I guess anime fans are getting younger or I've "seen too much" because I'm still tripping off the fact that at cons the franchises people can't recognize are Nanoha, Haruhi Suzumiya... and Soul Eater???
What the fuck happened? Lmfao.
The worst part is that none of these people can even name any character designers. Ikuko Itoh, whose style is mimicked, is rarely mentioned in name by these people.
If you were to ask them who Kumiko Takahashi, Toshihiro Kawamato, etc is... they couldn't tell you.
A new Cardcaptor Sakura calendar for 2024 has been announced
It's gonna be the first calendar based on the sequel "CCS: Clear Card" and will feature 12 illustrations of it. It goes on sale November 13, 2023.
Here's a new magical girl manga called "MajiGawa! Mahou Shoujo no Kigurumi." The main character unzips a magical girl plush and becomes that same magical girl.
"Kigurumi change!" So cute! 😭😭 🩷🩷🩷🩷 The manga just came out last week!
I really like how simple in action this feels?
I mean moreso the perfume being sprayed that aids her transformation! It's cool! It's fast! It's pretty! This era of Precure transformations feels a lot different in comparison to later ones, but in a good way.
Being a magical girl fan is realizing all of those shows people said don't count actually do.
By "those shows" I mean Fantasista Doll, Rayearth, Creamy Mami, Full Moon (??? how was this a debate LMAO), Cutie Honey, Little Witch Academia, Petite Princess Yucie, etc.
The problem with "subverting magical girl tropes" convos is that it's always about if some middle schooler dies and not the actual function of the "magical girl." These conversations never name shows like Onegai My Melody or Super Doll Licca-chan. Why is that?
Precure is the most important and influential magical girl title in the last 20 years. It has been consecutively on for almost 20 years, which no other show in its genre has done before. It also is the main mg title in Japan that airs while its competition has (mainly) died out.