i don't get this.

why do they animate garbage like one piece/naruto/bleach etc instead of animating gantz?
GantZ is way better than those, and has a better story which evolves humanity.
It even makes sense, unlike those 3 i mentioned.

Because shounen sells and seinen doesnt

I can't believe someone like you made a post like this. Goes against all common logic.

because everyone loves to watch a hero beat bad guys. they tried animating Gantz already and it sucked testes

because Money

no it didint it had a pretty good fanbase 2

in japan, anime's largest audience are kids/teens who are still in school and have nothing else to do other than school and fantasize about things they can't have
if you were to produce something more of a mature content then you'll be aiming for an audience with that mentality to actually enjoy and understand something like Gantz
that being said, the audience you will be serving is much smaller and already have jobs (a life) who probably don't have as much time as a kid in school to watch and/or buy
consumer goods of that anime.

so you're basically asking
"why don't people throw themselves into bankrupt (if not make very little) by creating an anime that won't sell?"

i'm not sure if you've noticed but generally speaking, 99% of animes have their main character as:
A. A teenager/child (Naruto, One Piece, Full Metal Alchemist, Dragon Ball)
B. a person who is still in school (Death Note)
C. Both A and B (Bleach)


This post was edited by lyzerggg on Jun 26 2013 11:00pm

Irony... most of the audience is young/middle aged adults....

Asks why long bad animus are still up
And questions why another long and bad animu isn't up

Gantz was fucking awesome. Except when it began to stray from the manga cos they had to wrap it up. If it hadn't been cancelled it would be one of the greatest animes of all time. As it is it's still in my top 10

e/ mebbe top 15 thinkin about it. Damn I've watched way too much anime.

This post was edited by Vivienne on Jun 27 2013 12:02am