What is your favorite decade for Magical Girl series?
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That's a pretty interesting question. For me it has to be the 1990's (Sailor FRIKKIN' Moon's in here!), I adore the stylish animation of that decade in the maho shojo genre we can also see that in Utena. Well, I love 90's anime aesthetic in general, so... yeah, easy choice.
Between the end of the 90's and beggining of the 2000's I think we had amazing magical girl stories. Cardcaptor Sakura comes to mind...
But I also find the 2000's extremely important, since it's the last decade with cute innocent magical girls that were big hits, and before the "dark edgy deconstruction" age came to be.
We had shows that didn't shy away from some darker elements (Princess Tutu) and showed us more "realistic" settings and a lot of action (Like Pretty Cure) without turning into soulless gore-fests.
Between the end of the 90's and beggining of the 2000's I think we had amazing magical girl stories. Cardcaptor Sakura comes to mind...
But I also find the 2000's extremely important, since it's the last decade with cute innocent magical girls that were big hits, and before the "dark edgy deconstruction" age came to be.
We had shows that didn't shy away from some darker elements (Princess Tutu) and showed us more "realistic" settings and a lot of action (Like Pretty Cure) without turning into soulless gore-fests.
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Mikan
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Yeah I agree that the 1990s is definitely one of the best decades for Magical Girl series along with the 1980s and it's true that the 2000s was the last decade for lighthearted Magical Girl series like you mentioned before dark Magical Girl series were made back in the 2010s.
The only lighthearted Magical Girl series that is still made to this day is Pretty Cure and that series has been going strong since the 2000s and 2010s. It would be nice to see more lighthearted Magical Girl series again so that the genre can be popular like before.
I would also like to see more action packed Shojo and Josei series that are not Magical Girl as well, but they can still have the romance since romance is very important for both Shojo and Josei series.
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Mikan
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That Vote feels like an exam to me
Like "choose the best answer"
I'm guessing it's because of the numbers, right? Lol.
aiyan
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確かに (surely) Those crazy numbers got me all worked up....or maybe psyched up...maybeI'm guessing it's because of the numbers, right? Lol.
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Mikan
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確かに (surely) Those crazy numbers got me all worked up....or maybe psyched up...maybe
Oh okay and don't worry, in this poll there's no right or wrong answer. So you can pick any answer you want and say your reason for liking that decade.