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Originally Posted by Amorok
What's the deal with this show? I've had SO many people recommend the series to me, but I still can't bring myself to watch it. What on Earth could possibly make a children's animated series so popular among adults?
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Couldn't you ask the same thing about a number of anime series?
It's colorful, largely cheery, the characters are well done, voice acting is good, animation is solid, and the settings are compelling enough. While the themes aren't exactly high-level stuff, the presentation is overall entertaining. The same could be said for the appeal behind most television shows, I suppose.
I watched the first episode purely because I wanted to see what all of the fuss was about. The series clicked with me well enough that I ended up watching the first season, and the first three or four episodes of the second. I don't follow the series regularly, nor can I explain how the series has generated such passionate adult fans, but hey... I'm sure people in Japan wonder the same about us and anime.