The magical girl genre is one of the longest-running in manga and anime, and spans a surprising range from the upbeat shojo fare which has been its trademark, to male-oriented fan service like Cutie Honey, and darker themes like Madoka Magica. While some magical girl …Read more »
Demon Slayer is a shonen series, but shojo manga magazine Margaret is showing it some love. Ahead of the Demon Slayer movie release, Margaret asked six shojo artists to do their own rendition of Demon Slayer characters and interviewed two of the anime actors. Ayumi …Read more »
It’s always fun to see how a well-known manga might be adapted into another genre. Shoujo manga artist Yoko Maki—who worked on series like Romantica Clock, Aishiteiru Ze Baby, and more before retiring in 2019—decided to apply a distinctly shoujo aesthetic to the characters and …Read more »
© Fuyumi Soryo / Kodansha Ltd. There comes a time in every shojo and josei fan’s life when Fuyumi Soryo’s classic series Mars drifts into view. This melodramatic soap opera is a treasure that includes a little something for just about every fan, with memorable characters that …Read more »
Young debuts are far from unheard of in the manga industry, but some cases really push the boundaries and go beyond simply being impressive. Case in point, the latest debut author in shoujo manga magazine Margaret is named Nana Hoshiki, who is just 13 years …Read more »
Would you put up with a two-hour bus commute to attend the high school of your choice? What if you had to wake up before dawn and make the trip from your home up in the mountains? That’s the situation Ten Serizawa faces in Suu …Read more »
Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play, the popular shoujo manga from Yuu Watase, is coming to the stage. Again. The manga was adapted into a stage play in 2010, then a musical in 2016. Now a sequel to that musical is headed to a theatre in …Read more »
Queen’s Quality is a sequel to QQ Sweeper and isn’t the best place to jump on board. If you haven’t read the previous series, it’s hard to catch up on the plot or get invested in the characters. While Motomi does a decent job of …Read more »
In Japan it seems there’s a stereotype that shojo manga begets unrealistic expectations of romance from its readers. Rich, powerful, handsome men seem to always go dropping into the protagonists’ laps with implausible ease, so people assume that women who grow up reading shojo manga …Read more »
Imagine, if you will, the thundering power of giant robot anime intermingling seamlessly with a dreamy shojo-style narrative. Wait, you don’t have to imagine it, because Sunrise’s The Vision of Escaflowne exists! Whether you remember the series from 20 years ago or this is your …Read more »
Ever found yourself asking questions like: what came before Sailor Moon ? Why don’t we have a magical girl tradition in America? And just what’s with those transformation sequences, anyway? Here to answer all those questions and more is a new article by media scholar …Read more »
Hinata is living in an area that’s experiencing a number of “vampiric attacks.” The girls targeted thankfully aren’t killed, but they suffer major blood loss. While all of this is pretty scary, Hinata’s best friend Kana is still a vampire fangirl, and can’t get enough …Read more »
There’s a lot of shoujo romance manga with pretty boys out there, but My Love Story!! has a different take on this. The pretty boy isn’t the hero… this time, the guy who isn’t considered aesthetically pleasing in manga gets to be the hero for …Read more »
Fans of shoujo fare have a new anime to look forward to this spring with the announcement of a Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii ( Even So, The World is Beautiful ) adaptation. Based on the manga by Dai Shiina, serialized in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume …Read more »
For the 20th anniversary of Sailor Moon , many of us were excited to see Bandai’s release of a new line of jewelry to commemorate the occasion. The items were classy and perfect for those of us who have grown up with the series, and …Read more »
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