Shoujo Anime Not Based on Manga
LEE YOO-JEONG
Someone said they couldn't think of any
How about the studio Pierrot's magical girl series
the really old ones like Creamy Mami, Pelsia, Pastel Yumi (who else? I
can't remember)
and the newer Fancy Lala
Were these based on manga also?
How about Minky Momo?
Galen Musbach
"LEE YOO-JEONG" <le...@ecf.utoronto.ca> wrote in message
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> Someone said they couldn't think of any
> How about the studio Pierrot's magical girl series
> the really old ones like Creamy Mami, Pelsia, Pastel Yumi (who else? I
> can't remember)
> and the newer Fancy Lala
> Were these based on manga also?
> How about Minky Momo?
>
>
-Galen
James Sternberg
I've never seen any manga for Minky Momo, so I am pretty sure that this one
was an anime original.
James
Sarah Davis
LEE YOO-JEONG wrote in message ...
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>Someone said they couldn't think of any
>How about the studio Pierrot's magical girl series
>the really old ones like Creamy Mami, Pelsia, Pastel Yumi (who else? I
>can't remember)
You may be correct about these. Mahou shoujo was extremely popular in the
late seventies and early eighties, making way for a number of series
designed for television-only production.
>and the newer Fancy Lala
I think there may have been a manga for this...
>Were these based on manga also?
>How about Minky Momo?
I've yet to find any data about a manga for this.
All this being so, we can probably deduce one solid fact: shoujo manga made
for television are for a young audience. This is the pre-ShoComi crowd. If
these girls were American, they would have been watching "Rainbow Brite" and
"My Little Pony." This clarifies for me why I couldn't think of any of these
series: They're old and for kids.
Somewhere out there is surely a shoujo anime made for the audiences that
watched "Rose of Versailles" or "Ayashi No Ceres." For the life of me, I
can't think of any titles.
Sarah
James Sternberg
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> All this being so, we can probably deduce one solid fact: shoujo manga
made
> for television are for a young audience. This is the pre-ShoComi crowd. If
> these girls were American, they would have been watching "Rainbow Brite"
and
> "My Little Pony." This clarifies for me why I couldn't think of any of
these
> series: They're old and for kids.
Although it certainly appeared to be a kids show, Minky Momo was actually
pretty sophisticated and was probably watched by quite a few older people.
Ok. I am probably biased because I really liked that show, but it is hard
to compare it to "Rainbow Brite" or "My Pretty Pony", which seemed to be
long toy advertisements without much intellegent to say (sorry if I have
offended any "Rainbow Brite" or "My Pretty Pony" fans). Besides, what 7 year
old would catch references to "Dr. Strangelove"? On the other hand, it
wasn't really targeted for older girls like "Rose of Versailles" was. I
don't think that there were many anime shows that did not start out as manga
or some sort of game simply because anime is expensive to produce. If you
have a wildly popular manga series (like "Rose of Versailles") you are
almost guaranteed to bring over some of that audience when you make the TV
show, so there is less of a risk.
James