The Hunger Games seems pretty damned shounenbro to me.
At least in terms of subject matter.
Are there any shounen anime with a female lead?
Soul Eater (sort of)
The Hunger Games seems pretty damned shounenbro to me.
At least in terms of subject matter.
Are there any shounen anime with a female lead?
Yes, the increasing trend of co-productions and outsourcing has blurred the distinctions between anime and non-anime. It's quite possible that in the not-too-distant future barely any of the animation work for the animated shows on Japanese TV will be done in Japan.
The Hunger Games seems pretty damned shounenbro to me.
At least in terms of subject matter.
Are there any shounen anime with a female lead?
Well I'm not arguing with that, I'm just saying that an animation's country of origin is generally considered to be where it's produced, not necessarily where it's animated.
Salsa just means sauce, but that's not how it's used.doesn't "anime" literally just mean "animation"?
The games idea plot sounded compelling but I didnt see it in fear that it wouldnt be the major focus of the books/movie :/
Animatrix and Halo Legends is anime right? Clearly it is accepted as such, and marketed as such. So based on that, Thundercats is anime too... right?
Is Tatami Galaxy ep10 not anime?
Oh, I thought those episodes were done in one of those Korean studios that Madhouse has a big stake in. Oh well. Joke failed!To be fair, Eun Young Choi lives and works in Japan. She may be Korean by birth, but she does not direct anything in South Korea.![]()
The Hunger Games seems pretty damned shounenbro to me.
At least in terms of subject matter.
Are there any shounen anime with a female lead?
The Hunger Games seems pretty damned shounenbro to me.
At least in terms of subject matter.
Are there any shounen anime with a female lead?
Slayers
Shakugan no Shana?
The Hunger Games seems pretty damned shounenbro to me.
At least in terms of subject matter.
Are there any shounen anime with a female lead?
I don't know if the Slayers series should be considered Shounen...maybe so.
Shakugan no shana- NO.
The Hunger Games seems pretty damned shounenbro to me.
At least in terms of subject matter.
Are there any shounen anime with a female lead?
Fairy Tail maybe? Story is told from her point of view, seemingly.
Nanoha.
Slayers! Slayers is great and has to be shonen. And Nanoha, yeah. I'm sure there are a few others, though not too many; more often even if there is a strong female character there's still a male perspective character, such as in Medaka Box.
Eh, she's sort of the perspective character, but she's clearly not really the lead, Natsu is.
I dunno if I would call Nanoha or slayers Shounen. Slayers moreso but still...hmm..
It's probably the closest to what I think of as "shounen"
Thinking some more...
Soul Eater and Claymore should both qualify.
Slayers and Nanoha are definitely shonen. Why would you call them anything else? Just because Slayers has comedy elements and Nanoha magical girl elements? That doesn't change the primary genre.
Slayers and Nanoha are definitely shonen. Why would you call them anything else? Just because Slayers has comedy elements and Nanoha magical girl elements? That doesn't change the primary genre.
Soul Eater's a good one too, yeah, though Soul is a borderline co-main character Maka probably is the main lead.
But shounen and shoujo are not genres... they're just demographics.![]()
But shounen and shoujo are not genres... they're just demographics.![]()
Animatrix and Halo Legends is anime right? Clearly it is accepted as such, and marketed as such. So based on that, Thundercats is anime too... right?
I wouldn't technically consider any of those strictly to be anime. The financing and creative oversight of those series involved western companies.
I mean, for a non-animation example, look at Lord of the Rings. Made in New Zealand, directed, written, and crewed by native New Zealanders, as well as people from around the globe. But it's still generally considered a Hollywood blockbuster because it was financed and distributed by a Hollywood studio.
The definitions of these things are obviously going to blurred by the worldwide nature of so many collaborations these days, but I don't think that means the terms aren't useful.
Are there any shounen anime with a female lead?
Thinking some more...
Soul Eater and Claymore should both qualify.
Interesting that you see Hunger Games as being shoujo. Why? Is it because the lead character is female? If you switched the genders, would you classify it as shounen? I've not read the books but I understand it's been a big hit with a cross-gender audience, unlike Twilight.
Shonen action, then?
Precure.
I'd agree with these probably being two of the best examples.
I really wouldn't put any magical girl series, let alone Precure, into the demographic of shounen.
I wouldn't technically consider any of those strictly to be anime. The financing and creative oversight of those series involved western companies.
I mean, for a non-animation example, look at Lord of the Rings. Made in New Zealand, directed, written, and crewed by native New Zealanders, as well as people from around the globe. But it's still generally considered a Hollywood blockbuster because it was financed and distributed by a Hollywood studio.
The definitions of these things are obviously going to blurred by the worldwide nature of so many collaborations these days, but I don't think that means the terms aren't useful.
But that's my point. While -you- might not consider them to be anime, the industry at large does, and the majority of the people buying them clearly do. So at this point you either have to swing a stick at the world and go "WELL NOT TO ME IT ISN'T! GRRR!!" or you just have to accept that your personal definition doesn't really mean much after all.
Well, if that's how we're defining it, according to Wikipedia the Animatrix and Thundercats are not anime, while Halo Legends is. Not sure how they differentiate between those.
"The romance" is an important part of the plot, but in a good way. The movie is about the Hunger Games. It's a good movie with a female lead that isn't a chick flick. As a thirty year old male, I recommend it.
Soul Eater's a good one too, yeah, though Soul is a borderline co-main character Maka probably is the main lead.
As far as demographic goes MaiHiME is definitely shounen, it is written and directed by guys, for guys, and it happens to feature girls, who tend to lose clothes and/or turn lesbian. Wait, I guess that makes it closer to seinen doesn't it. Lol.
But shounen and shoujo are not genres... they're just demographics.![]()
I cannot believe you are using Wikipedia as a -SOURCE-. You have truly learned nothing from the mountain.
I really wouldn't put any magical girl series, let alone Precure, into the demographic of shounen.
I think the problem is I'm thinking of typical shounen shows instead of what attracts the shonen demographic. That's my hangup.
I think the problem is I'm thinking of typical shounen shows instead of what attracts the shonen demographic. That's my hangup.
Could be.
Consider that Azumanga Daioh and Yotsuba&! are both shonen manga.![]()
Hey, you were the one who said we should define words based on how the majority of people view them, not me. What's more democratic than Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is not democratic. It's basically whoever edits the page first, and a question of whether anyone actually cares enough to correct factual mistakes or remove subjectively or biased descriptions. The concept that Wikipedia entries represent the majority is a terrible mistake.
Mind. Fucking. Blown.
Many of the "group of girls" series are in shonen/seinen manga books, actually.
Wikipedia is filled with spontaneous updates and false information, especially WHILE AN EVENT IS OCCURRING. For example, if a person has just died or is convicted of something there is usually a false cause of death, or some hilarious insult added into the entry.