Robot Manga 'Majestic Prince' To Be Animated [Update Oct 6]

PhantomEX said:
In what way is this like Gundam? lol You've obviously never payed attention to Gundam's general plot

5camp said:

Everyone knows the best mecha anime are also the gayest

Amberleh said:
I personally think we need more shoujo mecha shows. The only ones that come to mind are Magic Knight Rayearth and Escaflowne- Both are from the 90's as well. I can't think of ANY from the 2000's. I know there's some shoujo space shows like Moretsu Pirates, but that's not a mech show.

In fact, correct me if I'm wrong, but from looking around a bit, I think those two may very well be the ONLY shoujo mecha anime in existence.

Edit: Found a third, but it looks pretty horrendous. http://myanimelist.net/anime/2288/Cyberteam_in_Akihabara

j0x said:


their is also Infinite Stratos and Rinne No Lagrange and Star Drive satisfy both male and female audiences too

Amberleh said:

Erm.

Infinite Stratos is a HAREM. No, it does not satisfy a female audience. There are some women who like harems, but I would not say it is equally geared at men and women. It is very clearly meant for men. There are no harems made for women, just as there are no reverse harems made for men.

Rinne looks like it has alot of fan service. I think it's safe to say it's geared at men.

While Star Driver is made by some of the people who made the classic masterpiece shoujo known as Utena, it still looks harem-esque to me. I could be wrong on that one however.

For an example of a mech show geared at both men and women... Well, you've obviously seen Gurren Lagann. While it does have a little fanservice, Gainax subtly combined elements of shoujo and josei into it as well, making it very accessable to both genders regardless of what their preferences may be. This is one reason it doesn't have a demographic tag, where Star Dirver and Infinite Stratos both say Shounen and Magic Knight Rayearth and Escaflowne both say shoujo. =)

I think Gundam Wing had a pretty good spread of male and female viewers as well because the boys were all pretty. Mmm Duo.

Amberleh said:
Rinne looks like it has alot of fan service. I think it's safe to say it's geared at men.

Amberleh said:

While Star Driver is made by some of the people who made the classic masterpiece shoujo known as Utena, it still looks harem-esque to me. I could be wrong on that one however.

jmal said:

That's the manga adaptation. The anime is original, and thus does not have an official shounen/shoujo/seinen/josei demographic label. I agree, of course, that TTGL's creators no doubt anticipated a majority (but not exclusively) male audience. I just wouldn't point to the manga adaptation as definitive proof.

jmal said:
Sounds odd to me too, but I'd need to hear more about what elements the poster had in mind. Perhaps it was just an unusual choice of words to describe the rather intensely emotional romantic relationships and strong female presence. Can't speak for that person.

jmal said:
That was my point. Shoujo, especially, gets thrown around a lot even for shows that are heavily male-targeted. People often use it as shorthand to describe things that are not inherently more prevalent in typical shoujo manga than manga for other demographics.

symbv said:
WOW!!!
http://youtu.be/ywxoFz05R3g