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Aphrael ([personal profile] silverthunder) wrote2007-04-04 08:53 am
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Everyone knows of the magical girl genre - is there a magical BOY genre?
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[identity profile] lanternsdance.livejournal.com 2007-04-04 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
The only one I can think of is Kyou Kara Maou.
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[personal profile] silverthunder 2007-04-05 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm... I'm not sure if Kyou Kara Maou qualifies as a "magical boy" anime. It's more of a light-hearted mockery of the "magical world" anime, where girls are sucked into a foreign world and become the focus of everyone's attention, surrounded mainly by hot guys. Examples are Escaflowne and Fushigi Yuugi.

A magical girl (or magical boy) anime is more like Sailor Moon or Card Captor Sakura, where the heroine (or hero) gains magical powers that can be used to fight evil. There is always a transformation sequence, a mascot, and a love interest (who often starts out as a rival).

[identity profile] lanternsdance.livejournal.com 2007-04-05 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah...I realized that sometime later that afternoon but forgot to re-comment that I was not quite awake when I posted.
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