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The Mike Toole Show - Wake Me Up Before You Shojo


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:27 pm Reply with quote
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That got me thinking: there really isn't enough shoujo anime, is there?

Depends on what you mean by "enough"

Recent Shoujo anime:
- Marimo no Hana: Saikyou Butouha Shougakusei Densetsu OVA
- Jewel Pet Kira Deco! TV
- Nagareboshi Lens OVA
- Precure All Stars New Stage: Mirai no Tomodachi Movie
- Hiiro no Kakera: Tamayori Hime Kitan TV
- Smile Precure! TV
- Ijime OVA
- Otome Nadeshiko Koi Techou OVA
- Natsume Yuujinchou Shi (and series) TV
- Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World Movie
- Hakuouki Sekkaroku OVAs
- Hakuouki 1 TV
- Hakuouki 2 TV
- Hakuouki 3 upcoming TV
- Hakuouki upcoming Movie
- VitaminX Addiction OVAs
- Uta No Prince Sama 1 TV
- Mawaru Penguin Drum TV
- Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream TV

Recent Josei anime:
- Natsuyuki Rendezvous upcoming TV
- Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi upcoming TV
- Kids on the Slope TV
- Shirokuma Cafe TV
- Wasurenagumo TV special
- Ai no Kusabi OVAs
- Sekaiichi Hatsukoi 1 TV
- Sekaiichi Hatsukoi 2 TV
- Chihayafuru 1 TV
- Usagi Drop TV
- Otona Joshi no Anime Time: Kawamo o Suberu Kaze TV special
- No.6 TV

In addition, there are other titles published as Shounen or Seinen but have large female appeal:
- Inu x Boku SS
- Otome Youkai Zakuro
- The Prince of Tennis II
- Brave 10
- Kimi to Boku 1 and 2

There are also older titles like Black Butler, Ouran High School Club, Kimi ni Todoke, Kuragehime, etc

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.. possibly because all of the girls are sticking to Shonen Jump these days.

Girls love Gintama, et al. The amount of fujoshi doujinshi is pretty staggering Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:40 pm Reply with quote
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Do you read French or Italian? Gokinjyo is in French and Tokimeki Tonight is in Italian, both the original and the later re-do, and both languages have the manga of Aishite Knight available.


I'm so jealous of the French manga market! They have a lot of great classic shojo titles we don't. I'd love to read it, but even though I studied french for eight years in school I don't feel confident enough in my french skills to try to read manga in the language. Plus, importing manga sounds expensive.


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Do you think it's because of the appeal these stories have for older women? Or is it easier to get a female audience at the broadcast time for a drama than an anime?


I think you're right that both shojo manga and live-action dramas are meant to appeal more to females - dramas usually rate higher with female audiences, and if you notice they often hire popular male stars from boybands like Arashi to attract female viewers. I think a lot of shojo manga also lends itself naturally to be adaptated into dramas, and it makes sense to adapt manga into live-action series because they already have established fanbases.
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