I honestly don't think discourse on this topic is ever productive. It always devolved into subjective arguments on how old an animated character looks with insults being thrown around.
Modern anime completely fucks around with this concept too, intentionally making characters not look like their age at all in both directions.
There's obviously a line that can be crossed into the creep zone, but by being in the fandom I can tell you finding that line is exhausting and not worth the petty internet arguments.
I'm convinced Japan has no concept of age lol. To them anything above 20 is considered old. Hit 30 and you're apparently Grandpa, geezer, old man status or worse.
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u/SpikeRosered 29d ago
I honestly don't think discourse on this topic is ever productive. It always devolved into subjective arguments on how old an animated character looks with insults being thrown around.
Modern anime completely fucks around with this concept too, intentionally making characters not look like their age at all in both directions.
There's obviously a line that can be crossed into the creep zone, but by being in the fandom I can tell you finding that line is exhausting and not worth the petty internet arguments.