| IDGI. There are loads of girls on MAL, i don't know why people think there aren't. |
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Lamron said: Everybody knows that there is no such thing as girl on the internet... QED!! |
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| Overall, there are more guys than girls who watch anime. |
Hotstrawberry said: IDGI. There are loads of girls on MAL, i don't know why people think there aren't. Because text doesn't have tits, I guess. Most guys use avatars/sigs/profile pics of female characters, and usernames are often meaningless, so it's impossible to tell at a glance. |
| I'd say there are generally more guys than girls. When the general public thinks of games and anime, they think of guys. So I think that actually stops some girls from getting interested, because it's a 'guy thing'. Meh. I think that, of the people I hang out with, we're split pretty evenly in gender. |
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| I think the gender depends on the Anime. Because you have very cute characters and romantic stories and I think that they are more for girls like Bottle Fairy, Lucky Stars and Zero no Tsukaima etc. but you also have very violent Anime's and not every girl like's to watch that. |
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Meltjuh33 said: I think the gender depends on the Anime. Because you have very cute characters and they are more for girls like Bottle Fairy and Lucky Stars, but you also have very violent Anime's and not every girl like's to watch that. *didn't like Lucky Star much and liked Baccano!* I'm a shame to my own gender. |
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zefiris26 said: After looking around MAL and looking at people profiles, mabye it just that i have bad luck and i am finding mostly male users. i don't know if it is true or anything but it seams like more guys watch anime than girls. i don't know if the same or oppisite is true for manga. i would like to know your thoughts and if you think some people just put female on their gender even thow they are men... You've never been to an anime convention, have you? |
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| EH... i think its more of a girl thing TBH first time i ever got introduced to anime was a girl who had an anime club at school. Going by what i think an average person is... i notice guys are not really into anime, and girls will typically watch stuff like spirited away or something like that Oh and as far as naruto and other popular anime like that, you would think more guys would watch it, but i've honestly noticed more girls tend to watch the anime/read the manga than guys. And im only counting people I know in "real life" not a forum. |
Aionic said: The world itself is "more of a guy thing than a girl thing". So, the answer is yes. Sexism aside, it's obvious anime is aimed more at guys. Do you see fan service for girls (hairy chests)? No, you only see huge, bouncy boobs, tight female arses and mini-skirts. This is what I would think as well. |
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ehra2008 said: I think it is more of a guy things coz a lot of anime watchers are guys...Girls usually go for drama Yeah, way to stereotype. |
| Take a look at FF.net, most of the anime/manga authors are girls. I've read many 300k fanfics that isn't even labelled complete yet that are written by girls. How the hell do they have that much dedication to write that much?! But, it doesn't really matter. Sure, there are many anime/manga labelled as shounen/seinen but this does not stop girls in reading them and vice-versa with shoujo. |
| If there are no girls on the internet, that's a whole lot of queers. |
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| I dunno I mostly know females that are into anime. Most of the guys i know are instantly turned off by the animated aspect of it. ("If its animated, its a kiddie show, or incredibly nerdy"-my brother) |
| There are genres. Its not a guy/girl-thing, its just that the shounen genre is targeted at.. well.. shounen. I dont really care though. I liked DNAngel which apparently is a shoujo anime. I shouldve figured that out when the beautiful 18-year-old long-haired main character saved several innocent girls from the manicured claws of a winged unicorn by using a magical feather. |
| Now that I think of it, it's most of my guy friends that like anime... |
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| Its for both cause thay are so many types of anime they are some thing for every one. |
| Here in my area I'm the only one watching animes(or some watch and dont say :( ). Actually here're WAY to less people imo^^ but most people I know from internet are girls who like anime O_o strange isnt it? I think its half half like boys prefer action stuff and girls more romance(wuaaa yaoi O_o ) but there're exeptions :) |
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| i can't see why it would be more of boys thing then girls.. |
| hm, actually I would tend to say animes are more a girl thing because of the (mostly) detailed presentation and huge effort that is included in most animes and girls consider things like that more...but actually that's just a prejudice and so I think anime is just a media to present a story, just like novels, comics, movies, mangas or audio books and so it isn't bound to a single gender. |
| It's rare to see woman that i know watch anime, they all goes to drama, hummp or maybe i just not yet met them :P |
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| Anime is for everyone. |
Hotstrawberry said: Saito-sama said: Ho ho ho~Hotstrawberry said: Messy in more ways than one.Saitoe said: Hotstrawberry said: I was watching Queen's Blade, if that's what you mean...Saito-sama said: You don't remember last night?Hotstrawberry said: watSaito-sama said: I'm right here tho.Zerokishi said: me, when I look for my animu-watching waifuwho really cares ? :/ O. This is going to be a messy divorce then. lol |
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| I think it's just like.. Let's say .. xbox? there's way more guys.. but there's still plenty of girls :) |
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Lamron said: :PEverybody knows that there is no such thing as girl on the internet... |
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| It is for both even steven, The age mostely matters. |
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| Who gives a crap? As long as there are fans who support the industry I don't give a damn about who enjoys it more. |
| I think forums are probably more of a guy thing, not anime. |
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Waffocopter said: Meltjuh33 said: I think the gender depends on the Anime. Because you have very cute characters and they are more for girls like Bottle Fairy and Lucky Stars, but you also have very violent Anime's and not every girl like's to watch that. *didn't like Lucky Star much and liked Baccano!* I'm a shame to my own gender. I didn't say that if you're a girl you need to like Lucky star or something, but a lot of girls like cute looking characters. |
Meltjuh33 said: I didn't say that if you're a girl you need to like Lucky star or something, but a lot of girls like cute looking characters. Many males too like cute characters, whatever a boy or a girl! Generally speaking, I think Anime is a thing for both genders, depending on the genre just like you said. |
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| Bah, overall it doesn't really matter. |
| There are both male and female animes/mangas, called shonen (intended for males) and shoujo (intended for females), which you all should know. Both genders may watch either of the categories. Many harem animes, which is pretty much intended for boys, are watched by many girls too. I think anime is watched more by boys than girls as there are more male intended series. |
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| this did get into a debate... well it was a fun discussion guys. well if you can call anything on the internet a "discussion" it's more like a bunch of kids stating what they feel. |
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| its for men , women , homos..?? and robots :P |
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Lamron said: Everybody knows that there is no such thing as girl on the internet... Lol @ Topic: I'd say it's for both since they made different genres making it suitable for everyone, no matter what gender the viewer is. |
| I really have no idea what the general stats are, or what the ratio is for MAL however, on another site that I am a part of, guys outnumber girls about 3-4 to 1. Most of my friends who like anime are also guys. This is just my personal experience, and I'm sure there are lots of other girls who enjoy anime as much as myself. There certainly are enough animes intended for both genders available. |
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| I'm sure someone will see this as spamming, but anyway... I made a short survey and at the moment it seems most of the people who have completed it (90% +) are male. You have view the results and take part from the thread here on MAL: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=122531 |
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