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Originally Posted by LevisNox

that's bluntly false

everything from showas to Heisei has been clearly for teens the stories the coming of age

hell AMAZON WASNT FOR KIDS Black wasn't design for kids. Kamen rider was never design for kids of 10 and under it was clearly design for kids of 11 to 16 or so

super sentai even had some more adult like seasons, but it was design mainly for kids

if you think its been design only for kids of 10 and under then you clearly didn't watch showa nor did you watch past kabuto

Bruh.

I can't tell if you're in denial, or what, but I'm just gonna break it to you; Rider is aimed at kids in that exact age range.

Yeah, it can have darker stories and the like, but at its core, it's a kids show. Dark story elements aren't unheard of in kids media. And coming of age is in, like every Disney movie ever and more kids cartoons than I'd care to list off here.

You also can't compare late Heisei/Reiwa Rider to the Showa era; Rider started half a century ago and sensibilities and what people thought appropriate in kids media has changed a lot. Here in the west, these sensibilities have changed a lot as well.
Hell, by your logic, Sentai is also not aimed at kids because of some of the stuff they got away with during the Showa era.

Furthermore, Kamen Rider, like many other kids shows, is a glorified toy commercial now. Do you think it's just coincidental that they have kids in some of their commercials? Or have you convinced yourself that "Oh the toys are for little kids, but the show is definitely teens and up"? Because... yeah, no.

I'm not denying that Rider doesn't have appeal for older age demographics - after all, we're here - but Rider is a kids show.