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Post by Zyppora on Sept 5, 2004 15:19:54 GMT -5
Okay, I just wanna know you guys' opinions on what the initial target group was for the series Sailor Moon (manga or anime).
I think it was initially meant for boys age 13 - 18. Why? Well, let's just see what's going on.
- We have 5 (or 10) beautiful girls in REALLY tight outfits and REALLY short skirts.
- Occasionally we see a white flash of underwear.
- They're fighting.
- They're taking on crazy tentacle monsters.
- They die a few times throughout the series.
These are several reasons why it would be created not for girls, but for boys. It also gives many hints, but doesn't quite reach the level of ecchi (slightly perverted) content.
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Post by SailormoonFan1 on Sept 5, 2004 15:34:23 GMT -5
It was made for pervs.
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Post by Creshosk on Sept 5, 2004 15:36:40 GMT -5
It was actually made for teenage girls. Thus why it appeared in a shojou magazine.
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Post by SailormoonFan1 on Sept 5, 2004 15:46:45 GMT -5
I know the correct answer.
It was made to make money
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Post by Suisei on Sept 5, 2004 16:29:05 GMT -5
Actually the use of cute, colourful versions of school uniforms as battlesuits for the young superheroines was a used to catch the attention of young girls. The skirts were going to be longer, but Takeuchi Naoko wanted to show that it was okay for girls to wear shorter skirts.
Sailor Moon is based upon the the magical girl tradition, in which ordinary female items like school clothes, lockets, and beauty products are turned into powerful talismans for the magically endowed heroine.
Sailor Moon was made for teenage girl manga reader. That's why there are a few deaths in the manga and anime.
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Post by SailormoonFan1 on Sept 5, 2004 16:32:14 GMT -5
Is there a magical boy tradition. ;D
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Post by Creshosk on Sept 5, 2004 17:09:27 GMT -5
Is there a magical boy tradition. ;D No. |
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Post by 7 on Sept 7, 2004 0:24:28 GMT -5
None that i have heard of, and it was intended for girls. But it went over well with boys as well.
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Post by Pinkgirl on Sept 7, 2004 6:32:37 GMT -5
Then, I guess we're all a bunch of pervs then  |
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Post by jupiter027 on Sept 7, 2004 20:55:38 GMT -5
Boys and girls, ages 0-99 ;D
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Post by Zyppora on Sept 8, 2004 11:38:33 GMT -5
Boys and girls, ages 0-99 ;D Well, I wouldn't say 0 - 99. I mean, there's some PG-13-ish stuff happening, like the Senshi dying (several times), tension moments, fearful moments ... Poor Ami-chan being ripped right out of her clothes by Urawa-kun because of his Nijuzuishou (that was actually the most painful thing for me to watch throughout the first AND fifth season). |
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Post by Alexa on Sept 8, 2004 13:20:24 GMT -5
Actually the use of cute, colourful versions of school uniforms as battlesuits for the young superheroines was a used to catch the attention of young girls. The skirts were going to be longer, but Takeuchi Naoko wanted to show that it was okay for girls to wear shorter skirts. Sailor Moon is based upon the the magical girl tradition, in which ordinary female items like school clothes, lockets, and beauty products are turned into powerful talismans for the magically endowed heroine. Sailor Moon was made for teenage girl manga reader. That's why there are a few deaths in the manga and anime. You are totally right. Even though sailor moon appeals to both genders it still wasn't made just to make boys horny. You could almost say it's like a japanese teen form of the Power Puff Girls. Ok maybe that's too far. Also the brief flashes of underwear are just the animators being realistic.  |
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Post by nekosenshi on Feb 28, 2007 15:17:40 GMT -5
Actually the use of cute, colourful versions of school uniforms as battlesuits for the young superheroines was a used to catch the attention of young girls. The skirts were going to be longer, but Takeuchi Naoko wanted to show that it was okay for girls to wear shorter skirts. Sailor Moon is based upon the the magical girl tradition, in which ordinary female items like school clothes, lockets, and beauty products are turned into powerful talismans for the magically endowed heroine. Sailor Moon was made for teenage girl manga reader. That's why there are a few deaths in the manga and anime. You are totally right. Even though sailor moon appeals to both genders it still wasn't made just to make boys horny. You could almost say it's like a japanese teen form of the Power Puff Girls. Ok maybe that's too far. Also the brief flashes of underwear are just the animators being realistic. OMG, please don't compare BSSM to Powerpuff Girls! That show has essentially no plot, and the characters are one-dimensional! Those two shows have one thing in common: Magic girls who fight evil. That's all. As for the target audience, I think it was supposed to be girls. Though I guess with those outfits boys were bound to get into it. |
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Post by yumecosmos on Mar 1, 2007 0:42:05 GMT -5
Boys and girls, ages 0-99 ;D Well, I wouldn't say 0 - 99. I mean, there's some PG-13-ish stuff happening, like the Senshi dying (several times), tension moments, fearful moments ... Poor Ami-chan being ripped right out of her clothes by Urawa-kun because of his Nijuzuishou (that was actually the most painful thing for me to watch throughout the first AND fifth season). Well, looks like I'm gonna be argumentative again ^^; I'd say PG at most. There's nothing in there that my little brother and sister wouldn't watch. They don't hear any words on Sailor Moon that they haven't heard from my dad at some point. None of the main cast ever stay dead. Even a lot of the bad-guys-turned-good get to live, which is surprising since normally when you're evil and then you see the light and betray your master to help the heroes, your days are numbered. XD There's no real nudity. (Venus 5 is ecchi. Sailor Moon looks like a Catholic schoolgirl next to that bunch.) And quite honestly, the plot is pretty fluffy and trite most of the time. Sailor Moon makes you believe that love will solve everything in the end, which is a very shoujo-y theme. The target audience couldn't have been that high, because there are still furigana next to all the kanji in the manga. Don't they only put those in for books aimed at kids? I didn't think Powerpuff Girls was all that bad. Under its cutesy guise, the show has covered some semi-serious topics, like the girls being social outcasts at the beginning because people were scared of their powers. There was even a powerpuff girl who died. (In one episode they girls made themselves a forth sister but she was unstable and exploded in the end. Although the ending was still funny, it was surprisingly depressing.) But anyway, I don't think it's quite fair to compare it to Sailor Moon because it's a different genre--PPG was intended to be comical while Sailor Moon takes itself a lot more seriously. Is there a magical boy tradition. ;D I don't know of any magical boy shows specifically (although the team aspect of Sailor Moon was inspired by Power Rangers and other sentai-type shows.) In Shin Shirayukihime Densetsu Pretear there are seven "magical boys" who help the heroine. Ojamajo Doremi also features some boy wizards later on, and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is a shounen-style magical girl series which has a few male fighters on the team. And in Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, the heroine's main rival is a magical boy of sorts. Those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. |
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Post by Zyppora on Mar 1, 2007 2:44:58 GMT -5
Well, I wouldn't say 0 - 99. I mean, there's some PG-13-ish stuff happening, like the Senshi dying (several times), tension moments, fearful moments ... Poor Ami-chan being ripped right out of her clothes by Urawa-kun because of his Nijuzuishou (that was actually the most painful thing for me to watch throughout the first AND fifth season). Well, looks like I'm gonna be argumentative again ^^; I'd say PG at most. There's nothing in there that my little brother and sister wouldn't watch. They don't hear any words on Sailor Moon that they haven't heard from my dad at some point. None of the main cast ever stay dead. Even a lot of the bad-guys-turned-good get to live, which is surprising since normally when you're evil and then you see the light and betray your master to help the heroes, your days are numbered. XD There's no real nudity. (Venus 5 is ecchi. Sailor Moon looks like a Catholic schoolgirl next to that bunch.) And quite honestly, the plot is pretty fluffy and trite most of the time. Sailor Moon makes you believe that love will solve everything in the end, which is a very shoujo-y theme. We're talking about the events that take place. Even though none ever stay dead, there's still action all around (think about the exploding helicopter in S for example), and stuff that gets to you (I for one could almost feel it when poor Ami-chan got hit by Galaxia's fireball thingies). Even though it contains no profanity, nudity, or blood, doesn't mean it's suited for all ages. Though I must agree that the USA is more prude when it comes to stuff like that than Japan is, which would automatically raise the ratings. Ohw, and I guess it's safe to consider nudity in the ep in the first saga where Urawa turns into a youma, and the final episodes of StarS, where Usagi fights Galaxia (and perhaps the ep where Rei catches Mamoru in the bathtub). The target audience couldn't have been that high, because there are still furigana next to all the kanji in the manga. Don't they only put those in for books aimed at kids? Well, it's usually kids' books that feature furigana, but not limited to (as far as I know). Newspapers usually feature them too (mainly because there are thousands of kanji and I'm pretty sure a random Jap person doesn't know every single one). Is there a magical boy tradition. ;D I don't know of any magical boy shows specifically (although the team aspect of Sailor Moon was inspired by Power Rangers and other sentai-type shows.) In Shin Shirayukihime Densetsu Pretear there are seven "magical boys" who help the heroine. Ojamajo Doremi also features some boy wizards later on, and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is a shounen-style magical girl series which has a few male fighters on the team. And in Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, the heroine's main rival is a magical boy of sorts. Those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. I guess it's safe to say that animes like the Dragonball series feature 'magical boys' to an extent. It more or less depends on what you'd call 'magical'. |
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