<p>It's not that all anime is focused on fighting, but that your average American is ignorant enough to believe that living in japan makes you a Kung-Fu master out to save the world with your proud and honourable style.<br>
Truth is, we are the brutes who are all about fighting, so those are the anime that are popular here. Whereas in Japan and other places, the more complex and less flashy anime are more popular.</p>

<p>Not that we don't all love some ass kicking, big explosion, breasts flying everywhere superhero action.</p>

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AShortWordedFan
<p>From otaku's point of view.</p>

<p>If you know <em>Dragon Ball</em>, I think you can understand this answer easily.
First few parts of <em>Dragon Ball</em> is adventure manga instead of battle (fighting) manga.</p>

<p>It was running in Weekly Shonen Jump.
Jump has a voting system (by postcard) and the ranking is very very important.
If a manga can't get a good result, that manga should be discontinued soon.</p>

<p>In the first part, <em>Dragon Ball</em> is not popular.
Then the author tried to change the style.
For example, adding more gag, introducing more enemies.
Finally, he found that battle manga can get more vote and continued over ten years.</p>

<p>Other than <em>Dragon Ball</em>, many manga has these change.
For example:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YuYu_Hakusho" rel="nofollow noreferrer">YuYu Hakusho</a>: detective manga to battle manga.</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Taluluto" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Magical Taluluto</a>: <em>Doraemon</em>-style manga to battle manga.</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_King_Tar-chan" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jungle King Tar-chan</a>: gag manga to battle manga.</li>
</ul>

<p>The story has the loop:</p>

<ol>
<li>A new enemy is coming.</li>
<li>Protagonist loses.</li>
<li>Protagonist trains.</li>
<li>Finally, wins.</li>
<li>Go back to 1.</li>
</ol>

<p>But recently the user of shonen has different interest.
They stop reading at step 2.
Then, recent shonen manga has a different story.</p>

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kumagoro
<p>Note: <em>RWBY</em> is not an anime.</p>

<p>It's all based on the demographic you watch. You appear to watch most of the shonen anime, but that's understandable as most of this kind of anime is popular because people like this kind of things. If you don't think action suits you, I'll list a few from their demographics and you can go check them out.</p>

<ul>
<li>Kodomo: for young children (<em>Doraemon</em>, <em>Pokemon</em>, <em>Inazuma Eleven</em>)</li>
<li>Shojo: for girls aged 8-18 (<em>Sailor Moon</em>, <em>Ouran Highschool Host Club</em>)</li>
<li>Shounen: for boys aged 8-18 (<em>Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood</em>, <em>Attack on Titan</em>, <em>One Piece</em>)</li>
<li>Seinen: for older men over 18 (<em>Tokyo Ghoul</em>, <em>One Punch Man</em>, <em>Parasyte</em>)</li>
<li>Josei: for older women over 18. I don't have any picks apart from <em>Boku no Pico</em> and I seriously don't want you to watch that, so... nah...</li>
<li>Emotional/Romance anime series that will make you cry: <em>Clannad</em>, <em>Clannad: After Story</em>, <em>Erased</em>, <em>Your Lie in April</em></li>
</ul>

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out of all josei anime out there and you pick Boku no Pico?
Darjeeling
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Barren Kieten
<p>Something I have always wondered, <strong>why is most anime centered on fighting</strong>? DragonBall Z, RWBY, Bleach just to name a few. I've seen some that aren't, but it seems to be few and far between. Is this something that just relates to the Japanese lifestyle?</p>

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You're watching the wrong shows then. There are tons of shows which have literally no action or fighting at all in them. Just to look at currently airing things, Golden Time and Non Non Biyori both fit your description.
Logan M
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Most anime are based on manga, which is basically a Japanese version of a comic strip, and I suspect that proportionally far more American comics are centred around a big strong guy beating up bad guys than Japanese ones. Also, RWBY isn't even Japanese, it's an American show done in a Japanese style.
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Why is most anime centered on fighting?
# Why is most anime centered on fighting?
Posted by: username_0 on 2013-12-19
Something I have always wondered, **why is most anime centered on fighting**? DragonBall Z, RWBY, Bleach just to name a few. I've seen some that aren't, but it seems to be few and far between. Is this something that just relates to the Japanese lifestyle?
**Tags:** anime-history
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You're watching the wrong shows then. There are tons of shows which have literally no action or fighting at all in them. Just to look at currently airing things, Golden Time and Non Non Biyori both fit your description.  
> **username_2**: Most anime are based on manga, which is basically a Japanese version of a comic strip, and I suspect that proportionally far more American comics are centred around a big strong guy beating up bad guys than Japanese ones. Also, RWBY isn't even Japanese, it's an American show done in a Japanese style.  
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## 3 answers
### Answer by username_3 on 2014-04-17. Score: 9
It's not that all anime is focused on fighting, but that your average American is ignorant enough to believe that living in japan makes you a Kung-Fu master out to save the world with your proud and honourable style.  
Truth is, we are the brutes who are all about fighting, so those are the anime that are popular here. Whereas in Japan and other places, the more complex and less flashy anime are more popular.

Not that we don't all love some ass kicking, big explosion, breasts flying everywhere superhero action.
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### Answer by username_4 on 2014-10-31. Score: 2
From otaku's point of view.

If you know *Dragon Ball*, I think you can understand this answer easily.
First few parts of *Dragon Ball* is adventure manga instead of battle (fighting) manga.

It was running in Weekly Shonen Jump.
Jump has a voting system (by postcard) and the ranking is very very important.
If a manga can't get a good result, that manga should be discontinued soon.

In the first part, *Dragon Ball* is not popular.
Then the author tried to change the style.
For example, adding more gag, introducing more enemies.
Finally, he found that battle manga can get more vote and continued over ten years.

Other than *Dragon Ball*, many manga has these change.
For example:

* [YuYu Hakusho](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YuYu_Hakusho): detective manga to battle manga.
* [Magical Taluluto](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Taluluto): *Doraemon*-style manga to battle manga.
* [Jungle King Tar-chan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_King_Tar-chan): gag manga to battle manga.

The story has the loop:

1. A new enemy is coming.
2. Protagonist loses.
3. Protagonist trains.
4. Finally, wins.
5. Go back to 1.

But recently the user of shonen has different interest.
They stop reading at step 2.
Then, recent shonen manga has a different story.
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### Answer by username_5 on 2017-12-06. Score: 2
Note: *RWBY* is not an anime.

It's all based on the demographic you watch. You appear to watch most of the shonen anime, but that's understandable as most of this kind of anime is popular because people like this kind of things. If you don't think action suits you, I'll list a few from their demographics and you can go check them out.

* Kodomo: for young children (*Doraemon*, *Pokemon*, *Inazuma Eleven*)
* Shojo: for girls aged 8-18 (*Sailor Moon*, *Ouran Highschool Host Club*)
* Shounen: for boys aged 8-18 (*Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood*, *Attack on Titan*, *One Piece*)
* Seinen: for older men over 18 (*Tokyo Ghoul*, *One Punch Man*, *Parasyte*)
* Josei: for older women over 18. I don't have any picks apart from *Boku no Pico* and I seriously don't want you to watch that, so... nah...
* Emotional/Romance anime series that will make you cry: *Clannad*, *Clannad: After Story*, *Erased*, *Your Lie in April*
> **Comments:**
> **username_6** (2017-12-07): out of all josei anime out there and you pick Boku no Pico?  
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