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Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« on: April 15 2005, 06:47 am »
Yes, yet another topic started by me!

Has anyone else found that they like anime and manga that's meant for the opposite gender? I mean, I like Inuyasha and Naruto, but they're meant to be shonen - for boys.

And a lot of anime is actually aimed at boys - girl's anime is often designed for both genders, but most boy's anime is meant to just be read by boys, and appears in boys' magazines.

What do you think?
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #1 on: April 15 2005, 06:51 am »
Oh yes,

Prince of Tennis was made for boys but more girls watch it than boys XD

I happen to be one of those girls who watches it as well as Whistle!, One Piece, and Yu-Gi-Oh! too.
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #2 on: April 15 2005, 06:53 am »
Yeah, I watch Yu-Gi-Oh!....still don't quite get why it's meant for boys though....
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #3 on: April 15 2005, 06:56 am »
Well, I think that It depends. For example I, being a girl, HATE Dragonball Z, and yet I like Hikaru No Go, which is also Shonen.

Also, My boyfriend Tony can't stand Sailor Moon, but loves CCS, which are both Shojo. See?

(btw, there is a Shojo magazine too)
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #4 on: April 15 2005, 07:21 am »
Yeah as Nyoko said, it's all people's tastes as well....

I may like Prince of Tennis but I'm not too big fan of....Shaman King.

Then sometimes you're not sure wheither the series is for girls or boys x_x;
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #5 on: April 15 2005, 07:22 am »
Hey, what's wrong with Shaman King? -^^- j/k
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #6 on: April 15 2005, 08:11 am »
Quote from: Nyoko on April 15 2005, 07:22 am
Hey, what's wrong with Shaman King? -^^- j/k

I have no idea o_O; I just never really got into.....but back to the subject, I forgot a series or two I liked as well that were Shoujo.

Aishiteru ze Baby and Gakuen Alice~

You should try those out <3
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #7 on: April 15 2005, 08:19 am »
i hate it when people critisize you for liking a shonen or shoju manga or anime. i love loads of shoju mangas and animes, aswell as shonen stuff.
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #8 on: April 15 2005, 08:35 am »
I watch any genre of anime as long as the story and characters are interesting to me.  To me, that's the most important aspect of any fictional story.  Anything else is just icing on the cake, so I watch a lot of different genres of anime.  I'll watch shoujo, shounen, fighting, comedy, mecha, monster taming, shounen-ai, and I would watch more horror anime, I just haven't gotten around to watching it yet.  Probably the only genre of anime I don't like is hentai.  It just doesn't really appeal to me, although I like reading hentai fics.  I just don't like seeing it in action.....
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #9 on: April 15 2005, 11:48 am »
Doesn't matter to me what the anime is aimed at...if it's good and I like the art and storyline, I'll watch it regardless :)
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #10 on: April 15 2005, 12:58 pm »
Card Captor Sakura. Rate it real well, and I'm not afraid to risk my masculinity over it. I'm a sucker for fabulous OSTs, twists in the storyline, and great romantic pairings.

Everyone knows that CCS is a mahou shoujo anime. And yet I still like it, no matter how girly it may be.
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #11 on: April 15 2005, 01:16 pm »
Same with me Takeru. I hate it when people tease me for liking a what? A girly anime? or more like a kid's anime? yeah right... never have I seen a kid's anime with so many odd pairings/themes. :dodge:

Back to the topic, I also believe it depends on the anime. Some animes were just made with the boys as the target audience. But then that doesn't mean girls will not enjoy watching them as well. Girls may watch it because they have crush on the guy characters which in turn makes them "screaming fangirls".  :XD:
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« Reply #12 on: April 15 2005, 01:21 pm »
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #13 on: April 15 2005, 02:39 pm »
I watch a lot of anime without caring about the genre as long as the anime interests me. Even though i'm a girl, i watch naruto, Yu-Gi-Oh and prince of tennis. I also watch sailor moon and CCS.
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #14 on: April 15 2005, 03:01 pm »
i dont understand y theres a split like that in anime really...

actually, many ppl consider me as a kiddy tomboy...even my cousins say so coz i watch gundam series, naruto, zoids series, last exile...most of which happens to be action-packed or mech, and i fix my cousins broken models of gundam, colour, file, and twerk wif controls and sorta stuff...though they overlooked when i watch CCS (though i fall asleep sometimes--no offence), pokemon & digimon (i also fall asleep sometimes too...bleh~~). but in fact, i actually prefer the animes more "suited" to boys coz the colours dont really strain my eyes like the animes more "suited" for girls are, they are very pastel and contrasted, but animes that only aim for 1 group of audience is rare now coz there are not much that runs on the extreme ends of "boys or girls" that i know....and that'll affect ratings too~:P

though i happen to judge anime by the quality before seeing them too~~i'm naturally repeled fr anime like prince of tennis (the indepth of sports--wakaranai~~!!!):P eg. i dont like DBZ coz the animation is quite primitive, the storyline is all messed up (not in the nice way), & there seems no fixed plot....
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #15 on: April 15 2005, 03:30 pm »
[quote author=Tune link=topic=254.msg6986#msg6986 date=1113541271]
actually, many ppl consider me as a kiddy tomboy...
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I get that too but only from girl who don't share my love of anime and superheros. All my girl who share that hobby call me a girly girl. Go fiqure!  :surprised:
 I like a variety of anime from CCS & Sailor Moon to Dbz & Inuyasha. I have to admit though, I didn't like Dbz at first. I think it's because I only ever saw the battles which were long and drawn out[How's that for an understatement!]. And I also loved SuperGALS & Trigun, different as night and day. I think what are seeing is a break down of the stereotype of what boys and girls should like. So let us rejoice that the world is progressing. Me personally, I'd take an Inuyasha action figure over perfume any day![/color]
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #16 on: April 15 2005, 03:40 pm »
Yes!!I know there are many anime that focus in opposite genders but hey,it's never affects to my age(I know that I'm 24 yrs.old) but there are I just don't like too much violence side.I like MKR,CCSakura,Angelic Layer and others that perfectly most. :okay:
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #17 on: April 15 2005, 05:07 pm »
Violence can be alright in anime...it just depends how they show it. Is that why there are boy's anime? Because they think girls can't handle blood and injury?
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Re: Anime - For Boys Or Girls
« Reply #18 on: April 16 2005, 02:30 pm »
i know a girl who is obsessed with everything Mecha, she refuses to watch any other anime, she likes All Mecha animes, like Evangelion, Gundam, Gao Gai Gar, Gravion (the mecha not the people, she thinks the mecha is sexy XD )
but ya, stuff like that, she's an awesome mecha artist too, ^^
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« Reply #19 on: April 16 2005, 06:36 pm »
As long as the animation's good, storyline is excellent, and characters well developed, I watch/read it. Look at me, I'm a DBZ fan, not to mention: Yu Yu Hakusho, Gundam Wing and other shonen anime. Yet I like Shoujo too. I'm pretty much a mixed bag. :)
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