the funny thing about the arguments of "girls don't buy merch/buy enough" or "girls don't really watch anime" is that when I go to conventions or hang out in fandoms there seem to be more women and girls there. (or maybe it's just the flow of traffic past my table) Like fellow artists in AA seem to be the majority women, lots of cosplayers, etc. Maybe it's that we're more active on social media or in fandom, but... I don't think they can use the excuse of not enough girls like anime anymore.
Girls and women as active fans are invisible to these people. Nevermind that Comiket was mostly attended by women for most of its history, or the sheer amount of cashgrab specifically aimed at them, because execs know they are loyal fans. I knew so many girls into anime growing up but it's retconned as a recent fad
Didn't the female fans single handedly keep the Gundam anime series alive in its early days? At least, that's what the creator, Tomino Yoshiyuki, implied. The girls were the ones buying the merch and showing up at screenings
YES. DON'T FORGET FANFICS. Women and queer people have always dominated the fan spaces in content creation while men are just more vocal about their opinions since they don't get shut down every time they give a take on something. Basically we're the transformer and the men have just been sitting in the cockpit like parasites pretending they have the control (when It's just a glorified window from which everyone can hear them yelling about who is stronger between one punch man and Gohan or whoever at the people looking up from the ground) 😭
25:00 Kimi ni Todoke probably got a push because Netflix execs might have realised that there's some juice left in that show after the Japanese live adaptation they felt that did well on the platform.
I also saw a chart with the most viewed anime (I think in Japan, but it might have been worldwide) on Netflix a while back and Kimi ni Todoke was fairly high up (like top 20/30 out of 400-500 shows). So Netflix might have seen it as another anime franchise/series, they can invest in.
@@dania7989 I dont know the Mangas, just the Anime and my desire of this show was fullfilled. That's why i dont have a need of more content from this lovely couple ;-).
I'm so happy that we've gotten so many this year - A Sign of Affection, The Demon Prince of Momochi House, 7th Time Loop, Cherry Magic!, A Condition Called Love and Vampire Dormitory. And that Kimi Ni Todoke, Nina the Starry Bride and Dahlia in Bloom are coming out later this year. I hope this continues. I think Season 3 of Kimi Ni Todoke might be because the Kimi Ni Todoke's spin off manga is releasing in english this year.
The fact that we've gotten a new BL SERIES, like 12 WHOLE EPISODES every season so far this year is crazy to me (Twilight out of Focus is coming in the summer). We used to be lucky if we got one BL a year and it was usually a movie or an OVA. Hell, Given is doing so well it got green lit for a fourth movie. The girls are truly eating in such a variety of ways, it feels almost like a trap 😭 like there's no way we'll get another year like this. They gave us our 4 full length BL series and now we'll have to rewatch them over and over for the next decade like we used to do with Junjou Romantica 😭😭😭 RIP to the Ten Count movie though, she will be missed
getting more BL, and what seems to be more GL, too is another layer that I don't often get to talk about. BL has def taken off more than GL has which is unfortunate, but still in the grand scheme of things pretty cool. Just hope we continue to see both of them getting their dues.
@@ColleensMangaRecs so true! I was shocked to see 2 GL series coming out just in the spring season! I hope that GL can ride the momentum BL is having and we can have an abundance of queer anime every year, especially tapping into the huge library of GL targeted at female audiences
Hi from Japan. Thank you always for advocating Shoujyo and Josei manga. I really enjoy your analysis about manga and anime. You have a point about shoujo anime in this video, but I think there are more reasons why shoujo anime has declined. The nerdy otaku women in japan tend to read more shonen and BL, and so animes that are specifically for the women otaku demographic had recently become more of bishounen animes like Token-ranbu, or idolish 7. The animation companies largely depend on their goods and DVDs sales, and these sales depend on the oraku fans. The main readers of Shoujyo mangas are teen girls who are not Otaku and will likely watch dramas and movies and maybe anime, but will not buy expensive goods and DVDs. Animes in Japan are aired during midnight, and there are not many companies who will purchase ads and so it is hard for them to make money. This is slowly changing thanks to the streaming services, and this may be one reason why we are seeing more Shojo animes this year.
Collen has covered this in other videos, apparently the reason women who enjoy pop culture in general flock to BL and shounen series precisely because the shoujosei titles get ignored for anime production and other similar hurdles that have to do with sexism. there is demand, but no offer.
@@isadora6092 As a Japanese who is living in Japan, I wanted to explain that there are more reasons than just simple “sexism”. Manga is and has been mainstream in Japan for decades but anime is different. Anime has been seen as an otaku culture in this country until recent years. If you come to a normal high school class in Japan, mostly every body is reading manga and you’ll be the minority if you weren’t. The popular girls in class would read Shoujyo manga from Margaret or Betsucomi. The otaku girls would read Asuka, BL, and Shounen As anime has long been catering to the Otaku demographic, it was natural for the studios to make Bishounen animes for otaku girls who actually watch anime. Anime becoming a mainstream media is a recent thing following the huge hit of demon slayer. Anime airing during midnight originally was intended for a niche audience showing erotic contents, blood and gore which couldn’t be aired for general audience. When aired during midnight, it is difficult to gain sponsors, thus they needed otaku audiences to buy their goods and DVD. Anime becoming more and more popular has widened the variety of the anime genre, and the streaming services has also helped greatly. To be honest, shoujyo manga has been more of a mainstream content than shounen if you think about live action remake dramas. We have numerous hits like Nodame, Hotaru no hikari, and Nigehaji which are extremely popular like game of thrones in the US. Shoujyo manga is a mainstream genre, and that is one reason why it was not made into an anime. Sorry for my long comment, but I found it rather offensive for calling out sexism when you don’t know the greater picture.
Thank you so much for your answer! When it came to the decline of shoujo I really did always think the problem was ppl was everyone flocks to action oriented stuff including in America but we have definitely been getting more because ppl have been supporting shoujo more and they pay attention to money more than anything else
@@isadora6092I get what your saying but I think in recent years people have been supporting more shoujo manga and companies pay attention to money more than anything else
I love that Colleen’s videos always coincide with me reading shojo. It’s like every time I open a new series, I get a notification for a new video from her - like a really sweet gift of fate!
I reread Gakuen Alice recently, and I would LOVE for it to get the Fruits Basket treatment! Sure the comedy might have aged like milk (just 2000’s things), but I think it deserves to have its full story told by a competent studio and team. I don’t think it’s licensed either. Also Kare Kano, Kodacha, 7 Seeds, Requiem of the Rose King (although the latter two might be too recent), and any other series that got shafted or axed for whatever reason. I feel like I’m one of those people begging for Mother 3 to be localized in the West.
If they changed the jokes in Gakuen Alice that are basically normalized s*xual assault and the way everyone in the show normalized it it would be soooo good and we could finally ship Mikan and Natsume. (It was impossible to come back from their meeting, the fact that he didn't get punished for that still makes me mad to this day and we were supposed to empathize with him later too) But does anyone know what's up with that ending? I read the manga too and it's so random. It felt absolutely not finished.
I fell in love with Cherry Magic last season and as soon as the anime was wrapping up I started the manga. I highly recommend it! And it's a josei series!
I read the pixiv comic back when it went viral and someone translated it to English and then later I got like 5 of the localized volumes so I was so happy to see the anime ❤❤
i really need a shoujosei in the art style of ai yazawa!! she's been a big influence on my art style ever since i watched nana in middle school and something about the way her style translate to animation is amazing. if we get more shoujosei animes i'd love to see more unique styles
I am so excited for the shoujosei being produced and airing this year. The incousion of more BL and GL too! I wonder if this is connected to the rise and popularity of Manhwas as well. Either way, I am not sure this is a sustained interest from the production companies, but I'll enjoy it while it lasts.
Full list of upcoming shoujosei anime (at least the ones I'm aware of): *Disclaimer*: I'm not a big fan of reincarnated villainess animes plus I feel like those are the ones that are being adapted the most so I don't keep track of the ones that come out therefore keep in mind that they won't be on my list) -Natsume Yuujin Chou 7th season -Kimi Ni Todoke 3rd season -My Happy Marriage 2nd season -Nina the Starry Bride -Debu to Rabu to Ayamachi to! -Douse, Koishite Shimaunda -Acro Trip -Honey Lemon Soda -Tono to Inu -True Beauty -Cocoon Rumor: -Ikoku Nikki
Shoujosei man is back with good news??? ( *peak character development* ) Skit lore expands once more, and I am unreasonably happy about it 😂! Great video as always Colleen!!
omfg lol i literally squealed when you mentioned natsume yuujinchou getting (at long last!!!) a season 7... it's my all-time favorite anime so hearing this made my day!
When I tell you I screamed when I saw that Kimi ni Todoke and Natsume's Book of Friends are returning. I was so happy that I ALMOST let myself dream about Nana returning someday...
In the 90s, some American studios were able to push on Japanese ones to continue series that were popular here. I wonder if Netflix put some weight behind Kimi ni Todoke, since I think the animation and live action seasons did well on it. I would hope Crunchyroll could also give some viewing numbers if the shojo series are doing well there too. Really hoping we get second seasons of some of these (I know it's a long shot).
I really hope this is true! I would love to start seeing more Shojosie talked about in the anime community. Yamada and Sign of Affection were recent highlights. One small step for us, one giant step for the next season on Chihayafuru!
I also think that kimi ni todoke was well received outside Japan and that’s why Netflix picked it But the budget is still a thing… just look at blue box trailer vs a condition called love or vampire domitory 😭 even the op and ending animation for a condition called love are barely that „animated“ 😢 I am happy we got them but they still make me sad 😔
I unexpectedly started tearing up watching this. I got into anime because of shojosei anime and while I also enjoy some seinen and shonen the shojosei dry spell over the last few years has caused me to largely lose interest in modern anime and I’ve retreated to watching older anime from the 80s and 90s. but the recent uptick of shojo adaptations has given me new hope, and for a moment there when I saw all this happening I questioned whether or not I was still in the same timeline 😭 I’ve always been holding out hope that they would eventually bring back ouran high school host club, even though it’s been almost 20 years. I’d also really like to see a completion of Kamisama Kiss and Yona of the Dawn, it feels like I’m hoping for miracles but a shojosei renaissance is already as miracle as it is
Colleen-sama, I've been watching your vidoes since 'The Decline of Shoujo' & the rest. 😊 But 'Why Shoujo Romance is so Special' is the one that I watched repetitively because you explained everything I wanted to describe about the beauty of shoujo storytelling, but I don't know how (English isn't my 1st language). 😅 You are one of the few inspirations that influence me to revive my old shoujo webcomic (still in major preparation phase though). 😆 Please continue making more shoujo tribute. 😃 And thank you for being such an inspiration for us - shoujo lovers & creators. ❤🌻
A sign of affection, my happy marriage, requiem of the rose king, a condition called love and my love story yamada-kun are some are my favorites of their years
Great video Colleen, it was really interesting to learn more about anime production! One more upcoming shoujo anime I want to highlight is Acro Trip, which will be airing sometime this year. It's really notable because it's the *first new magical girl anime from a shoujo magazine to air in 17 years.* That's huge news! If it's successful then it makes me hopeful that we could get more shoujo adaptations from genres like comedy or action.
Hope is the last to die but it is the first to kill you. I want to have hope this time though. It's so good to see Shoujo adaptations with such good quality that I really want to believe that some change is happening even if in baby steps
Okay but the fact Colleen chose the 24 hour period in which I start reading the producer heavy Skip Beat! arc to talk about producers on her channel is sending.
Loved this video, as always. As far as shoujosei manga that I hope get adapted: I’d love A Perfect World (😭😭), Skip Beat getting the Fruba treatment, and Chihayafuru getting a S4 (Kimi Ni Todoke S3 gives me hope!). It would also be interesting to get series like Something’s Wrong with Us get an adaptation too. We can only hope!
Okay, I'm stoked these got anime, but you know what series DIDN'T get an anime but deserves one? RED RIVER. I sincerely hope the winter reprint brings enough eyes to the series to finally, MAYBE get an anime for it.
It's been a while since I watched any anime. I missed shoujo animes so much and have been watching Kaichou wa Maid-sama for the nostalgia. And now you are telling me there is about to come new series to watch?! I'm in heaven 🥰❤️
Dog Signal is a josei that got adapted into 20 episodes and recently finished on March 17th. But no companies like crunchy or netflix picked it up, so you can't wait it legally with english subs.
I was wondering why you hadn't mentioned Apothecary Diaries and looked to see that it is published in a Seinen Magazine, which is the second time I've seen a light novel geared towards women have their manga adaptations published by Seinen mags (Sugar Apple Fairy Tale) and both of those animes are getting second season. I think it's interesting that men wont read across the aisle but if feminine stories are put into the magazines they read, they do become popular
Another fantastic video!! This channel has really revived my love for shoujo/josei and for that I'm super grateful :) The highlighter sfx was physically painful to bare but that might just be me, and I soldiered on anyways!! Can't recommend this channel enough to my friends
you're the first to mention the sfx and I used it in two videos previously so I'll look for a better sfx next time around if I use that. Maybe it was too loud if anything.
I think another new recent achievement with some old shoujo is that the “older” not necessarily the oldest but more of shoujo when it was in its peak, is getting recognized again. Kimi ni Todoke getting dubbed as well as a season 3 coming soon, Lovely Complex also getting dubbed, these are small achievements that may prove to be significant toward the revival of peak shoujo anime. :D
Even if some of them werent manga, I feel like theres lots of shoujo anime lately compared to previous years. We've definitely gotten lots of light novel, web novel, and web comic adaptations which I would consider shoujo.
Finished this video and started watching again immediately! There is so much interesting information here and gives me a lot of hope for the future of media aimed to the shojo and josei demos! Thanks to this video, I started watching A Condition Called Love and I am invested now!
Shows can also be picked up when a company does *community suggestions/feedback. Fans can name drop what they want as adaptations or continuation. From Me to you: Kimi ni Todoke. The new season from Netflix. Is because the company asked what the Audience wanted. It was submitted in and was green lit into production because they take submissions in extremely literal. So if things like that do come up. It is best to do a list of recomendations for them too make. Or even a dead series to go back into focus
If Ikoku Nikki could somehow get a full anime adaptation it would be a dream come true. Although I would also be happy with just a physical release of the English manga.
Thank you for mentioning josei anime! Shojo will always hold a special place in my heart as I read a lot of it in my teens, but being 30+ I would LOVE more mature stories and characters.
Whenever I think of the dearth of anime adapted from shoujo or josei manga I just think of how female directors like Sayo Yamamoto or Rie Matsumoto seem to currently be spending years on anime movies stuck in production hell, despite their previous works achieving acclaim and success. It's like they're chained to projects that are doomed to never release, and then their careers freeze, and the same never seems to happen to male directors with similarly stacked resumes. I wouldn't be surprised if female producers end up in similar situations where they're assigned to projects that have the odds stacked against them or projects that lack stable support systems. Like, I highly doubt that that something as financially and critically successful as Yuri on Ice would be treated like a disposable roadblock if it was headed by a male director. Hell, if it achieved the same level of popularity yet it was (somehow) aimed at a more masculine demographic we'd probably be several seasons into it right now rather than waiting for a movie that'll likely never come.
I recently watched the anime "A condition called love" (OMG what a heartfelt, touching piece 😭😭) and I felt very thankful that the show gets adapted considering all the problems we have talked about in the videos. Dang, I want to make a change too for more of the Shoujo-Josei works to get adapted... I might be a rare guy that likes deep and pure love stuff and romance slice of life type works, so I'm very motivated to somehow change the industry in the future. Start off by buying more of "A condition called love" mangas (DAMNIT i missed out so much how could i not know this masterpiece existed until now 😭😭) 😹😹
Preach!! Let me add some additions to the upcoming shojosei animes you mentioned in the video: -Debu to Rabu to Ayamachi to! -Acro Trip (Fist brand new shoujo Magical Girl to come out in more than a decade that is not a remake/reboot/new season of a franchise like Pretty Cure) -True Beauty (it comes from a webtoon targeted to female audience but it's getting an anime) -Tono to Inu Please guys add those upcoming animes to the ones mentioned by Colleen, we have to support shoujosei anime 😊✨💪🏻
I just got back from a month long trip to Japan and you are the reason I thought to seek out the monthly shojo collection magazines (sadly everywhere I went was sold out of Charlotte 😢)
For someone that grew up with shoujo anime i am mentally qnd physically attaced to it and my favourite anime is lovely complex and i wiah there was another anim like that but yh when i saw ur vid i am suddenly really happy bcus im thinking there's gonna be more shoujo anime 😭
This is so exciting, we better really watch these animes and show how much we love them! I wonder if the Barbie movie being such a success contributed to their being more Shoujo manga being turned into anime. Maybe companies are like oh girls actually like girly things and are willing to spend money.
Great video Colleen I agree with you how dare they say that girls don't watch Anime. Because we do watch it just like boys like Anime. I love watching Shoujo Anime. 😁🥺
I SCREAMED when you said that Natsume is coming back for another season. That is my favorite series, anime or not (haven't read the manga yet) of all time.
I'm reluctantly positive about these new developments. Happy, of course, that shoujosei seem to lift their heads above the water surface - that's great. But for these titles to give birth to a larger trend, they would need to be successful, and I wonder if they can be? Like you said, they are being made by a predominantly male production teams most of whom don't love the titles, and haven't read too many of them, so it's just this bit harder for them to reimagine these works for screen... and it shows. The adaptations of some of my favourite shoujoseis suffer from being redrawn almost frame-for-frame from the manga with zero regard for the fact that shoujo has a lot of character thoughts, and not as much action, so you really, truly shouldn't use the manga as key frames (tbh you probably shouldn't for shounen as well, but action-packed titles tend to be more forgiving of that). This gives us long shots of paused reality when we're shown somebody's face (typically on static background, with the camera moving over the illustration to 'fake' animation) while the seiyuu delivers way too many lines for that shot. Add to that relatively low budgets that result in the drawings not being all that much to look at at int he first place, the animation being almost powerpoint-y at times (remember 'The Ice Guy and his cool colleague"?), the music being either elevator-quality are just not there at all, censoring any and all stuff that may not be child-friendly... This is why I disagree with you that Yamada lvl 999, which suffers from all of the above, was a good adaptation. I watched it because yay, my fav manga is moving, but I can't imagine too many people falling in love with the title if they saw the anime first. My happy-fan-ride ended in 2 episodes: I noticed it has a terrible pacing suggesting of the screenwriter ticking off items on a shopping list rather than telling a story. There was zero adaptation of the written media to an animated one, with the peak laziness being the inner thoughts/side comments originally on the sides of the characters' heads in manga actually shown as is on screen in the anime, forcing the viewer to listen to one thing and read another at the same time (I command your reading speed if you didn't have to pause and rewind these moments). On the other hand, I watched Yubisaki to renren with genuine pleasure - it's actually animated, when long monologues are required it'll show a few different angles or scenes to keep your eye traveling, and the text on screen is yupically read out, or at least not shown when the characters say something else. The bgm music is pleasant too, if generic, and the art is detailed enough, with the hand-gestures obviously researched and carefully depicted. Yay! It got me super hopeful! The first episode of Hananoi-kun was quite a disappointment though... the drawings are nice but we seem to be back to the shopping-list, crazy long close-up shots, magic pauses, and overpresent silence :(... I love this manga too, so I hope it'll pick up speed later on. And fingers crossed for Honey Lemon Soda to get treated with some love! C'mon we deserve a well thought-out adaptation!
I'm going to disagree with your disagreement about Yamada 😂 Mostly because you said you can't imagine anyone being into the series from having seen the anime first but I know more people who were unfamiliar with the series who watched the anime and it became their obsession. I also think the direction, music, and animation of the series was amazing. Music-wise they took a lot of inspo from game music imo and there were soooo many inspired transitions that felt arcade-y as well. Morio Asaka who directed it has been a great director for shoujosei adaptations like Chihayafuru, My Love Story, and Nana. But obvi agree to disagree lol I do agree with everything else you said!!
@@ColleensMangaRecs I don't think just because someone did an amazing job in the past (and Asaka definitely did!) they can never fail or get lazy, especially if the series gets less budget and attention. However, I'm absolutely willing to accept that my 'gosh, I'm only putting up with this because I'm a fan' perspective might have actually been a bit in the 'I'm a fan so my expectations are thiiiiiis high' realm. Now that I think about it, I kind of had a lot to say about Nana as well, back in the day (not to this degree, but then Nana had the hype and likely the budget to go on a completely different level :D). Long story short, to each their own, and I'm suuuuuuuuuper happy that there are people who got into this title through the anime after all. Yay!!
Ok but since some older anime r coming back for another season, I demand a second season of Yona of the dawn. An absolute crime that it only got 1 season
I tried reading A Condition Called Love but dang there was so much completely unchallenged aphobia in it that I just could not continue after volume one. The male lead just going "No everyone has romantic/sexual attraction. It is what makes us human." And the fem lead just basically going "OK I guess I was wrong." feels like such a massive slap in the face after the whole setup of her being described as aroace. (granted without using the terms). It is so far the only manga I wish I had not read at all. Which is such a shame because the setup sounded really good. A manga that is showcasing a relationship outside of the allonormative view that love and sex are the main (or in some cases even only) thing that keep people together as a couple? Sign me the hekk up! It might get better later on but that start soured me so much on the whole series that I did not continue. I really did not need a little escapist manga to tell me I'm not human. (I'd use stronger words but I try to keep this PG 🤬) So I will stick to She Loves To Cook And She Loves To Eat, I Want To Be A Wall and Is Love The Answer? until further notice.
Hotaru was never described as aroace though and I think her willingness to want to love should have been more of a sign to you that if anything she could be demi or just have some trauma around love (which is the canonical case). I feel like you have mischaracterized this series by making it sound like Hotaru is just a pushover with no personal thoughts or feelings herself.
@ColleensMangaRecs in any case, it's not true that feeling love / sexual attraction is (inherently) "part of being human"; that is a common cliché levelled at aroace folks (including demi folks like me, who worry that we're failing our partners if we don't want sex with them)
I really hope that in future (preferably in 10-15 years) we will get a good interesting mix of genres. Mainstream anime titles, that girls, boys and queers could enjoy. With well written female characters, without strange/unnecessary sexualised tropes and queer characters in main roles. It's seems that shonen just took practically all space in the mind of mainstream audience. And I love shonen, but some tropes/problems just starts to become old/boring. I think for example JJK with it's dark tone doing some interesting reimagining... I hope it's a signe of future development, change and experimentation.
Y'know, I thought more women and girls watched anime/read manga - most likely because hardly any guys I know do so, it's mostly the girls and women I'm friends with. Also, I think that, In regards to the live action adaptations of shoujosei manga - for the more down-to-earth and romance manga - make sense being live action, since the emotions they convey through the manga in question can be conveyed better by good actors than some mediocre studio that doesn't animate facial expressions all that well (that is, of course, if the studio were mediocre; A studio like KyoAni would do a wonderful job). An example of a great live-action adaptation I would give is Nodame Cantabile. On another note, I'd love it if these shoujosei manga were animated: Usemono Yado, Yakuza no Oshigoto, more Akatsuki no Yona and Shirayuki Hime, The One Within The Villainess, Veil, Don't Call It Mystery, and Queen's Quality / QQ Sweeper. This is coming from a guy by the way. I think shoujosei manga should be adapted more - there are tons of brilliant ones out there - instead of a bunch of generic shonens.
as someone who recently started getting into anime, I would LOVE to see more shoujo animes if it meant more things like Real GIrl. Something about the vibe of the show was.. pleasant?
I've never watched and have never really heard people talk about it before! I didn't know what the consensus was on that series, but I guess I'll need to check it out at some point.
@@ColleensMangaRecs I could only say it's worth a watch if you check season 2 if I'm being honest. Even with an amateur eye for anime I can safely admit the first season was.. not something I could rave about.
I wonder if it’s b/c maybe even western streaming services want to capture more female audiences. I know westerners technically are secondary audiences but i think that’s really starting to change.
the funny thing about the arguments of "girls don't buy merch/buy enough" or "girls don't really watch anime" is that when I go to conventions or hang out in fandoms there seem to be more women and girls there. (or maybe it's just the flow of traffic past my table) Like fellow artists in AA seem to be the majority women, lots of cosplayers, etc. Maybe it's that we're more active on social media or in fandom, but... I don't think they can use the excuse of not enough girls like anime anymore.
Literally, the amount of times I've seen the crazy merch collections female fans have. Touken Ranbu and Osomatsusan sell merch like crazy.
Girls and women as active fans are invisible to these people. Nevermind that Comiket was mostly attended by women for most of its history, or the sheer amount of cashgrab specifically aimed at them, because execs know they are loyal fans. I knew so many girls into anime growing up but it's retconned as a recent fad
Didn't the female fans single handedly keep the Gundam anime series alive in its early days? At least, that's what the creator, Tomino Yoshiyuki, implied. The girls were the ones buying the merch and showing up at screenings
YES. DON'T FORGET FANFICS. Women and queer people have always dominated the fan spaces in content creation while men are just more vocal about their opinions since they don't get shut down every time they give a take on something. Basically we're the transformer and the men have just been sitting in the cockpit like parasites pretending they have the control (when It's just a glorified window from which everyone can hear them yelling about who is stronger between one punch man and Gohan or whoever at the people looking up from the ground) 😭
Truth and if anything there are MORE girls who like anime than ever given how 0opular the medium has gotten even in western countries.
I wouldn't hold my breath but i hope this increase in adaptations recently is the start if a trend
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25:00 Kimi ni Todoke probably got a push because Netflix execs might have realised that there's some juice left in that show after the Japanese live adaptation they felt that did well on the platform.
But the story of Kimi ni Todoke is pretty much told. I liked this series while it lasted, though...
I also saw a chart with the most viewed anime (I think in Japan, but it might have been worldwide) on Netflix a while back and Kimi ni Todoke was fairly high up (like top 20/30 out of 400-500 shows). So Netflix might have seen it as another anime franchise/series, they can invest in.
@@HarlekinEO wdym by that? there's still so much content in the manga that hasn't been animated
@@dania7989 I dont know the Mangas, just the Anime and my desire of this show was fullfilled. That's why i dont have a need of more content from this lovely couple ;-).
@@HarlekinEO Your loss. Some of my favorite memories of the anime are things that happened exclusively in the manga.
Now if Yona of the Dawn made an anime return… I’d die happy
Same.
Omg same I’ve been waiting for years😭
@@moonlightm2328 like there have been several revivals of shojo anime - kimi ni Todoke and spice and wolf for example SO GIMME BACK YONA TOOO 😭😭
@@aylinkutlu1831and Fruits Basket and Tokyo Mew Mew it’s all possible!!
I'm so happy that we've gotten so many this year - A Sign of Affection, The Demon Prince of Momochi House, 7th Time Loop, Cherry Magic!, A Condition Called Love and Vampire Dormitory. And that Kimi Ni Todoke, Nina the Starry Bride and Dahlia in Bloom are coming out later this year. I hope this continues. I think Season 3 of Kimi Ni Todoke might be because the Kimi Ni Todoke's spin off manga is releasing in english this year.
Cherry Magic! is BL, not shoujo.
@whatever6455 it can be both. If you look it up on Wikipedia the demographic says Josei.
The fact that we've gotten a new BL SERIES, like 12 WHOLE EPISODES every season so far this year is crazy to me (Twilight out of Focus is coming in the summer). We used to be lucky if we got one BL a year and it was usually a movie or an OVA. Hell, Given is doing so well it got green lit for a fourth movie. The girls are truly eating in such a variety of ways, it feels almost like a trap 😭 like there's no way we'll get another year like this. They gave us our 4 full length BL series and now we'll have to rewatch them over and over for the next decade like we used to do with Junjou Romantica 😭😭😭
RIP to the Ten Count movie though, she will be missed
getting more BL, and what seems to be more GL, too is another layer that I don't often get to talk about. BL has def taken off more than GL has which is unfortunate, but still in the grand scheme of things pretty cool. Just hope we continue to see both of them getting their dues.
@@ColleensMangaRecs so true! I was shocked to see 2 GL series coming out just in the spring season! I hope that GL can ride the momentum BL is having and we can have an abundance of queer anime every year, especially tapping into the huge library of GL targeted at female audiences
I just wish there more BL targeted to queer men. Most I know aren’t interested in the stuff for fujoshis
@@ligeialovelaceWho said queer men aren't interested in BL?
@@Pyne_tree Obviously not me, since I clearly said that “most I know aren’t interested”.
Hi from Japan. Thank you always for advocating Shoujyo and Josei manga. I really enjoy your analysis about manga and anime.
You have a point about shoujo anime in this video, but I think there are more reasons why shoujo anime has declined.
The nerdy otaku women in japan tend to read more shonen and BL, and so animes that are specifically for the women otaku demographic had recently become more of bishounen animes like Token-ranbu, or idolish 7.
The animation companies largely depend on their goods and DVDs sales, and these sales depend on the oraku fans.
The main readers of Shoujyo mangas are teen girls who are not Otaku and will likely watch dramas and movies and maybe anime, but will not buy expensive goods and DVDs.
Animes in Japan are aired during midnight, and there are not many companies who will purchase ads and so it is hard for them to make money.
This is slowly changing thanks to the streaming services, and this may be one reason why we are seeing more Shojo animes this year.
Collen has covered this in other videos, apparently the reason women who enjoy pop culture in general flock to BL and shounen series precisely because the shoujosei titles get ignored for anime production and other similar hurdles that have to do with sexism. there is demand, but no offer.
@@isadora6092 As a Japanese who is living in Japan, I wanted to explain that there are more reasons than just simple “sexism”.
Manga is and has been mainstream in Japan for decades but anime is different. Anime has been seen as an otaku culture in this country until recent years.
If you come to a normal high school class in Japan, mostly every body is reading manga and you’ll be the minority if you weren’t.
The popular girls in class would read Shoujyo manga from Margaret or Betsucomi.
The otaku girls would read Asuka, BL, and Shounen
As anime has long been catering to the Otaku demographic, it was natural for the studios to make Bishounen animes for otaku girls who actually watch anime.
Anime becoming a mainstream media is a recent thing following the huge hit of demon slayer.
Anime airing during midnight originally was intended for a niche audience showing erotic contents, blood and gore which couldn’t be aired for general audience.
When aired during midnight, it is difficult to gain sponsors, thus they needed otaku audiences to buy their goods and DVD.
Anime becoming more and more popular has widened the variety of the anime genre, and the streaming services has also helped greatly.
To be honest, shoujyo manga has been more of a mainstream content than shounen if you think about live action remake dramas.
We have numerous hits like Nodame, Hotaru no hikari, and Nigehaji which are extremely popular like game of thrones in the US.
Shoujyo manga is a mainstream genre, and that is one reason why it was not made into an anime.
Sorry for my long comment, but I found it rather offensive for calling out sexism when you don’t know the greater picture.
Thank you so much for your answer! When it came to the decline of shoujo I really did always think the problem was ppl was everyone flocks to action oriented stuff including in America but we have definitely been getting more because ppl have been supporting shoujo more and they pay attention to money more than anything else
@@isadora6092I get what your saying but I think in recent years people have been supporting more shoujo manga and companies pay attention to money more than anything else
Also what I'm hearing is we need to get Margot Robbie into some shojosei series 😉
stop the production on that monopoly movie, Margot!!!!!
I saw Shoujosei as the title and A sign of Affection on the tumbnail and I sprinted here
I love that Colleen’s videos always coincide with me reading shojo. It’s like every time I open a new series, I get a notification for a new video from her - like a really sweet gift of fate!
Same… like I just binged Sign of Affection with my friend and re-subscribed to Crunchyroll again this last week hahaha
I reread Gakuen Alice recently, and I would LOVE for it to get the Fruits Basket treatment! Sure the comedy might have aged like milk (just 2000’s things), but I think it deserves to have its full story told by a competent studio and team. I don’t think it’s licensed either.
Also Kare Kano, Kodacha, 7 Seeds, Requiem of the Rose King (although the latter two might be too recent), and any other series that got shafted or axed for whatever reason.
I feel like I’m one of those people begging for Mother 3 to be localized in the West.
Oh man Gakuen Alice is my favorite would love to see it get a reboot or even just someone one publish it again so tragic
I love Requiem of the rose king omg 😭
If they changed the jokes in Gakuen Alice that are basically normalized s*xual assault and the way everyone in the show normalized it it would be soooo good and we could finally ship Mikan and Natsume. (It was impossible to come back from their meeting, the fact that he didn't get punished for that still makes me mad to this day and we were supposed to empathize with him later too)
But does anyone know what's up with that ending? I read the manga too and it's so random. It felt absolutely not finished.
I fell in love with Cherry Magic last season and as soon as the anime was wrapping up I started the manga. I highly recommend it! And it's a josei series!
It was a surprise series for me! I expected to think it was cute at least but I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought!
I read the pixiv comic back when it went viral and someone translated it to English and then later I got like 5 of the localized volumes so I was so happy to see the anime ❤❤
i really need a shoujosei in the art style of ai yazawa!! she's been a big influence on my art style ever since i watched nana in middle school and something about the way her style translate to animation is amazing. if we get more shoujosei animes i'd love to see more unique styles
I am so excited for the shoujosei being produced and airing this year. The incousion of more BL and GL too! I wonder if this is connected to the rise and popularity of Manhwas as well. Either way, I am not sure this is a sustained interest from the production companies, but I'll enjoy it while it lasts.
Full list of upcoming shoujosei anime (at least the ones I'm aware of):
*Disclaimer*: I'm not a big fan of reincarnated villainess animes plus I feel like those are the ones that are being adapted the most so I don't keep track of the ones that come out therefore keep in mind that they won't be on my list)
-Natsume Yuujin Chou 7th season
-Kimi Ni Todoke 3rd season
-My Happy Marriage 2nd season
-Nina the Starry Bride
-Debu to Rabu to Ayamachi to!
-Douse, Koishite Shimaunda
-Acro Trip
-Honey Lemon Soda
-Tono to Inu
-True Beauty
-Cocoon
Rumor:
-Ikoku Nikki
@@spagooba215 yeah Natsume's book of friends is a shoujo ^^ I hadn't heard of 365 days to marriage before but I'll definitely check it out!
@spagooba215 the manga is published in a shoujo magazine so therefore its a shoujo 🤦🏻♀️
Shoujosei man is back with good news??? ( *peak character development* ) Skit lore expands once more, and I am unreasonably happy about it 😂! Great video as always Colleen!!
omfg lol i literally squealed when you mentioned natsume yuujinchou getting (at long last!!!) a season 7... it's my all-time favorite anime so hearing this made my day!
Being this early to your great content feels illegal.
actually it is, you're under arrest 🚔
When I tell you I screamed when I saw that Kimi ni Todoke and Natsume's Book of Friends are returning. I was so happy that I ALMOST let myself dream about Nana returning someday...
Wooo! The Yuzuki Family Four Sons got mentioned! That was my favorite from last year!
In the 90s, some American studios were able to push on Japanese ones to continue series that were popular here. I wonder if Netflix put some weight behind Kimi ni Todoke, since I think the animation and live action seasons did well on it. I would hope Crunchyroll could also give some viewing numbers if the shojo series are doing well there too. Really hoping we get second seasons of some of these (I know it's a long shot).
That's a good point. I totally forgot about the live action series that Netflix put out because I didn't have a sub to their service at the time.
I really hope this is true! I would love to start seeing more Shojosie talked about in the anime community. Yamada and Sign of Affection were recent highlights. One small step for us, one giant step for the next season on Chihayafuru!
I also think that kimi ni todoke was well received outside Japan and that’s why Netflix picked it
But the budget is still a thing… just look at blue box trailer vs a condition called love or vampire domitory 😭 even the op and ending animation for a condition called love are barely that „animated“ 😢
I am happy we got them but they still make me sad 😔
Bring on the Renaissance! I am so ready to watch all of these beautiful anime series😊
We need a new season of Yona to gain a larger audience for the inevitable end that I thinks gonna happen within the next 2-3 years
I unexpectedly started tearing up watching this. I got into anime because of shojosei anime and while I also enjoy some seinen and shonen the shojosei dry spell over the last few years has caused me to largely lose interest in modern anime and I’ve retreated to watching older anime from the 80s and 90s. but the recent uptick of shojo adaptations has given me new hope, and for a moment there when I saw all this happening I questioned whether or not I was still in the same timeline 😭 I’ve always been holding out hope that they would eventually bring back ouran high school host club, even though it’s been almost 20 years. I’d also really like to see a completion of Kamisama Kiss and Yona of the Dawn, it feels like I’m hoping for miracles but a shojosei renaissance is already as miracle as it is
Colleen-sama, I've been watching your vidoes since 'The Decline of Shoujo' & the rest. 😊 But 'Why Shoujo Romance is so Special' is the one that I watched repetitively because you explained everything I wanted to describe about the beauty of shoujo storytelling, but I don't know how (English isn't my 1st language). 😅
You are one of the few inspirations that influence me to revive my old shoujo webcomic (still in major preparation phase though). 😆
Please continue making more shoujo tribute. 😃 And thank you for being such an inspiration for us - shoujo lovers & creators. ❤🌻
A sign of affection, my happy marriage, requiem of the rose king, a condition called love and my love story yamada-kun are some are my favorites of their years
I want Yona of the Dawn season 2, they deserve it.
❤ we need Yona black
Great video Colleen, it was really interesting to learn more about anime production!
One more upcoming shoujo anime I want to highlight is Acro Trip, which will be airing sometime this year. It's really notable because it's the *first new magical girl anime from a shoujo magazine to air in 17 years.* That's huge news! If it's successful then it makes me hopeful that we could get more shoujo adaptations from genres like comedy or action.
only reason it wasn't in this one is because I actually highlighted it in last year's video already!
Hope is the last to die but it is the first to kill you. I want to have hope this time though. It's so good to see Shoujo adaptations with such good quality that I really want to believe that some change is happening even if in baby steps
Okay but the fact Colleen chose the 24 hour period in which I start reading the producer heavy Skip Beat! arc to talk about producers on her channel is sending.
That Mina Le mention! Cool people flock together.
Your road is often thankless but always worthwhile. Like a true heroine, you're fighting the good fight, Colleen. Don't give up! 💪🏾💪🏾
Great day to witness peak and hope
We’re actually getting an Ojamajo Doremi show now that’s wild!
Loved this video, as always. As far as shoujosei manga that I hope get adapted: I’d love A Perfect World (😭😭), Skip Beat getting the Fruba treatment, and Chihayafuru getting a S4 (Kimi Ni Todoke S3 gives me hope!).
It would also be interesting to get series like Something’s Wrong with Us get an adaptation too. We can only hope!
Holy shit they’re adapting Cocoon? I read that manga by accident in high school.
Okay, I'm stoked these got anime, but you know what series DIDN'T get an anime but deserves one?
RED RIVER. I sincerely hope the winter reprint brings enough eyes to the series to finally, MAYBE get an anime for it.
It's been a while since I watched any anime. I missed shoujo animes so much and have been watching Kaichou wa Maid-sama for the nostalgia. And now you are telling me there is about to come new series to watch?! I'm in heaven 🥰❤️
I wish there were more action shojou anime being produced
Thank you for another incredible video Colleen! I’ve been buying shoujo/josei manga in Japanese and studying Japanese.
Dog Signal is a josei that got adapted into 20 episodes and recently finished on March 17th. But no companies like crunchy or netflix picked it up, so you can't wait it legally with english subs.
I was wondering why you hadn't mentioned Apothecary Diaries and looked to see that it is published in a Seinen Magazine, which is the second time I've seen a light novel geared towards women have their manga adaptations published by Seinen mags (Sugar Apple Fairy Tale) and both of those animes are getting second season. I think it's interesting that men wont read across the aisle but if feminine stories are put into the magazines they read, they do become popular
I never realized how active Colleen's hand is as she talks. So expressive 😂
Another amazing video you are one of my favorite UA-camrs love your style ❤
Oh, I just watched the first episode of A Sign of Affection! It’s so pretty and cute 💕
Another fantastic video!! This channel has really revived my love for shoujo/josei and for that I'm super grateful :) The highlighter sfx was physically painful to bare but that might just be me, and I soldiered on anyways!! Can't recommend this channel enough to my friends
you're the first to mention the sfx and I used it in two videos previously so I'll look for a better sfx next time around if I use that. Maybe it was too loud if anything.
I think another new recent achievement with some old shoujo is that the “older” not necessarily the oldest but more of shoujo when it was in its peak, is getting recognized again. Kimi ni Todoke getting dubbed as well as a season 3 coming soon, Lovely Complex also getting dubbed, these are small achievements that may prove to be significant toward the revival of peak shoujo anime. :D
your videos are PEAK !! love your content Colleen, so many of my favorite series i discovered because of you! 💓
Even if some of them werent manga, I feel like theres lots of shoujo anime lately compared to previous years. We've definitely gotten lots of light novel, web novel, and web comic adaptations which I would consider shoujo.
Winter had 3 shoujo/josei
Spring has 4 one of them is a josei.
It does make me very happy
Finished this video and started watching again immediately! There is so much interesting information here and gives me a lot of hope for the future of media aimed to the shojo and josei demos! Thanks to this video, I started watching A Condition Called Love and I am invested now!
i'm early today! btw your new hair style suits you so well, I love it
thank you v much!! 🥰
I didn’t know about an upcoming anime adaptation of Cocoon. That’s so cool! Thanks for the excellent video as always! 💕
Queens Quality would be SUCH a great anime!!! I neeeeeeed it.
in the grand scheme of things I just started watching anime, and I *need* more Shoujosei
Shows can also be picked up when a company does *community suggestions/feedback. Fans can name drop what they want as adaptations or continuation. From Me to you: Kimi ni Todoke. The new season from Netflix. Is because the company asked what the Audience wanted. It was submitted in and was green lit into production because they take submissions in extremely literal. So if things like that do come up. It is best to do a list of recomendations for them too make. Or even a dead series to go back into focus
If Ikoku Nikki could somehow get a full anime adaptation it would be a dream come true. Although I would also be happy with just a physical release of the English manga.
Thank you for mentioning josei anime! Shojo will always hold a special place in my heart as I read a lot of it in my teens, but being 30+ I would LOVE more mature stories and characters.
Whenever I think of the dearth of anime adapted from shoujo or josei manga I just think of how female directors like Sayo Yamamoto or Rie Matsumoto seem to currently be spending years on anime movies stuck in production hell, despite their previous works achieving acclaim and success. It's like they're chained to projects that are doomed to never release, and then their careers freeze, and the same never seems to happen to male directors with similarly stacked resumes. I wouldn't be surprised if female producers end up in similar situations where they're assigned to projects that have the odds stacked against them or projects that lack stable support systems.
Like, I highly doubt that that something as financially and critically successful as Yuri on Ice would be treated like a disposable roadblock if it was headed by a male director. Hell, if it achieved the same level of popularity yet it was (somehow) aimed at a more masculine demographic we'd probably be several seasons into it right now rather than waiting for a movie that'll likely never come.
This was posted just before they announced that the Yuri on Ice movie has officially been canceled, and I swear I'm not psychic
The intro was really cracking me up on this one.
Machi Kyoko Cocoon getting anime? Omg I'm screaming
I recently watched the anime "A condition called love" (OMG what a heartfelt, touching piece 😭😭) and I felt very thankful that the show gets adapted considering all the problems we have talked about in the videos. Dang, I want to make a change too for more of the Shoujo-Josei works to get adapted... I might be a rare guy that likes deep and pure love stuff and romance slice of life type works, so I'm very motivated to somehow change the industry in the future. Start off by buying more of "A condition called love" mangas (DAMNIT i missed out so much how could i not know this masterpiece existed until now 😭😭) 😹😹
Preach!!
Let me add some additions to the upcoming shojosei animes you mentioned in the video:
-Debu to Rabu to Ayamachi to!
-Acro Trip (Fist brand new shoujo Magical Girl to come out in more than a decade that is not a remake/reboot/new season of a franchise like Pretty Cure)
-True Beauty (it comes from a webtoon targeted to female audience but it's getting an anime)
-Tono to Inu
Please guys add those upcoming animes to the ones mentioned by Colleen, we have to support shoujosei anime 😊✨💪🏻
very excited for the first two. Plus Sized Misadventures in Love is a hoot
Aaaa such a good video as always! Let’s hope producers in Japan stop the nonsense and give us more well-made shojosei anime!
Hearing that Yuzuki family shoutout just made my day!!
I just got back from a month long trip to Japan and you are the reason I thought to seek out the monthly shojo collection magazines (sadly everywhere I went was sold out of Charlotte 😢)
Kimi no Todoke was added on Netflix and got a big boost of exposure and popularity.
For someone that grew up with shoujo anime i am mentally qnd physically attaced to it and my favourite anime is lovely complex and i wiah there was another anim like that but yh when i saw ur vid i am suddenly really happy bcus im thinking there's gonna be more shoujo anime 😭
This is so exciting, we better really watch these animes and show how much we love them! I wonder if the Barbie movie being such a success contributed to their being more Shoujo manga being turned into anime. Maybe companies are like oh girls actually like girly things and are willing to spend money.
First comment? I'm glad to see a new colleen peak video. Also love the new hair
thank youuuu
Really liked the Video Style keep up the good work
Nice video. I'm enjoying A condition called love and it's nice to see shoujo make a comeback
This is like the first time I’m early for anything and it’s by accident
I literally wish I could like this more than once hahahah amazing vid! It feels nice to not be a closet shoujo lover anymore, I'm freeee~
The dedication of skits in her videos are getting quite impressive
Great video Colleen I agree with you how dare they say that girls don't watch Anime. Because we do watch it just like boys like Anime. I love watching Shoujo Anime. 😁🥺
Btw wish we'd get Doremi 1620s light novels adapted into anime (series or movie) 🥺🙏🏻
super informative! keep up the good work!
I SCREAMED when you said that Natsume is coming back for another season. That is my favorite series, anime or not (haven't read the manga yet) of all time.
hana kimi just got a anime!!. were so back
Oh no! I forgot to make a comment! I have now made a comment. Loved the video!
I hope we continue to get more and more shoujosei adaptations, I am starved for them
I'm here for this 👏
I'm reluctantly positive about these new developments. Happy, of course, that shoujosei seem to lift their heads above the water surface - that's great. But for these titles to give birth to a larger trend, they would need to be successful, and I wonder if they can be? Like you said, they are being made by a predominantly male production teams most of whom don't love the titles, and haven't read too many of them, so it's just this bit harder for them to reimagine these works for screen... and it shows. The adaptations of some of my favourite shoujoseis suffer from being redrawn almost frame-for-frame from the manga with zero regard for the fact that shoujo has a lot of character thoughts, and not as much action, so you really, truly shouldn't use the manga as key frames (tbh you probably shouldn't for shounen as well, but action-packed titles tend to be more forgiving of that). This gives us long shots of paused reality when we're shown somebody's face (typically on static background, with the camera moving over the illustration to 'fake' animation) while the seiyuu delivers way too many lines for that shot. Add to that relatively low budgets that result in the drawings not being all that much to look at at int he first place, the animation being almost powerpoint-y at times (remember 'The Ice Guy and his cool colleague"?), the music being either elevator-quality are just not there at all, censoring any and all stuff that may not be child-friendly... This is why I disagree with you that Yamada lvl 999, which suffers from all of the above, was a good adaptation. I watched it because yay, my fav manga is moving, but I can't imagine too many people falling in love with the title if they saw the anime first. My happy-fan-ride ended in 2 episodes: I noticed it has a terrible pacing suggesting of the screenwriter ticking off items on a shopping list rather than telling a story. There was zero adaptation of the written media to an animated one, with the peak laziness being the inner thoughts/side comments originally on the sides of the characters' heads in manga actually shown as is on screen in the anime, forcing the viewer to listen to one thing and read another at the same time (I command your reading speed if you didn't have to pause and rewind these moments). On the other hand, I watched Yubisaki to renren with genuine pleasure - it's actually animated, when long monologues are required it'll show a few different angles or scenes to keep your eye traveling, and the text on screen is yupically read out, or at least not shown when the characters say something else. The bgm music is pleasant too, if generic, and the art is detailed enough, with the hand-gestures obviously researched and carefully depicted. Yay! It got me super hopeful! The first episode of Hananoi-kun was quite a disappointment though... the drawings are nice but we seem to be back to the shopping-list, crazy long close-up shots, magic pauses, and overpresent silence :(... I love this manga too, so I hope it'll pick up speed later on. And fingers crossed for Honey Lemon Soda to get treated with some love! C'mon we deserve a well thought-out adaptation!
I'm going to disagree with your disagreement about Yamada 😂 Mostly because you said you can't imagine anyone being into the series from having seen the anime first but I know more people who were unfamiliar with the series who watched the anime and it became their obsession. I also think the direction, music, and animation of the series was amazing. Music-wise they took a lot of inspo from game music imo and there were soooo many inspired transitions that felt arcade-y as well. Morio Asaka who directed it has been a great director for shoujosei adaptations like Chihayafuru, My Love Story, and Nana. But obvi agree to disagree lol I do agree with everything else you said!!
@@ColleensMangaRecs I don't think just because someone did an amazing job in the past (and Asaka definitely did!) they can never fail or get lazy, especially if the series gets less budget and attention. However, I'm absolutely willing to accept that my 'gosh, I'm only putting up with this because I'm a fan' perspective might have actually been a bit in the 'I'm a fan so my expectations are thiiiiiis high' realm. Now that I think about it, I kind of had a lot to say about Nana as well, back in the day (not to this degree, but then Nana had the hype and likely the budget to go on a completely different level :D). Long story short, to each their own, and I'm suuuuuuuuuper happy that there are people who got into this title through the anime after all. Yay!!
Oh! Feel better Colleen!
Looking forward to Nina the Starry Bride. If only we could get more seasons or a remake of Yona of the Dawn or Basara.
Ok but since some older anime r coming back for another season, I demand a second season of Yona of the dawn. An absolute crime that it only got 1 season
COLLEEN you are our shoujo CHAMPION!!!
Great video!
here's me hoping Prince Freya will get a proper adaptation....
man, prince freya anime would be a banger
I was speechless when they announced season 3 of Hibike Euphonium!!!
I tried reading A Condition Called Love but dang there was so much completely unchallenged aphobia in it that I just could not continue after volume one. The male lead just going "No everyone has romantic/sexual attraction. It is what makes us human." And the fem lead just basically going "OK I guess I was wrong." feels like such a massive slap in the face after the whole setup of her being described as aroace. (granted without using the terms). It is so far the only manga I wish I had not read at all.
Which is such a shame because the setup sounded really good. A manga that is showcasing a relationship outside of the allonormative view that love and sex are the main (or in some cases even only) thing that keep people together as a couple? Sign me the hekk up!
It might get better later on but that start soured me so much on the whole series that I did not continue. I really did not need a little escapist manga to tell me I'm not human. (I'd use stronger words but I try to keep this PG 🤬)
So I will stick to She Loves To Cook And She Loves To Eat, I Want To Be A Wall and Is Love The Answer? until further notice.
Hotaru was never described as aroace though and I think her willingness to want to love should have been more of a sign to you that if anything she could be demi or just have some trauma around love (which is the canonical case). I feel like you have mischaracterized this series by making it sound like Hotaru is just a pushover with no personal thoughts or feelings herself.
@ColleensMangaRecs in any case, it's not true that feeling love / sexual attraction is (inherently) "part of being human"; that is a common cliché levelled at aroace folks (including demi folks like me, who worry that we're failing our partners if we don't want sex with them)
I really hope that in future (preferably in 10-15 years) we will get a good interesting mix of genres. Mainstream anime titles, that girls, boys and queers could enjoy. With well written female characters, without strange/unnecessary sexualised tropes and queer characters in main roles. It's seems that shonen just took practically all space in the mind of mainstream audience. And I love shonen, but some tropes/problems just starts to become old/boring. I think for example JJK with it's dark tone doing some interesting reimagining... I hope it's a signe of future development, change and experimentation.
YIPPPPEEEEEE thank goodness bru, i’m thirsty for shoujosei animes 🙏
Y'know, I thought more women and girls watched anime/read manga - most likely because hardly any guys I know do so, it's mostly the girls and women I'm friends with. Also, I think that, In regards to the live action adaptations of shoujosei manga - for the more down-to-earth and romance manga - make sense being live action, since the emotions they convey through the manga in question can be conveyed better by good actors than some mediocre studio that doesn't animate facial expressions all that well (that is, of course, if the studio were mediocre; A studio like KyoAni would do a wonderful job). An example of a great live-action adaptation I would give is Nodame Cantabile.
On another note, I'd love it if these shoujosei manga were animated: Usemono Yado, Yakuza no Oshigoto, more Akatsuki no Yona and Shirayuki Hime, The One Within The Villainess, Veil, Don't Call It Mystery, and Queen's Quality / QQ Sweeper.
This is coming from a guy by the way. I think shoujosei manga should be adapted more - there are tons of brilliant ones out there - instead of a bunch of generic shonens.
as someone who recently started getting into anime, I would LOVE to see more shoujo animes if it meant more things like Real GIrl. Something about the vibe of the show was.. pleasant?
I've never watched and have never really heard people talk about it before! I didn't know what the consensus was on that series, but I guess I'll need to check it out at some point.
@@ColleensMangaRecs I could only say it's worth a watch if you check season 2 if I'm being honest. Even with an amateur eye for anime I can safely admit the first season was.. not something I could rave about.
Also we are getting one bl every season. Winter - cherry magic
Now tadaima okaeri
Summer tasogare outfocus
I wonder if it’s b/c maybe even western streaming services want to capture more female audiences.
I know westerners technically are secondary audiences but i think that’s really starting to change.