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While Japanese demographics don’t necessarily work in the same way as they do in Western cultures, I’ll try my best to explain it. | While Japanese demographics don’t necessarily work in the same way as they do in Western cultures, I’ll try my best to explain it. | ||
Godzilla 1954 is a dark film with heavy themes surrounding nuclear weapons and so I would say that the film is intended for a more mature audience. I’d say the films from Raids Again to Destroy All Monsters are “age neutral”, they are more accessible to children compared to the original | Godzilla 1954 is a dark film with heavy themes surrounding nuclear weapons and so I would say that the film is intended for a more mature audience. I’d say the films from Raids Again to Destroy All Monsters are “age neutral”, they are more accessible to children compared to the original film (mostly due to the lessened nuclear themes) though there is still somewhat of a maturity to them with the only real exception to that being Son. All Monsters Attack - Mechagodzilla ‘74 were targeted towards kids, this was partly due to the competing Gamera series, the Showa era was originally intended to end with DAM but the popularity of Godzilla and the rival Gamera franchise made Tomoyuki Tanaka continue the series, I would also guess this is why a child protagonist in AMA, Hedorah and Megalon were included. Terror of Mechagodzilla is an odd case because while it was still made for the Champion Festival, the darker aspects of the film partly due to the returning director Ishiro Honda make it stand out against the other 70s films. | ||
As for the Heisei era films, they were originally intended to return the franchise to its darker roots as shown in the 1954 film, what may have helped is that the audience that grew up with the Showa era films were much older now. Though in the 1990s, much more children-based media was produced surrounding the Heisei series. | As for the Heisei era films, they were originally intended to return the franchise to its darker roots as shown in the 1954 film, what may have helped is that the audience that grew up with the Showa era films were much older now. Though in the 1990s, much more children-based media was produced surrounding the Heisei series. | ||
I would also like to note that the maturity of a project does not necessarily mean that it isn’t intended for children. | I would also like to note that the maturity of a project does not necessarily mean that it isn’t intended for children. | ||
