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Getting people into the imas series
Virgofall:
I think that the demographic's primarily male, if you consider the cited reason for Ryo's existence (which essentially comes off to me as "We need a male PoV character"), the fact that introducing male idols who presented as male had caused quite the revolt within the fandom, and the fact that the spinoffs still primarily focus on girls - even before we consider how the producer's addressed in the main series. I HIGHLY doubt, say, Takane and Miki would've accused the producer of being perverted if the producer were female.
I was semi-into the series by the time the anime came out, but I'll admit I became more interested post-anime. I didn't really become a huge fan prior to getting the games, though, since the music was what lured me in to begin with (as a Vocaloid fan at the time - not so much now - it was a pretty natural extension). I grew curious about how certain combinations of idols sounded on various songs, and that was enough for me to disregard the language barrier.
Amazing_Grace:
--- Quote from: SakuraMaxX on October 09, 2014, 04:09:51 am ---But iM@S's target demographic is men?
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Take that up with him, the cute idols and adorable music was just too feminine for him.
I do kinda think the target is men, though. Weird considering literally everyone I know (in real life, not including you guys) who loves that series is female.
Naryoril:
--- Quote from: Amazing_Grace on October 09, 2014, 08:46:08 pm ---Take that up with him, the cute idols and adorable music was just too feminine for him.
I do kinda think the target is men, though. Weird considering literally everyone I know (in real life, not including you guys) who loves that series is female.
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Adorable music? Sure, some songs are made to be cute, but there are also songs like Overmaster or eDEN
Amazing_Grace:
--- Quote from: Naryoril on October 09, 2014, 10:21:38 pm ---Adorable music? Sure, some songs are made to be cute, but there are also songs like Overmaster or eDEN
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The anime pretty exclusively sticks with the cuter songs, at least in the first few episodes. edeN didn't even exist when the anime came out. READY!!! and CHANGE!! and The World is All One! and Positive! and those songs are the ones that show up in the early episodes (OK, not CHANGE!!, that one came later), so they're the only ones this friend heard.
Okayu:
I've tried many times over the years but haven't succeeded in converting anyone. Can't be helped.
--- Quote from: Yui on October 09, 2014, 04:58:55 am ---it'll be Vocaloid>Touhou>iM@S.
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That's pretty much how it is on nico as well from what I can tell.
--- Quote from: MetalPredat0r on October 09, 2014, 04:49:12 am ---For all the criticisms people tend to give the anime, its at least a good adaptation by being accessible to newer people who don't know about iM@S firsthand
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The problem is the anime misrepresents the series. It just takes the basic concepts and does it's own thing. It may be a decent gateway series, but it is by no means a good adaptation.
--- Quote from: Virgofall on October 09, 2014, 06:57:52 am ---even before we consider how the producer's addressed in the main series. I HIGHLY doubt, say, Takane and Miki would've accused the producer of being perverted if the producer were female.
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Producer also uses a male pronoun and talks like a guy. It's pretty obvious the producer is meant to be a guy but that doesn't mean girls can't play it.
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