Kenshin ont he other hand, I think I'll wait a while to show him-- he reacts more to the characters emotions, and Kenshin's voice actress is so wonderful in conveying them.
My mother thought it was too violent when she watched it -- but I pointed out that the violence made sense. I liked it as a springboard for discussion, because it wasn't strictly black-and-white; there are the good guys, there are the bad guys, and then there's that large strip in the middle -- the people who are trying to find their way out of confusion, chaos and sometimes, madness.
He was, I think, 4 when we started watching them, maybe 6 when we finally finished them (they weren't on DVD when we started, and at the time, there was no bit-torrent, so it was more hit-or-miss).
But the voice element is interesting -- my youngest son was terrified by Monsters, inc and Finding Nemo when they were both age appropriate because the children in both movies actually sound terrified toward the end. He would not let me near a display of anything with any of the Monsters, Inc characters until just this past year, when he did finally sit down and watch it while it was being played on television. He could happily watch Ice Age which came out around the same time as Monsters, because the child at no time sounded terrified. He doesn't seem to mind anger or embarrassment, or the extremes that come with manga-based anime -- but fear still, well, frightens him. Oh, but only in children. If there are no children, he's good to go. If there are children and they aren't terrified (Komachi in S7 is never afraid afaik), he's fine.
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Date: 2006-11-02 04:35 pm (UTC)My mother thought it was too violent when she watched it -- but I pointed out that the violence made sense. I liked it as a springboard for discussion, because it wasn't strictly black-and-white; there are the good guys, there are the bad guys, and then there's that large strip in the middle -- the people who are trying to find their way out of confusion, chaos and sometimes, madness.
He was, I think, 4 when we started watching them, maybe 6 when we finally finished them (they weren't on DVD when we started, and at the time, there was no bit-torrent, so it was more hit-or-miss).
But the voice element is interesting -- my youngest son was terrified by Monsters, inc and Finding Nemo when they were both age appropriate because the children in both movies actually sound terrified toward the end. He would not let me near a display of anything with any of the Monsters, Inc characters until just this past year, when he did finally sit down and watch it while it was being played on television. He could happily watch Ice Age which came out around the same time as Monsters, because the child at no time sounded terrified. He doesn't seem to mind anger or embarrassment, or the extremes that come with manga-based anime -- but fear still, well, frightens him. Oh, but only in children. If there are no children, he's good to go. If there are children and they aren't terrified (Komachi in S7 is never afraid afaik), he's fine.
I'll look for Boy, thanks!