Forum - View topicA new magical girl explosion
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Viga_of_stars
 Posts: 1240 Location: Washington D.C. in the Anime Atelier |
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You know there hasn't been a majorly huge magical girl to come along and doublesize the genre or love for the genre in america. Not since the days when sailor moon has secured her spot as an icon here in anime. yeah im aware that theres some really good ones lately like Nanoha and the ill fated Doremi and Tokyo mew mew that failed to a bad 4kids thing.
you think we will have a new great magical girl to be the new anime icon here in the US. Im talking naruto or bleach big in america. Huge! |
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Keonyn
 Subscriber Posts: 5567 Location: Coon Rapids, MN |
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Possibly someday, but like most "explosions" or trends they just seem to come out of nowhere and can hit any genre or style at any time. It's certainly not unique to magical girl series, it's similar to the explosion of comic hero movies in the domestic market or reality shows. Even Pokemon created a bit of a trend when Digimon and Monster Rancher followed up and tried to capitalize on Pokemon's success.
It's a business, something clicks with the viewers and does extremely well and it starts a large trend and focus shift in that direction, sometimes it last a long time and sometimes the trend falls flat as quickly as it hit the scene. |
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l3lueMage
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They should send Nanoha, or even Shakugan no Shana
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mistress_reebi
Posts: 735 Location: Canada |
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I don't think magical girl anime would be as popular as Naruto and Bleach because even though they are shonen they appeal to girls. Magical girls aren't very appealing to guys espeically if it's very flamboyantly girly. I heard Mermaid Melody was lisenced here by ADV but they dropped the lisence because they felt it would be very popular and they didn't have the budget. If it does get released here, it may be very popular since it already has a fanbase.
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Kruszer
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Not really a fan of the genre at all really so I can't say. The only shows I've enjoyed that could be remotely considered magical girl anime are Someday's Dreamers, Fate/Stay Night, and My HIME.
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Porcupine
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Fate/Stay Night is definitely not a magical girl show. I haven't seen the others so I can't comment, but from what I know of them they aren't magical girl shows either. (I own the first Someday Dreamer's manga, etc).
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Kruszer
Posts: 7994 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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Hence why the phrase "remotely considered" was added, however, they all have women that use magic or some type of special magic-like power. 
Also forgot to mention Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro Chan and if magical girl hentai counts there'd be another. |
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jetz
 Posts: 2148 Location: Manila, Philippines |
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You should come to the Philippines then - Where more guys love these magical girl type shows. I know a lot of guys who love Card Captor Sakura, Akazukin Cha Cha, Nanoha, Shana etc. Of course, these are the same guys who are into lolis
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Nom_Anor
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Besides the fact that everyone loves CCs and that Shana is a shonen series,
isn't Nanoha directed at males too? |
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HitokiriShadow
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Yes, it is, but its still magical girl, albeit not a typical one.
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Porcupine
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Wait, I just thought of another. Makai Tenshi Jibril. I have a PVC toy of that series. There are lots of Jibril PVCs, actually. There's probably a zillion magical girl hentais out there. |
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Kruszer
Posts: 7994 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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The one I was thinking of was Battle Team Lakers, which wasn't exactly what I'd call good, but it did provide some laughs.
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Randall Miyashiro
 Posts: 2451 Location: A block away from Golden Gate Park |
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"A new magical girl explosion"
The title of this thread brings to mind a girl who magically waves a wand then explodes! Much like mecha shows there is something about this genre that never clicked with the non-Japanese audience. It is odd that Sailor Moon was at it's peak around the same time as Wing Gundam. I wonder if this generation of fans were more "in tune" with the Japanese fandom. Most newer fans just don't seem as interested in either genres. |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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I'm glad you said most NEWER fans because I for one love the mecha genre. Then again I am an 80's kid through and through.  Nothing like 80's rock and metal blasting to a guy in a suit proclaiming his burning desire for vengeance and jumping in a mech that does a back flip and poses like the Ginyu force from DBZ. I thought the title meant we were putting magical girls in some sort of box and blowing it up....I even brought marshmallows  Though I will agree there have been some series loosely similar to a magical girl anime there have been few that have been brought over here. I'm sure there's dozens of new ones every year in Japan.
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Patachu
Past ANN Contributor
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That's because Filipino dudes are a bunch of moe-lovin' pussies. I SHOULD KNOW
Sailor Moon was a once in a lifetime series. That kind of popularity is never going to happen again. There will still be magical girl shows ... including skeevy pedoriffic ones for guys ... but the idea of any one of them becoming a cultural icon is pretty much over. Besides, most of the Sailor Moon generation is into YAOI now. Go figure.
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