Approach to "puberty" seen in overseas anime -the diversity of anime that feels different from Japan [Ryota Fujitsu's anime gate v 74th]

You may be asked about the characteristics of Japanese anime in interviews.In such a case, sometimes we talk about rough trends and prelude to "there are many works that handle adolescents" (if you write it just in case, it is characteristic, and "there is".Not a feature).The fluctuation of the identity and the sense of distance to others, including love.Even if such a thing is not the theme, it will reflect it in the character's behavior, make the audience throb, make it harassed, and make it a medicine.It is one of the features of Japanese anime that such works are produced in a teenager or higher.

On the premise of such a perception, looking at the Netflix's original anime series "Big Mouse" is a big shock."Big Mouse" is an American comedy anime.This is a work that directly focuses on "body changes and changes in the mind accompanying", with junior high school students living in the outskirts of West Chester County in New York City as the main character, as the main character, "change of body and the change in mind associated with it".。Distribution has begun in 2017 and is now released until Season 4.

The story progresses on two boys, Nick Burch and Andrew Globaman, and various classmates are involved.It is also interesting that the characters that look like a sterot type in the sub as the series progresses.

Episode 1 "Ikikita" (English title is "Ejaculation" and "ejaculation") is an episode in which Nick, who has not yet been familiar and has no pubic hair, fights with his friend Andrew.Andrew is Andrew, where everything looks like a side dish and wants to masturbate immediately.Even when you're staying at Nick's house.Andrew is drawn in the 10th episode "Pornoscape" that you can not return from there on the Internet pornography.

Episode 2 "Everyone is full of blood" ("Everybody Bleeds") is an episode in which one of the main characters, Jesse Graser, is visiting a free goddess on an excursion.Jesse, who was not ready, could not get out of her toilet.Even when she went to a summer camp in Season 4 Episode 2 "Hampa -free blood", she became menstruation before playing in the lake and was worried.

In this way, "Big Mouse" is the theme of "change of body" and "change of mind" directly directly.There are many scenes where you can not get rid of the sympathetic shame as you are looking at.In addition, the depiction itself is quite direct, and in the episode of the masturbation of women, the female genitals will be characterized and will lecture on how to masturbate to the characters.This area is a distribution work, so it can be said that it was attacked.

Then, the romance between the characters is also involved, and the problems of racial identity and the difficulty of parent -child relationships are taken up, and there are episodes that think about LGBT.A character, a character that embodies the desires of the protagonists, a character called hormonal monster as a kind of imaginary friend.

The point of this work is basically a fancy comedy, while having these elements.Rather, it can be said that because it is a cartoon -like comedy, it can handle various themes that are enumerated with flexible hands.In expressions that are conscious of realism that Japanese anime is good at, even if the same subject is handled, it may be heavier and wet.Looking at the "Big Mouse", it is reminded that the "puberty" handled by Japanese anime is not "puberty".

In Netflix, the original anime series with the theme of puberty is "Forever 12 years old!(TWELVE FOEVER)] is also distributed.This work, unlike "Big Mouse", does not immediately draw physical changes, but the theme is the various conflicts born in that heart when a prehein child reaches puberty.。

The protagonist is the imagination girl Reggie Abbott.She can use her own key to go to Endless Island in another world."Endless Island" is a kind of Neverland, a mysterious friend of Reggie (such as toys used for a long time).Reggie is looking forward to the time and spending time on his friend Todd and Esther and Endless Island.

Episode 1 "Eternal Birthday" begins with her 12th birthday.But the present sent by her mother was girlish clothes, razors for women, deodorant supplies, and bras.Reggie, who wanted toys, is very disappointed with the present.In addition, the mother tries to sell old toys in Reggie on the garage sale.Reggie, who recovered the toys that were likely to be sold, headed to Endless Island to hide them.

As you can see from the introduction of the first episode, this work proceeds with the desire of "I want to be a child" and the reality of the reality of "becoming an adult".As the series goes on, the distance is born between Reggie, who wants to be a child, and Todd and Esther.

Episode 21 "I want to dance forever (Dance Forever)" is an episode where a dance festival is held at school.Todd happened to know each other, and his hobbies danced with a common Guen.Esther, who is curious about Todd's love story, will also dance with a boy he met at the dance festival venue.But Reggie is not interested in love stories and has a lot of teak time.He also negotiates with the music clerk to play a better song.

Eventually, Reggie says he wants to return to Esther and Todd.But Todd refuses to fight with Reggie.Essters taken to the legs are also dissatisfied with the behavior of Reggie.The danger of "I want to be like me" leads to the "rejection of growth" involving the surroundings is very tingling.

So, is there a moment when you feel in love with Reggie?In fact, the encounter is drawn in Episode 17, Episode 18, "Locked Out Foreve) Part 1 / Part 2".Reggie is worried about classmate Connery, who is making independent films at school.Connery and Reggies have a common point of "talking about the story with imagination."But Reggie doesn't know why Connery cares.The reason why the rescue returned to the dance festival was that Connery showed up at the venue, which was upset.

Petosky, one of the executive producers in the series, explained that Reggie was a queer character that "join his sexuality."In other words, Connery was a character that would hold the key to the process of becoming an adult while keeping the legis "like".However, this work ended in Season 1 alone, and unfortunately it was not drawn after the legs.How has the relationship between Reggie and "Endless Island" changed?

If you look at various Netflix anime series, you can clearly see that there are various "high -grade anime (cartoon)" overseas.Above all, "Big Mouse" and "12 years old forever!] Has a completely different approach to the "puberty" that Japanese anime is often handled, and you can realize the diverse of animation.At the same time, I think it is a proof that "there are still more areas where Japanese anime has not touched."