Why NOBODY Remembers the Powerpuff Girls Anime
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Powerpuff Girls Z
There is actually a pretty good reason for why Blossom and Bubbles had their personalities switched. The bubbly ditz archetype is just seen as more protagonist-like in a lot of Japanese girls media. I remember back in the day when they were attempting to bring MLP:FiM over to Japan and they had pre-airing variety special to help introduce the audience to the series. The presenters were actually surprised that Twilight was the protagonist and not Pinky Pie. (Incidentally, I guess tomboys are 2nd most likely to be the protagonist since they also thought Rainbow Dash felt more protagy than Twilight.)
The personality swap between bubbles and blossom could be chalked up to magical girl tropes. The main magical girl (usually the pink or red one) tends to be the more naive, clumsy and air headed character, while the blue magical girl tends to be the more reserved, beautiful, and elegant character.
My favorite part of this show as a kid was the relationship Bubbles had with a boy named Cody. He had a chronic illness that kept him in the hospital, and from what I remember his jealousy for the healthier kids turned him into a giant monster only Bubbles could tame. I have to watch it again because again, as a kid it was very intriguing to me.
I didn’t mind them not being sisters in Z. I think my fav episodes are the one they had a sleepover in Bubble’s house which is the traditional Japanese house and the episode where they switched bodies. It’s so fun to see their different lifestyles.
I loved how they translated some stuff from the original show into the anime version, like how Blossom was a comic fan, so in the anime she was obsessed with superhero manga.
We need a Regular Show anime adaptation
I loved this show. It was more interesting to have an individual story for each of the girls. I love Bubbles’ side story with her best friend that was going through cancer and he willingly became a villain via chemical z to become healthy again.
Crazy how no one remembers this but at the same time it was probably the better adaptations then the ones that came after it LOL
Give the original show serious respect because it depicted not just one invulnerable main character but three of them and still structured good episodic drama.
Fun fact: This show was actually pretty damn popular in Latin America.
The fact that you had high expectations for PPGZ, you were going to be disappointed no matter what. It was going to be different and changes will be made for the Japanese audience. Only thing fans will be happy that PPG got an anime adaptation. That’s something to be proud of.
"Why NOBODY remembered..." My guy, speak for yourself. This show revitalized my love for magical girl shows and Powerpuff Girls in one go. If anything needed a reboot, maybe with just as much violence as the original and a little bit of ocassional blood, it was this.
I wouldn’t say Blossom and Bubbles switched personalities, I would say they just changed Blossom’s personality. The way Bubbles acts in Z is very reasonable for how her original character might act at that age. A very fashion conscientious girl whose perpetually positive attitude led to her popularity. Blossom on the other was definitely dumbed down. While it’s not unreasonable to say she might be boy crazy at that age, the change was far too all encompassing.
I wonder if the Blossom/Bubbles personality swaps have anything to do with cultural differences in how their designs would be interpreted. Bubbles' blond pigtails have an association with a "bubbly airhead" personality to western audiences that doesn't necessarily translate to Japanese audiences, while Blossom's big red ponytail might've led those audiences to read her as a "genki girl".
Powerpuff Girls Z is always a gem to me. Sure it wasn't the story of the OG, but hey, it's original and that's what makes it special. By the way Sakurako Kintoki is the Japanese name for the character that turns into Sedusa. Himeko Shirogane is the Japanese name for Morbucks in the anime. And Himeko actually has a transformation when she hears her cat scream, and she has a sister
Hearing about how their origin story had to be kind of changed around to fit within Japanese culture honestly just has me appreciate that stuff like Astro Boy exists and the hoops that must have been jumped through for him to be allowed to be created by a single father only to be abandoned and then subsequently adopted by another scientist. (And is probably why in some versions Astro Boy has his own robot parents made for him.)
Nah. This show was one of my favorites as a kid. I still adore it to this day for the animation, designs, characterization, etc. It was a lot more popular than I thought, because no one else knew about it as a kid. I was the one showing all my friends.
I remember when this show got a lot of hate back in the day and with the 2016 reboot it got so much love. This show will forever have a special place in my heart!