What happened to gore anime?

[Keitoshi Urakobe]

Dude, best one I've seen, and only one I've seen is Elfen Lied. I didn't know it ever went anywhere.

[Êricō]

Dude, best one I've seen, and only one I've seen is Elfen Lied. I didn't know it ever went anywhere.

I am not quite saying that gore anime is great and they should bring them back in. I am just saying that what I enjoyed most were the gore elements and I believe they should introduce realistic gore to further intensify anime. Only when necessary.

[EvaFan]

The problem is that gore isn't really appealing to the otaku culture unless there is little girls or just general yandere characters involved so alot of the manga's that use a strong gore element go without an anime release. They aren't going to animate something unless its insanely popular (hellsing) or know it will sell (elfen lied). This isn't an economy that's worth taking risks. Just look at the recent anime releases over the course of this year and upcoming... All so it seems anime has been getting more and more strict with gore lately unless you buy the director's cuts DVDs cause TV raws are edited in some cases.

[FarmXD]

In the 80's - 90's, the intresting stuff in anime was gore in most of cases...
In this new century, boobs and yaoi/yuri retard humour rules the world...
I'm agree with EvaFan anyway...

[Êricō]

The problem is that gore isn't really appealing to the otaku culture unless there is little girls or just general yandere characters involved so alot of the manga's that use a strong gore element go without an anime release. They aren't going to animate something unless its insanely popular (hellsing) or know it will sell (elfen lied). This isn't an economy that's worth taking risks. Just look at the recent anime releases over the course of this year and upcoming... All so it seems anime has been getting more and more strict with gore lately unless you buy the director's cuts DVDs cause TV raws are edited in some cases.

True, but I think someone should try something new and create an anime that is popular but creates a heavy impact using gore. Hellsing for me didn't create any impact with gore because it seemed too artistic. However, what you say is definitely true and not much people do see much in gore.