Quote Originally Posted by Glordit View Post
The real target audience for Naruto is not in the EU or US, it's children between the ages of 5 to around 15 that will watch it in Japan. I think it's longevity has to do with a deal that was most likely struck with Shonen Jump magazine to produce X amount of episodes, if the ratings are good. Additionally, Japan does not care what everyone else thinks, seriously. If it does well in Japan then it is labelled as a success. If it does well in other countries it's a bonus but their target audience is very close to home.

As for the manga, I completed Naruto but never got into Boruto . I feel that Boruto is riding on the coattails of Naruto, but we shall see what the future brings. As of right now, there are dozens of other good shows to watch.
Ah, but how many as long running? or popular. Can't think of a clever way to bring it up, so, Bleach . Despite still having had a large following around the world the manga still got canned because the Japanese weren't buying.
I still don't have any plans to get on the Boruto bandwagon anytime soon, but I'm secretly hoping it becomes something special.

I've been reading a lot more manga & watching less anime recently, mostly stuff I've always wanted to read but never got around to. So I haven't seen a lot of the new stuff, or even know what's new. News of Ao no Exorcist reached me though. So I'll pick up Boruto when I finish some of the old stuff I'm reading.