However the trend has been with action shows instead of romantic comedies. I don't see that trend changing anytime soon.

[Zechs]

Yes I am a girl Angelfire. Anywho a romatic comdie being on AS is slim to none. AS target is males 18-34 and I've hung out with enough guys to know most could give less than a rats arse about romance. I've pretty much given up on seeing anything to girly anime wise on mainstream T.V. So for now I read manga. I'm not saying that it will never happen but it will be a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time before any mainstream network touches a shoujo in any form. The turth is that most animation fans are male the networks would be stupid to ignore that so they ignore the lesser half. Since girls don't watch as much animtion as boys we often times get ignored. It sees that some mainstreams channels are starting to show girls shows now that they know we female animation fans are out there.

As for anime it's consiered new by the mainstream so as of right now they are not willing to take the risk of a girls show falling becuse they really don't know if girls will tune in like the boys are. So they just stick with a market they know will work. I say give them a couple of more years. I'm quite sure once anime gets a stable market in the mainstream ( if it can keep it up) they will start to take more risks. But for now I really don't see many mainstream networks doing this. Besides AS fan base is male not female so that would explain why they most likely won't show romance of any kind unless it's built into an action show. I could be wrong. I myself am happy with the AS line up if I want something for girls I buy myself a manga or rent and/or buy that type of anime.

[Mog]

Actually I think they are going to put a romantic comedy on adult swim. IT's going to come out with Blue Gender. IT's gonna be called FLCL aka Fooly Cooly. I went to discountanimedvd.com to read the summary of it sounds pretty funny. Oh and Zechs I am a gurl. Are you?

Hopefully someone will get this joke, maybe even a mod.

[True Noir]

Zechs, I got to say that you might be right about romantic comedies, but I have a lot of friends that are girls that watch adult swim and romantic comedies. But there is probably a reason for that and that is because most of my friends and family are Asian and me too. But I am a girl and i would like Romantic Comedies. Maybe something like Inuyasha.

[Sublime420]

FLCL isn't exactly a romantic comedy.

Wait for Vandread in September.

Wow, I didn't hear about vandread...
Cool!
Are they going to bring 2nd stage, or wait to see how the first season goes?

[NewLib]

Zechs, I got to say that you might be right about romantic comedies, but I have a lot of friends that are girls that watch adult swim and romantic comedies. But there is probably a reason for that and that is because most of my friends and family are Asian and me too. But I am a girl and i would like Romantic Comedies. Maybe something like Inuyasha.

Angelfire, sorry but the demographic just isn't there for Romantic Comedies. Inuyasha while appealing to females do to the multiple love triangles in it, also appeals to males because of the amount of violence. That is about as close as your going to get.

Also like someone said before saying FLCL is a romantic comedy is a stretch. A closer label for it is Insane comedy.

[Ferquin]

Maybe if Lifetime started showing anime...

Otherwise, you'll probably never see any romantic comedy anime on the air outside of the remote possibility of pay channels carrying it. Sorry, but Adult Swim is really more male-oriented and run by said males, no matter how much of a female demographic joins in. InuYasha is the closest you're going to get unless Cartoon Network execs say otherwise. In which case, I'd higly recommend His/Her Circumstances.

[Senbei Norimaki]

I'm a 25 year old male and I prefer romantic comedy anime to action anime. Cartoon network is only interested in action anime. The Love Hina anime is kind of childish so I don't think it should be on Adult swim.

[Ferquin]

Believe me, I know what you mean. I'm a 26-year-old male and an old romantic sentimentalist too. It'd be nice to see more of that stuff, but face it, our only avenue is to simply buy the DVDs and watch them by ourselves. (I just can't get any of my friends to watch them with me.)

[DemonKrowno]

HomeMovies is the closest thing to a romantic comedy AS has now,so go enjoy it. :)

[Ferquin]

WTF? Home Movies a romantic comedy? Are you kidding? Seriously.

[DemonKrowno]

The stuff with the Paula,Brendon's dad,his wife and that girl Brendon likes...Sinthia?...yeah,all that stuff is considered romantic comedy,I assume.

[Ferquin]

That stuff is so absolutely minor to the show that it doesn't make any sense to classify Home Movies as "romantic comedy". The show is about a little kid and his friends making little home movies and various humorus antics. Comedy, yes. Romantic comedy, no. This show has very little romantic content.

[DemonKrowno]

I'm not saying it's a romantic comedy,I'm saying it has romantic comedy stuff in it. So it's the closest thing on AS to a romantic comedy. Now that I think about it,so is Futurama...what with the whole Fry and Leela thing...but Futurama's not a romantic comedy either,I'm not saying that. Just that it has the....erm..stuff of one. Ya know? ...*explodes*

[Conekiller]

I would rather see His & her Circumstances than Love Hina. LH is way to immature to air on AS, whereas KareKano (or His & Her) is far more mature in it's handling of the relationship between Yukino and Arima.

But, as said before, the market isn't really there. for a show of this type to air on AS, where people seem to expect Cowboy Bebop, Reign, Inuyasha, and Trigun level action. and Futurama, Lupin and (yes :rolleyes: ) HomeMovies style comedy.

[Zechs]

Well there you have it romance will NEVER grace the lineup of AS or Toonami. Tokyopop is good it seems to cater more to girls than any other company I've seen and is doing pretty well I might add. I'm collecting some of their manga and plan to get more. Also I'm trying to learn to read Japense so I can read mangas that haven't come to the states yet with at least some understanding. In short if you have the money and are intrested in romance I suggest you take up manga because shoujo will most likely never make it to mainstream. This goes double if anime turns out to be a passing fad. By the time shoujo has a chance in the minastream the boys will lose intrest and they will pull the plug. I could be wrong but form what I've seen in the american comic/animation world girls aren't really seen as a profit so they most likely won't do much of anything for us. It sucks but it's the truth.

[Chrono1995]

Here's an idea: get Voices of a Distant Star as an AS special. Wait, that sure as hell isn't comedy, so scratch that.

FLCL isn't a romantic comedy. The show's on too much crack and speed - it's insanity and nothing but.

Personally, I wouldn't mind it if Kare Kano came on afterwards following FLCL...

[Chris Wood]

I wouldn't say I'm completely against romantic comedies.......................as long as there's plenty of shooting.

Having never seen an anime romantic comedy, I can't really imagine what one would be like.

[Ferquin]

Are you not noticing InuYasha? That is a romantic comedy. The major love triangle between Inuyasha and Kagome and Kikyo being the focus of many episodes? I thought this would be the obvious choice for romantic comedy on Adult Swim, but I guess people are paying too much attention to Sesshoumaru and Naraku and the ongoing quest for the jewel shards to notice.

I'm not saying it's a romantic comedy,I'm saying it has romantic comedy stuff in it. So it's the closest thing on AS to a romantic comedy. Now that I think about it,so is Futurama...what with the whole Fry and Leela thing...but Futurama's not a romantic comedy either,I'm not saying that. Just that it has the....erm..stuff of one. Ya know? ...*explodes*

A romantic comedy must have a lot of romance intertwined with the comedy. There's almost no noticeable romantic feel in Home Movies. While there is an obvious attempt at romance in Futurama, it's not about that. It's all about sci-fi humor. Please tell me you don't watch Home Movies and Futurama looking for a deep romantic plot. Otherwise, you're watching the wrong shows. InuYasha has a deep romantic plot, as well as an adventurous plot, with many generously-applied comedic situations. That is your romantic comedy for Adult Swim - romance, comedy and action in one package.

[DemonKrowno]

oh yeah..I forgot about InuYasha....

[Aurochs]

Romantic comedy animes on Adult Swim? What an awesome idea! Let me finish, I've never seen a romantic comedy anime, and it doesn't even sound something that I'd be particularly attracted to, (not that I'd dislike it) but I'd watch and enjoy it if it was presented to me. I hate this "OMG DIS SHO CANT B ON ADUT SWIM BCUZ IT DUSNT MACH TEH STEREOTYPE APPEAL UF TEH PARTICULAR SUBCULTUR TAHT AS SI GETIGN RATIGNS FRUM!!!!!!!1". Christ, people. Just because Adult Swim's demographic is male college students that enjoy Cowboy Bebop and Aqua Teen Hunger Force doesn't mean every purchase has to be centered around emulating Cowboy Bebop or ATHF. Are you people proposing that it not try anything new? This isn't ****ing NBC or MTV. It's a block of bizarre, post-modern, crass, subversive, foreign and/or high brow shows that airs past 11'00 on the cartoon channel for Christ's sake! ATHF, Futurama and Cowboy Bebop are unique and revolutionary themselves. Don't let their success lead to genre bigotry. Put romantic comedies on. If they fail, lesson learned. Bingo.

Actually I think they are going to put a romantic comedy on adult swim. IT's going to come out with Blue Gender. IT's gonna be called FLCL aka Fooly Cooly.

I hope you're kidding. From what I understand, Sealab 2021 is more of a romantic comedy then FLCL. Just because the main characters are a male and female of the same age doesn't necessarily mean that it's a romance. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

And there will probably be no "comedy" animes, romance or not, on Adult Swim, besides Lupin The Third of course. And that isn't even a pure bread comedy.

Isn't FLCL a comedy? What else would it be?

HomeMovies is the closest thing to a romantic comedy AS has now,so go enjoy it.

Are you people high?

I'm not saying it's a romantic comedy,I'm saying it has romantic comedy stuff in it. So it's the closest thing on AS to a romantic comedy. Now that I think about it,so is Futurama...what with the whole Fry and Leela thing...but Futurama's not a romantic comedy either,I'm not saying that. Just that it has the....erm..stuff of one. Ya know? ...*explodes*

A romantic comedy isn't just a comedy that happens to have two or more characters that are romantically involved. The term "romantic comedy" usually implies a light-hearted or humorous romance film, or a film that's humor centers around the romance of two characters. "Dexter's Lab" isn't a romantic comedy because Dexter's parents are married.

[Ferquin]

Romantic comedy animes on Adult Swim? What an awesome idea! Let me finish, I've never seen a romantic comedy anime, and it doesn't even sound something that I'd be particularly attracted to, (not that I'd dislike it) but I'd watch and enjoy it if it was presented to me. I hate this "OMG DIS SHO CANT B ON ADUT SWIM BCUZ IT DUSNT MACH TEH STEREOTYPE APPEAL UF TEH PARTICULAR SUBCULTUR TAHT AS SI GETIGN RATIGNS FRUM!!!!!!!1". Christ, people. Just because Adult Swim's demographic is male college students that enjoy Cowboy Bebop and Aqua Teen Hunger Force doesn't mean every purchase has to be centered around emulating Cowboy Bebop or ATHF. Are you people proposing that it not try anything new? This isn't ****ing NBC or MTV. It's a block of bizarre, post-modern, crass, subversive, foreign and/or high brow shows that airs past 11'00 on the cartoon channel for Christ's sake! ATHF, Futurama and Cowboy Bebop are unique and revolutionary themselves. Don't let their success lead to genre bigotry. Put romantic comedies on. If they fail, lesson learned. Bingo.

Whoa, calm down there, buckaroo. We never said we wouldn't want a romantic comedy on Adult Swim. We're just saying that the possibility of romantic comedies appearing on Adult Swim is pretty small since the main audience watching that block are young adult males. In general, young adult males are perceived by the networks as people who want to watch action and comedy and sexy women. For the most part this is true, but of course, being a diverse society, there are those that don't always enjoy what the networks think we enjoy. So, until the networks realize this error in judgement, they will continue to whore out to that target demographic since it seems to be the most successful at the moment. It'd be great if more networks would experiment more (Adult Swim itself is a big experiment in broadcasting), but alas, Cartoon Network wants to make money and please it's advertisers to get said money. As has been mentioned, even the Adult Swim heads of programming want to try and push the romantic comedy button along with the action comedy button, but they can't really try that yet without a go-ahead from the network execs.

No need to get all worked up. I'm totally for romantic comedies. It just ain't gonna happen anytime soon.

[Karl Olson]

I think depends on the romantic comedy:

Stuff like Kodocha and Fruits Basket - Not very likely, at least in this point in time, though I really would like see some smart shojo on tv.

Stuff like Onegai Teacher and GXP - 50/50 (well, better odd on GXP because it ties into an existing Toonami/AS series). Certainly not impossible at the least, because of the action scenes.

Stuff like Love Hina and His and Her Circumstances - Not that much more likely than Kodocha or Fruits Basket.

The variety would be nice though.

[Justy]

I myself would love to see more romantic series on TV no matter who showed them. The genre is being largely ignored due to the fact that the demographics don't mesh...CN, to their credit, is trying to air shows that, while action-oriented (to please the male demographic they know are watching) also have romantic elements, including the much mentioned Inuyasha, along with Kikaider and Cyborg 009 on Toonami. Tech TV has also aired series in this vein and may air series even more romantic and less action-oriented, since their audience may include higher numbers of females than a general interest network like CN. Still, the real hope of romantic series being shown more frequently probably lies in the Anime Network which has a built-in audience for anime and can justify showing such shows no matter what demographics they appeal to...

[Senbei Norimaki]

In general, young adult males are perceived by the networks as people who want to watch action and comedy and sexy women.
You forgot to add drink beer. :bosko:

That's why I don't watch TV very often. I would love for cartoon network to put Maison Ikkoku on adult swim. I think it is one of the most beautiful love stories ever told. Also the main characters in Maison Ikkoku are adults not teens. I don't have to wait for the TV execs. to put Romatic anime on TV because I already have them on DVD. :bosko:

[deathscythe51]

Futurama and Family Guy are the worst ever.

I can't beleive I'm reading this! I can understand Futurama, a little, but calling Family Guy the WORST is nonsense. That show is possibly one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. How could you not even like it a little bit? Do you get the jokes at all? Or is it that you just want adult swim all-anime all the time? Either way, Family Guy will not be gone for a long time because, believe it or not, it's adult swim's most popular show.

[Zechs]

You forgot to add drink beer. :bosko:

That's why I don't watch TV very often. I would love for cartoon network to put Maison Ikkoku on adult swim. I think it is one of the most beautiful love stories ever told. Also the main characters in Maison Ikkoku are adults not teens. I don't have to wait for the TV execs. to put Romatic anime on TV because I already have them on DVD. :bosko:
Yeah I'm starting to watch T.V less myself. Now that I have a job I'll have money to buy the books I really wanna read. As for InuYasha it has action in it and a pretty good amout of trust me if it were just about InuYasha trying to hook up with kagome(sp?) it never would have had a chance. If you can afford it I suggest pay channels they have shows with lead female characters. As for romance FY on international channel is the closest you'll get for now. The truth is most channels cater to males I mean if they catred to females more we wouldn't have had to make our own channel now would we? My advice read more their are more books out there manga or not for females than T.V shows in any form.



http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/)

Scroll down and you will see news about animerica becoming shoujo only. I was think of picking up this mag now I'll do it for sure.

[True Noir]

I can't beleive I'm reading this! I can understand Futurama, a little, but calling Family Guy the WORST is nonsense. That show is possibly one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. How could you not even like it a little bit? Do you get the jokes at all? Or is it that you just want adult swim all-anime all the time? Either way, Family Guy will not be gone for a long time because, believe it or not, it's adult swim's most popular show.


You might be right about it not leaving adult swim for a while, and I respect that you like those shows. The Family Guy and Futurama are shows that I really don't get into much.

[Chris Wood]

Are you not noticing InuYasha? That is a romantic comedy.

Shows like Inuyasha, Tenchi Muyo, and Yu Yu Hakusho bore me. Don't seem to have convincing action or comedy, and I don't like heavily magic based stories.

One exception might be Urusei Yatsura, which is kind of funny from time to time.

When I think of romantic comedies (a la How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Maid in Manhattan, Two Weeks Notice, etc.) the only anime that come to mind are Maison Ikkoku and Orange Road. The former is sometimes amusing, but the latter is rather dull (and involves some kind of magic I think).

[Senbei Norimaki]

I've never understood what makes these series "romantic", but if you want to call Tenchi, Urusei Yatsura, and the like romantic comedies, be my guest.

I'll continue calling them goofy comedies.
I don’t consider Urusei Yatsura a romantic comedy. It is a sci-fi comedy like Futurama. Tenchi is just an imitation Urusei Yatsura.
When I think of romantic comedies (a la How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Maid in Manhattan, Two Weeks Notice, etc.) the only anime that come to mind are Maison Ikkoku and Orange Road. The former is sometimes amusing, but the latter is rather dull (and involves some kind of magic I think).
Orange Road involves physic powers. I have never seen it so I don’t know if it is dull. Maison Ikkoku is about a nice guy who falls in love with a girl. Since Maison Ikkoku is like real life no magic or martial arts most American anime fans will find it dull. I love the series though because I’m a lot like Godai.

[True Noir]

Has anyone heard of Tokyo Underground? It has so much action and romance. It is pretty cool if you ask me. What about Chobits?

[Ferquin]

Shows like Inuyasha, Tenchi Muyo, and Yu Yu Hakusho bore me. Don't seem to have convincing action or comedy, and I don't like heavily magic based stories.

One exception might be Urusei Yatsura, which is kind of funny from time to time.

When I think of romantic comedies (a la How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Maid in Manhattan, Two Weeks Notice, etc.) the only anime that come to mind are Maison Ikkoku and Orange Road. The former is sometimes amusing, but the latter is rather dull (and involves some kind of magic I think).

It's ironic you say that since InuYasha and Maison Ikkoku are from the same author, Rumiko Takahashi.

But you're right, InuYasha isn't quite a romantic comedy. I was saying that it's the closest to one that you'll get in Adult Swim, because of the major love triangle story arcs and because it's as funny as any other Takahashi series. There's your romantic comedy for Adult Swim. There's better, as has been mentioned, like Maison Ikkoku, which is truly a romantic comedy. But, like Sembei said, it ain't gonna happen 'cause this stuff bores the target audience for Adult Swim, and bores regular anime fans because it's old stuff, mid-late 80s to be exact. Urusei Yatsura (also by Takahashi) I still consider to be somewhat of a romantic comedy, although it's got tons of weird sci-fi elements, sometimes outweighing any romance between Lum and Ataru. But it's certainly the prototype to shows like Tenchi or Love Hina with goofy, failed, romance, fanservice stuff.

YYH grouped with romantic comedy? What the hell? It's more a fighting show like DBZ. Hardly any romance there, but some comedy though.

[Chris Wood]

YYH grouped with romantic comedy? What the hell? It's more a fighting show like DBZ. Hardly any romance there, but some comedy though.

I put it on my list of boring anime on CN. Like Inuyasha and Tenchi Muyo it's a bunch of cute teenagers with some kind of magic powers. Just glancing at the manga there surely seems to be some romance involved.

I wouldn't mind seeing the Rose of Versailles, which is quite possibly the most famous romance anime. It's a bit old and I've heard conflicting reviews, but the historical angle makes it intriguing.

[Yal]

I don't think the idea is nearly as far-fetched as you folks are making it out to be. They've shown in the past they're will to take chances with niche material, ratings be damned. Consider how long Reign was on the air...

[SSJPabs]

*Brutally murders Love Hina*

Aaaaah so much better... Love Hina type romantic comedies wouldn't fit. I'd be willing to stomach a romantic comedy that was at least a little bit more realistic although the only one I can think of right now is KOR (I said a LITTLE!)

[Conekiller]

Mahoromatic would be cool if they could get beyond the rampant nudity....

[Lachesis]

When I think of romantic comedies (a la How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Maid in Manhattan, Two Weeks Notice, etc.) the only anime that come to mind are Maison Ikkoku and Orange Road. The former is sometimes amusing, but the latter is rather dull (and involves some kind of magic I think).

Maison Ikkoku is great. It's one of those nice, quiet, situation comedies that has no gimmicks to muck things up. Long and kinda frustrating towards the end, but great.

Orange Road is a love triangle with two girls and a psychic boy who can't make up his mind. Really hated it, though my boyfriend at the time was obsessed with the thing so I ended up seeing most of it. (Of course, I made him watch Fushigi Yuugi, so we were even) The movie epilogue, that managed to resolve everything the show didn't, was very, very good though.

I have always been under the impression that most romantic comedy anime ARE aimed primarily at guys. The countless "harem" shows and magical girlfriend shows certainly aren't made for girls. And really, when was the last time you saw male fanservice (outside of Reign)? The only real major girls' romantic comedy in a while that I can think of has been Fruits Basket.

The Rumiko Takahashi stuff and KareKano are pretty exceptional at not really catering to one group or the other. Personally, I think Ranma would do great on AS (if only it weren't for a certain topless redheaded girl. . .).

[nixice]

I would love to see that happen but being that the target group is mostly male I don't think it wouldn't work out so well.

Well, I think we're forgetting one fairly major factor: the girls in anime are typically very hot and often feature very, very large breasts. As Lachesis said, that's well within the target 14-18 male demo... :elle:

The problem is that so many anime romantic comedies (or anime comedies in general -- this topic has been brought up before both ways) are distinctly Japanese in, amongst other things, design, locale, social balance, and (probably most importantly) humor. Japanese culture has made major in-roads over the past few years, particularly with Jump becoming such a hit (the American version is almost a trainer mag, explaining odd Japanese references and doing little teasers of more foreign concepts), yet there's still a lot of culture clash that must be dealt with show-by-show for a program to become a hit. Action shows have been pretty easily accepted -- you just turn on your kid-logic when trying to understand the seventh guardian of the third seal of the realm of the YU-GI-EE-GAH, and when that doesn't work, an action sequence kicks in. But the comedies are tougher, especially since a lot of the "jokes" (I can't think of any animes that rely on traditional set-up/punchline jokes) don't translate well. And, maybe this is just my opinion, but I've rarely seen anime that I'd consider "funny" -- amusing and enjoyable, sure, but the kind of instant laughs that captivate a TV browsing audience desired for a network to air a show, I can't think of a show that's consistently funny. I'm not sure where panty fetish fan service fits into all of this...

A truly romantic anime would be a tough sell that late at night (but, oh my, is DISTANT STAR ever beautiful.) Those shows/OAVs work great on tape, but not so hot on broadcast TV with commercial interruptions at 1 in the morning. They might be able to ease in towards that with more action-based romances as they have with Adult Swim so far (KIKAIDER is right about there ... but, dunno the numbers, but I gave up on that show within a few weeks even though I was taping the eps and sometimes enjoy slower anime, so I'd say from personal experience that it wouldn't be easy to go further.) The more fast-paced comedies with romantic elements are maybe about due -- LUPIN works great even though it's old, and something in the realm of URUSEI YATSURA or CAT GIRL NUKU-NUKU (though perferably nether show -- one's pretty aging, the other is amusing but more Toonami material) would be great. Then there's the sexy fan service fests, but the balance of Japanese sensibilities and acceptible content is a rare or even impossible thing to find (never seen the show and understand that it's more hentai than what I'm suggesting, but a show like GOLDENBOY would be ideal and would hopefully wipe that deflated STRIPERELLA Spike's so proud of out of vision.) Somehow, you could whittle away until you have that animated soap opera that many fall in love with, but at that late hour, you've ALWAYS got to have certain elements that the up-all-night crowd will go for -- anime or otherwise.

If Japan produced a comedy anime that was really sexy, really funny and really heartfelt -- pick any two and you'd have something that could work -- then that'd be good AS material that'd stretch the bounds of the typical "11-12 goofiness/12-2 violence" format. Suggestions...?

[Aurochs]

I can't beleive I'm reading this! I can understand Futurama, a little, but calling Family Guy the WORST is nonsense. That show is possibly one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. How could you not even like it a little bit? Do you get the jokes at all? Or is it that you just want adult swim all-anime all the time? Either way, Family Guy will not be gone for a long time because, believe it or not, it's adult swim's most popular show.


Help, it's the thought police!

[Sketch]

My gosh man I'd die if they aired Goldenboy on Adult Swim. It's just not right...

[Grenzer]

You'll see ultra violent show like Hellsing and Berserk on AS long before you'll ever see Fruits Baskets or Kare Kano. Simply put, while shoujo has its charm, TV executives are simply not yet willing to bank on such shows garnering high enough ratings to put them on the air, God knows Funi tried with FB. If shows like Blue Gender are any indication of where ASA is focusing its new aquisitions, you really will be seeing Hellsing on AS by 2004.

[nixice]

My gosh man I'd die if they aired Goldenboy on Adult Swim. It's just not right...

Well, I could only guess ... But the general concept of a show with hot chicks bewildering and beguiling a dude, there's something in that. That ... er, whatever the heck GOLDENBOY is ... that one certainly looked to have hot chicks. But other than that, it's probably just not right at all.

[Boy Wonder]

Why not? Besides, Adult Swim has animated sitcoms, originals, and Anime. So why not?

[QTcutie]

Going back to the subjuct... I believe AS should have RC (romantic comedies) Inuyasha has a large fanbase mostly girls, most likely for the romance(or mabe just for the boys) :p , so if they have more RC there might be a chance it will come through. :sweat:

[Carolina Red]

So there are some romantic elements in some comedies shown here. However, they are not the dominant theme in these shows. Apparently the target market is one that could be the least-accepting of romantic comedies, and that's where the problem lies. Also, whenever people hear the phrase "romantic comedy," the first thing that comes to mind on the brains of so many people is "chick flick," and I can't see any station besides Lifetime that would show a chick-flick-type TV show. (i don't think the other two womens' channels would jump to it)

Also, although I have never seen one, animation and romantic comedies just wouldn't fit together. I mean, it's already hard enough as it is to make a cartoon without any humor or action these days.

I'm not into romatic comedies, if you're wondering. However, I do believe that there are millions of people out there who are into them, and if you want to make something to cater to that population, then go ahead. After all, everyone is free to like what they want and watch what they want!