Young adult males primarily, people who come home late (9pm and later) …

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Comment on Top 25 Anime It Was A Waste To Broadcast Late At Night by shinryou:

young adult males primarily, people who come home late (9pm and later) on work days and therefore never able to watch a prime time broadcast. between 0 and 3am isn’t really sleeping time for that age group.

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• Top 25 Anime It Was A Waste To Broadcast Late At Night:
  

  Do you actually know what anime shows air at prime time (or as the Japanese call it: Golden Time, starting 19:00, ending 22:00) on the major channels here in Japan? It’s pretty much all aimed at younger viewers. Many channels don’t even have anime featuring in those slots in first place. Keroro Gunsou, Mainichi Kaasan, Uchi no Sanshimai, Pokemon B&W, Yuugiou Zexal, Mari&Gali … just to name a few.

• Top 25 Anime It Was A Waste To Broadcast Late At Night:
  

  there’s a different reason. the prime time slot has to be filled shows that are sure-fire appealing to the largest group of viewers available around those times. that group are middle and high students who come home around 6 to 7pm, any adult who has a job will not be home :D putting a seinen audience show in the prime slot would only make the most fitting age group unable to watch it. also, most late night shows are having short runs (12-13 episodes), while many prime time shows have the …

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