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RES-01 Perses Gundam · 2012-04-20, 06:04

My take is that AGE overdid its attempt to appeal to its target group: kids. Rather than trying to arouse interest in those kids with something "cool", they tailored something too close to their age. What I think is "cool" to those kids is like SEED; kids with super powers and being able to achieve more than what is expected of their age. And there after they would begin to idolise those in-show kids and try to emulate them as much as they can. And since superpower kids like Kira become their role models, they follow them and indeed the show itself. AGE didn't succeed because it made Flit looked too bland at first, too weak and too normal - like a kid and something kids want desperately not to become.

I agree that kids are more judgmental and heed first impressions. Add to that with the "spread effect", kids discouraging their peers from watching AGE and a whole population of kids start to shun AGE.

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RES-01 Perses Gundam A Contradiction Beneath Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Singapore	My take is that AGE overdid its attempt to appeal to its target group: kids. Rather than trying to arouse interest in those kids with something "cool", they tailored something too close to their age. What I think is "cool" to those kids is like SEED; kids with super powers and being able to achieve more than what is expected of their age. And there after they would begin to idolise those in-show kids and try to emulate them as much as they can. And since superpower kids like Kira become their role models, they follow them and indeed the show itself. AGE didn't succeed because it made Flit looked too bland at first, too weak and too normal - like a kid and something kids want desperately not to become. I agree that kids are more judgmental and heed first impressions. Add to that with the "spread effect", kids discouraging their peers from watching AGE and a whole population of kids start to shun AGE.