CATDOLL: Why is Osomatsu so popular? The decline of handsome boy animation is the main reason

The new October anime "Matsuko: The Legend of Zu" was adapted into an anime after 27 years. After the anime was broadcast, it quickly set off a trend in the fan community. This amazing popularity even became a social phenomenon and attracted media attention. Female viewers who like "Matsuko: The Legend of Zu" accounted for the vast majority of fans. So what is the charm of the six twins as the protagonists? A Japanese media has conducted a special analysis on this.

Popular male voice actor hired

When the voice actors of "Osomatsu" were gradually revealed at the beginning of the promotion, the potential popularity could already be felt - the six triplets were all played by popular male voice actors, including Osomatsu (Sakurai Takahiro), Soramatsu (Nakamura Yuichi), Katsu (Kamiya Hiroshi), Ichimatsu (Fukuyama Jun), Jushimatsu (Ono Daisuke), and Tilia Matsu (Irino Miyu). The fans of the voice actors alone attracted a lot of people...

The six siblings have distinct personalities and are portrayed in detail.

In the past, Osomatsu was actually a group of six triplets that were very similar to each other, but as they grew up, the six Osomatsus each have their own personalities. For example, Osomatsu, who is always the leader, Sora, who likes to show off like an advisor, Kasong, who has more common sense and is responsible for making comments, Jushimon, who is always silly and can't close his mouth, and Linden, who has the temperament of a youngest son and loves to act coquettishly. Although the faces of the six triplets in the animation look the same, the expressions and behaviors of the six triplets are all unique. The animation team has put a lot of effort into these details.

It is a very healing work for women

Why is it healing? The editor-in-chief of the Japanese anime magazine "Animedia" said, "Female audiences are tired of animations full of handsome men." The reason is quite simple. Unlike other handsome man animations, "Osomatsu" with simple lines is not prone to animation collapse. As the number of episodes of animation is approaching the production speed, the audience usually has to be prepared for the possibility of animation collapse from the third episode. For female audiences, the appearance of handsome animation characters is very important. Seeing the animation collapse is really tiring... So "Osomatsu" that does not collapse has become the most anticipated animation every week.

via: Otaku News

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