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[Buzy]

Originally Posted by Xanderfox

They want a fan base of kids who will buy toys not fetishes who will draw fan art.

To second the "MUST SELL TOYS!" philosophy that often goes in these cartoons, it's exactly why Young Justice got cancelled as a show.

It had splendid levels of viewerships and was generally considered the best of it's kind.

It only had one single problem.

It was too popular.... with girls.

And in the eyes of Corporate Executives(.tm), "Girls don't buy toys".
As in, that's -exactly- what the creators of the show got told when their show got cancelled.

A female sibling of mine who was a fan of the show back then was a bit miffed when she thus learned -why- the show was cancelled.

[TF-Viewer]

Originally Posted by Buzy

To second the "MUST SELL TOYS!" philosophy that often goes in these cartoons, it's exactly why Young Justice got cancelled as a show.

It had splendid levels of viewerships and was generally considered the best of it's kind.

It only had one single problem.

It was too popular.... with girls.

And in the eyes of Corporate Executives(.tm), "Girls don't buy toys".
As in, that's -exactly- what the creators of the show got told when their show got cancelled.

A female sibling of mine who was a fan of the show back then was a bit miffed when she thus learned -why- the show was cancelled.

I always thought it was because of the poorly done time-skip that left a huge hole between season 1 and 2 that was to be bridged with a video game, only the game was both bad and delayed so that it didn't come out on time, in fact coming out after the show was canned. Perhaps more the money lost on that game's development than this "too popular with girls" bullshit.

[Buzy]

Originally Posted by TF-Viewer

I always thought it was because of the poorly done time-skip that left a huge hole between season 1 and 2 that was to be bridged with a video game, only the game was both bad and delayed so that it didn't come out on time, in fact coming out after the show was canned. Perhaps more the money lost on that game's development than this "too popular with girls" bullshit.

Actually, Words of God from the shows's creators(as in, the actual creative team, not the corporate folks that funds the series and development of video games) apparently showed that there indeed was a lot of pressure from corporates on cartoons they've worked on to do stuff like demanding female characters being put "just one step behind the boys" so they aren't too prominent and that kind of stuff doesn't promote the female characters as much as the guys whom boys could "relate" to and then later buy the toys of, etc.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...Female-Viewers

Note this is the comments of admittedly the member of only one animation team, about one very specific(and possibly biased and/or skewed source of information) personal sets of experience with shows from possibly 2 years or more ago(the show that replaced the Tower Prep project they worked on started in 2012).

[TF-Viewer]

Originally Posted by Buzy

Actually, Words of God from the shows's creators(as in, the actual creative team, not the corporate folks that funds the series and development of video games) apparently showed that there indeed was a lot of pressure from corporates on cartoons they've worked on to do stuff like demanding female characters being put "just one step behind the boys" so they aren't too prominent and that kind of stuff doesn't promote the female characters as much as the guys whom boys could "relate" to and then later buy the toys of, etc.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...Female-Viewers

Note this is the comments of admittedly the member of only one animation team, about one very specific(and possibly biased and/or skewed source of information) personal sets of experience with shows from possibly 2 years or more ago(the show that replaced the Tower Prep project they worked on started in 2012).

Wow, not going to lie, kind of makes me want to kill some executives.

[N_brazil]

Originally Posted by TF-Viewer

Wow, not going to lie, kind of makes me want to kill some executives.

If we have learned ANYTHING from the Sony Leaks, wanting to kill some executives seems to be a fairly common state of being in Hollywood. These people are NOT good humans.

[lonewarrior]

Originally Posted by Buzy

To second the "MUST SELL TOYS!" philosophy that often goes in these cartoons, it's exactly why Young Justice got cancelled as a show.

ironically there is a toy of her coming.soon