Forum - View topicNEWS: Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Animated Series Gets Manga
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Weird Guy
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nice... can't wait for more Cat Noir R-18 doushin if it gets popular
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El Hermano
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I remember that old 2D promo from years ago that looked like it was taking cues from Heartcatch Precure. Then it ended up going for a 3DCG cartoon and ended up more like a superhero cartoon than a magical girl one. Not really my thing, but interesting to see anime and manga adaptions of western works. I remember W.I.T.C.H, My Little Pony, and Monster High got similar treatment. I guess it's the standard way to market western franchises to Japan.
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MFrontier
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These manga designs remind me a lot of the original promo. |
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Primus
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Why is this in a Shonen magazine?
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DavetheUsher
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The same reason the show's title was originally changed from "Miraculous Ladybug" to "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir". To appeal to boys and not have it written off as a girls cartoon. Chat Noir was given equal focus rather than just focusing on Ladybug. Gender balance is key. Western executives generally don't like shutting out audiences, especially for toy based media for kids. Fun Fact: Same thing happened with Oban Star Racers (formerly: Molly: Star Racer) and W.I.T.C.H. (no name change, but the cartoon made Caleb and Blunk main characters when Caleb was a minor character in the comics, and Blunk didn't exist at all) I guess they know girls will read shounen manga, but not a lot of boys will read shoujo manga, so it'll get more readers in a shounen magazine. Wonder how the story will be written. |
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KENZICHI
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The manga art is definitely a lot better than the comics that have been released so far. I’m excited for this!
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wolf10
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WeirDiE_InC
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I'll never understand how this show remains so popular among people above the age of 10. I think it sucks.
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ballinamon
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BadNewsBlues
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Which is interesting because that's pretty much what happens for kids series. If your series is getting popular among a specific demographic and not it's it target demographic (and on top of that), the toys aren't selling they'll pull the plug. |
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TarsTarkas
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Believe it is because of the characters. I really didn't care about the story, since it never really changed during each episode. Never finished it, cause it was boring. Like you indicate. Manga art and the CGI for the Miraculous Ladybug was great. Though I see why people prefer the anime style character model over the CGI character model. Maybe will get that anime sometime in the future if the manga is good. But they need to age up the action at least to the teenager level at a minimum. |
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enurtsol
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What's teenager level? |
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Lupica
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I'm probably older than you and think it's great. So does my spouse. Everyone has different opinions. Sometimes, it's just fun to watch a well-animated, colorful, formulaic hero series which makes the world seem like a brighter place. |
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Kazemon15
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^ This. It reminds me of how magical girl series used to be before it was "cool" to make them all dark, bloody and edgy for the sake of being dark, bloody and edgy. Oh and before they crammed them into 13 episodes too and expected viewers to care about their plight when we barely have time to get to know them. I much prefer series that start off slow and somewhat repetitive so we can get to know the characters. And then get into plot later, which is what Miraculous does nicely and what old school magical girl series have done in the past. |
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TarsTarkas
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Each episode was the same as the last. The villain just picked a new victim each episode. Rinse and repeat. The target audience seemed to be for a younger audience than teenagers. That is just my opinion. Not asking for darkness, just something to engage my brain. |
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