Kenzi

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School can be stressful, but generally--if you challenge yourself--it's not boring. In fact, I used to love going to school. I loved learning under a peaceful environment where not everything was dependent on grades. However, once high school started, I suddenly became surrounded by people who were no longer driven by their passion for learning, but rather by their desire for prestige. Before long, I realized that I have converted into one of those people. I found myself taking as many AP classes and attempting at as many standardized tests as I could in order to compete with them. Needless to say, I've lost track of why I even enjoyed going to school in the first place. Life became extremely stressful extremely quickly, and I even pulled my first all-nighter not too long ago in an attempt to finish an essay and to study for an oncoming test. I no longer enjoyed learning--it became a chore and the amount of sleep-deprived days I suffered through became immeasurable. Despite all of this, I still do not find school boring. Education is a privilege, and although I frequently tend to take it for granted, the volume of knowledge I have gained throughout high school so far is one thing I still have not regretted working for.

I was just hoping that someone around here came across some hard statistics at some point, haha. There's a good chance it could be in Japanese, which might contribute as to why I haven't found it yet. Yeah, I suppose it doesn't really matter in the long run, but I'm still a little surprised that the demographic for DC hasn't popped up on the internet yet for a series running this long.

Not sure where you're coming from, because the ending of movie 17 was one of the worst attempts at sentimental romance that I have ever witnessed. As much I support Shinichi and Ran's relationship, that scene was quite laughable, actually.

I don't think using opinions of friends/acquaintances qualifies as fair evidence for an estimation of a demographic. Like I said before, it may seem obvious that the show is directed towards a certain audience, but that isn't exactly stopping others from watching it either. What you're basing your evidence on mainly includes predictions on target audience. The actual demographic can't be generalized through assumptions. Also, based on your previous speculations, Movie 12 should have had a somewhat equal split in male and female viewers. However, as stated before, the majority of the audience consisted of females. Although your earlier statistics seem reasonable, this is backed up by merely assumption and I still find it rather difficult to accept this as the general demographic.

The change in hair color whenever he assumed the role of Kaitou Kid was a weird addition in my opinion. Is anyone else somewhat bothered by this?

Haha, where are you getting all of this data from? ...though I also had a similar "estimation." I was hoping there were some hard statistics out there. I know Anime News Network has some based on airings of movies or specials but not the demographic as a whole. Either that or I haven't found it yet. ^ I found this quite interesting. 70% who watched the movie were female? I think that's pretty decent evidence confirming that the demographic of DC as a whole may not be as "typical" as previously thought.

I see where you're coming from, but like I said before, I don't need to know the target audience--I prefer to know what the the results are (percentages to be exact). What percentage of the demographic is consisted of male/female? Age? Ethnicity? The author can control his target audience, but he doesn't have as much control over the outcome. He could intend for the show to appeal to 3 year-olds for all we care, but end up attracting people as old as 35. R-rated movies aren't necessarily intended for children either, but there's nothing stopping them from watching those films.

I've already watched most of the plot-relevant episodes so now my goal is to attempt to watch the rest of it. School has been taking a toll on me lately so I have my doubts on whether I'll be able to get through the rest of the series before I begin to lose interest. Most of the newer episodes also have ridiculously elaborate mysteries that take the fun out of the solving them (*cough*, vampire mansion, *cough*), which doesn't exactly help the process either. I plan to finish the series, though I don't think it's going to happen.

Sorry for bring back such an old topic, but this question has been tugging at the back of my mind for a while. Does anyone know the demographics of DC? (age, gender, ethnicity, region/country, etc.) Not for specific movies or specials, but just in general. I have an idea of what the target audience is, but I want to know DC's actual demographic. I tried looking it up on both the wiki and on google, but the closest I got to was, "Even though Detective Conan is a Shōnen, its audience is composed of a substantial proportion of female viewers and readers. The series also seems to attract all ages."

Likely not. Ran and Haibara's relationship is completely different from Ran and Conan's relationship. The reason why Ran suspected Conan in the first place was because she noticed the overabundance of characteristics that Conan and Shinichi shared (and coincidences; ex. Conan appeared on the same day Shinichi disappeared). Plus, Ran never got an opportunity to actually observe Haibara (either that or she just chose not to). I would think Ran simply dismisses Haibara as a "unique" child. ... Ran would also look insane if she suddenly started accusing this 7-year old of being someone else, lol

I was thinking of a special "search section" that compiles a list of episodes with certain characters in them (I am aware that there is an "appearances" section of the wiki) Ex. Maybe someone wants to find episodes that have both Vermouth and Yukiko in them. This person could enter those names into the search and these episodes would pop up: Episode 190: The Desperate Revival (The Third Choice) (Note: Disguised - Araide) Episode 191: The Desperate Revival (The Black Knight) (Note: Disguised - Araide) Episode 272: The Secret Rushed Omission Episode 341: The Secret Hidden in the Bathroom (Part 2) Episode 345: Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night (2.5 Hour Special) Episode 701: The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Departure) Episode 704: The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Destination) Episode 706: Bourbon Figures It Out I feel like this would be convenient especially if they might have to dig through a list of characters that have an extensive number of appearances (like someone who wants to find episodes with both Sonoko and Heji in them) or if someone needs to find episodes that contain more than two preferred characters (ex. someone wants to find episodes with Vermouth, Yukiko, and Shinichi in them) Creating a search like this would be time consuming, so obviously, please don't feel obligated to make this. Having this kind of search isn't a life or death situation but it would make searching for episodes a bit easier.

but Toichi's death seemed pretty half-assed

The raw episode is uploaded and it's currently being subbed by The Moonlighters so it should be out before long. I personally think the Conan vs. Kid aspect ruins the exclusivity that the original series possessed--especially since it already shows up in DC a fair amount of times. Yeah, I would have preferred if they stuck to the original plot line. This one just doesn't give off the same vibe.

Well, it's official. I'm thoroughly disappointed towards the lack of effort put into the art. Aoko's nose and mouth at 1:10 in the intro killed it for me. They're probably going to include a similar introduction for Kaito Kid's "awakening," but diverge from the original series afterwards. I guess we'll find out once it's subbed, right?

I liked how the beginning was almost a parallel to OP 48. What I didn't like was how lazy the animators have gotten lately--the ending was mainly comprised of zooming in and out of pictures and the random flashes of text was only utilized as a filler at best (which I also found somewhat irritating). The song wasn't too bad, but the excerpts of English didn't add much to it. I actually think they made the song worse. alsoooo... ^ LOL, this +1 for you EDIT: Added it to the list of "other" characters. It's meant to be a joke so feel free to delete it if it happens to bother anyone

oh god forbid another "spy" we already have enough of those in the BO the theory matches up pretty nicely except one thing:

I can't remember too well since I first discovered the show as a child, but it was probably something along the lines of "holy crap this 7 year old genius can outwit these adults, wow!" But that was before I realized I should have watched the first episode after I dove into the series, lol

There were some pretty bad quality ones uploaded to YouTube, but I'd rather wait--it's all about the experience of the movie, haha

^ we need to start showing them some love

Welp, the art changed a bit (I can't quite put my finger on it but I think the eyes are what's bothering me the most) and the 3D transitions were also a new addition. Even if a new studio is in charge, I would have preferred if they stuck to the original art/animation in order to keep consistency. I can't determine much from the 30 second clip, but I'm just hoping that they're not planning to reuse material from the old MK other than maybe from the first and second episodes. Or maybe I'm just being picky.

I particularly dislike cases where the criminal involves innocent people in their scheme; pretty self-explanatory. Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon (ep 383) is a good example of this. The motive wasn't great and I hardly felt sympathy for the guy. It's actually laughable how elaborate and unnecessary his attempt was since it only ended up in failure.

Probably episodes that threaten the main characters in some way. Especially kidnappings that give off a much darker atmosphere.

They were just trying to see if the fingerprints on the cellphone matched Conan's, they weren't trying to identify who the fingerprints actually belonged to. Basically, Conan gave them his fingerprints and they compared it to the ones on the cellphone. Since they were indeed his, there was no further investigation needed. None of them were entirely concerned about his identity either since the murder case was much more significant at the time. I believe it is fairly difficult to pinpoint the person who the fingerprints belong to without some form of comparison--they would need a set of Conan's and Shinichi's fingerprints in order to confirm that Conan is Shinichi after all (which is how I speculate the Black Organization was able to find out).

Lucky Star easily takes its place as the worst anime I've ever watched. I tried it out of curiosity and was lured by the promise of comedy since it's a slice-of-life anime. However, I couldn't even sit through ten minutes of the first episode. What I was thinking based on those 10 minutes: -pointless dialogue that drags on for half of the episode; they literally talked about their bread for the entire 10 minutes I was paying attention. Seriously? -awful character designs and animation, especially the color scheme (first anime that actually had art and colors that made me feel nauseous). No, it was not "cute" -surprisingly bland character personalities, which shouldn't have been a problem considering that it is a slice-of-life -the show also seems to be based around 17 year olds who not only look like they're 2 year olds, but also act like 2 year olds Of course these are only my first impressions--obviously the show may have gotten "improvement" as time went by. But even if it was only 10 minutes, those 10 minutes, by far, were the most wretched 10 minutes that I have ever witnessed in anime. Everything was carried out so poorly and it even looked like the show was created and voiced by 2 year olds. I was even able to further solidify my opinions by watching extra clips of the show from later episodes; needless to say, the show continued to disappoint. In other words, nothing is going to convince me to give Lucky Star a second chance--watching it was dreadful and an awful decision on my part.