"I want boys to read my next work." is the comment Takahashi made in the recent article about her next series. I'm not sure I understand. Boys
WEREN'T reading Inu Yasha!?!? Does this mean a more Bleach/Naruto style series could be in the works? What are people's thoughts on what the next
Rumiko series will be like. Or would like to see?
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Star of Megane's New Film
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"The saddest part of a broken heart is not the ending so much as the start." (Leslie) Feist
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Perverted Monk
Posts: 251 (07/11/08 09:51 PM) |
Well, Inuyasha did have alot of fangirls
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Mysterious Deceased Husband
Posts: 2750 (07/11/08 10:04 PM) |
I've wondered if Inuyasha might have had more female than male fans, but I dunno. Aren't all her series usually classified as shonen? I think she's
just trying to be ambiguous and tease us.
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Onsen Mark's Favorite Pupil
Posts: 88 (07/11/08 11:25 PM) |
I think all of her series are aimed at boys, but they appeal to both genders. I'm a girl and I've read all of her works.
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Posts: 5150 (07/13/08 12:35 AM) Anything-Goes Martial Artist |
Well, Takahashi has discussed targeting certain demographics in the past, so this isn't really a new concept. This was mostly about Ranma and was conducted
around 1993. We've got the full interview up on the site...
Even in America, the age of the average reader is high... about 20, I'd say. Readers range even into their late 30s. For Ranma ½, also serialized in Shonen Sunday after Urusei Yatsura, did you consciously try to draw something aimed more toward children? Yes, that was done on purpose. And also, I wanted it to be popular among women and children. Ranma ½ is popular among girls now, but it seems as though it hasn't grabbed the boys yet. I see. So it's more popular among girls. Yes. Let's see, it was around the time when the eighth graphic novel came out that the cumulative circulation had reached 10 million that I asked the editor if he could survey the readers. He placed a questionnaire postcard in the books. As it turned out, Ranma ½'s fans were similar to those of Urusei Yatsura. Both series had a peak readership of 15-year-olds, but in the case of Urusei Yatsura, the distribution spreaded toward the higher-aged males. Conversely, with Ranma ½, it spread toward younger females. |
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Ryugenzawa Oversized Animal
Posts: 979 (07/14/08 03:09 AM) |
haha, I think Urusei Yatsura was more popular among guys because of Lum's appeal. I think it's safe to say her next series will fall under the shounen demographic, but that really says nothing about the genre. Although, I'm thinking it will probably either b a romantic comedy, an action, or the mixture of the two. It'd be fun if she surprised us with something unexpected though... |
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Sesshomaru's Toadie
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Fangirls, Fangirls, and more Fangirls. True, alotta boys read InuYasha, but it was mostly girls who read it. I just hope she comes up with something funny,
like Ranma, but I did love InuYasha. I know it's gonna be good though.
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Posts: 3425 (07/20/08 01:29 AM) Long Suffering Ronin |
ShaDHP23 wrote: I think that might be true in the US, but I'm not sure about Japan. I would say that Takahashi's works have a more universal appeal that other shonen and shojo series that are aimed directly at one gender or the other. |
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but I don't know if she was just making a general comment about the genre she was was going to be writing
in, not a comparison with who had been reading her last series.
