Quote Originally Posted by Pumpkin View Post

I was actually looking in to that after playing Atelier Totori and Meruru, because one of the girls would have been in her 30's by the third game (Meruru) but instead they aged her down to 8. Why? Because they literally say no one wants to see her in her 30's. Oh and turning her in to an 8 year old was an accident. They were actually trying to make her in to the "ideal age" of FOURTEEN
That has nothing to do with just women. Gio is 70 and does not look like 70, Sterk is in his 40s and still looks like in his 20s. Some characters are just not cool enough looking for anime-lovers. Xehanort in Kingdom Hearts did his body change not simply to survive. Also Rorona is supposed to be 14 because Totori and Meruru were teenagers in their games and Rorona was 14 in her game originally as well (something that got changed in the West by making her 17). Plenty of Atelier characters are 30+, women as well but just don't look like it. Such as Gisela, Astrid or Esty.