 Before you post, please at least read this opening statement! Ya got all that? Okay? Capisce? わかりましたか？ Shoujo manga, as the name implies, are manga made to aim at young girls, often specifically preteen and teenage girls. Common elements seen in this type of manga include a huge emphasis on romance, usually between a young and quirky female protagonist accompanied by bishounen-looking love interests, fairly soft-looking (or "fluffy" as some people call it) art as compared to most shounen manga, lots of flowers and sparkly screentone, the classical/traditional style of the magical girl genre, et cetera. While nowhere near as popular as its shounen counterpart, anime derived from these manga (shoujo anime) do have their own share of devoted fans (even those outside the intended demographic) who enjoy them and their particular style. Many of the most famous shoujo anime out there include Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Ouran High School Host Club, Kaichou wa Maid-sama!, Yona of the Dawn, Ao Haru Ride, Skip Beat!, NANA, The Rose of Versailles, and the current TV adapatation of Fruits Basket. It may be no secret (and possibly even stereotypical?) that a girl like me would be a huge fan of shoujo, or at least a fan of the beautiful art styles the demographic brings. The first manga I had ever read, as well as possibly being my gateway into the entirety of anime and manga as a whole in essence, was Cardcaptor Sakura; and Sailor Moon has pretty much been present in my entire life to the point where I don't even recall the exact moment when it technically became the first anime I had ever seen. These two not only subconsciously formed a love for shoujo anime/manga and the general shoujo art style, but a love for the magical girl genre as well. So I guess I myself have been a shoujo fan for my whole life. Recently, I kinda had an epiphany while I watched the now-somewhat-infamous "I'm Tired of Isekai" video. The video does talk about the oversaturation of the isekai genre, but it also talks about anime aimed at a female audience and how there's barely any shoujo and josei anime out there when compared to shounen or even seinen. Look, I don't necessarily agree with everything the uploader says, so PLEASE don't derail this thread into talking about the video. It already got its own complete thread on MAL anyway, so go post in there if that's what you want to do instead. That worry/brief disclaimer aside, the one thing that I couldn't help but notice was the observation she made about the amount of shoujo anime. Indeed, if you look at MAL's Anime Search page, you may notice the following in the Genres section (as of this typing): You don't need rocket science to realize that there are way less shoujo (and even less for josei) anime in existence. And this is all pretty crazy considering MAL's Manga Search page states that there's currently 7,763 shoujo manga and 3,437 josei manga out there. Which means that there are so many potentially-great manga in existence just being left out there, with literal thousands of them being ignored by a seemingly uninterested anime industry. Seeing these stats and the fact that there's barely any shoujo anime in most of the recent seasonal listings made me realize something—I am sad. I am sad that there are not a lot of shoujo anime out there. And I am sad that the anime industry doesn't seem to find shoujo manga profitable enough to adapt into a TV show. Which makes me even more sad because I've recently found a bunch of obscure shoujo manga that I think more people regardless of their gender should check out. And that is why I have come to you all with this brand new, freshly baked cake thread of mine. ★==============================★ That is why I made this thread to ask you all: Are there any shoujo manga that you all want to get an anime adaptation in the near future? Me personally, there are many, many, many that I want to mention. But for this thread, I will choose—  I bet you all expected me to use a magical girl manga as an example, didn't you? :P Kitchen Princess is a shoujo manga made by Miyuki Kobayashi and Natsumi Ando. This series serialized through 2004 and 2008 and was collected into 10 volumes, so it's fairly old, probably too old for anyone in the anime industry to notice. But I just can't help but love this manga so much, and it seems others thought so too, because Kitchen Princess actually won a Kodansha Manga Award in 2006. This is a cooking story where the main character, Najika Kazami, is an energetic girl who likes to eat and cook food. She goes to a special, high-class academy not just for her dream of being a chef, but also in search for a boy she met during childhood. Pretty much every chapter has Najika cook an appetizing-looking dish and there are actual recipes at the end of every volume to follow, so I recommend this series to fans of Food Wars or just cooking stories in general. I admit that the story are some noticeable flaws, like how OP Najika kinda gets in terms of culinary skill and some of the story beats and character dynamics may even feel cliché, but...... I can't help it. I just adore this manga and how surprisingly emotional the whole story gets. And I'm baffled that it somehow got a frickin' light novel sequel, but never an anime adaptation—in fact, I literally remember finding "kitchen princess episode 1" or "kitchen princess anime" in the Google search suggestions while I was typing this series' name up, so it's clear that I'm not the only one who wishes for Kitchen Princess to get adapted. Maybe someday it will happen... and if it does, I really really hope it gets some talented staff and decent production values. But enough of my thoughts—what about all of you? What shoujo manga without an anime adaptation would you want to get one? Discuss. ✩  Edit 12/14/21: Decided to retitle thread so that it's less wordy. :) |
Fario-PDec 14, 2021 2:13 PM
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| Unfortunately, I haven't read many shoujo manga because I still prefer anime to manga, but I liked Kagen no Tsuki. It's a quite short and "simple" story, but it did what it had to do. As far as I know, it doesn't have an anime adaptation and I would like to see one... It would be interesting to see how the anime would deal with the supernatural and mysterious aspects. |
LepruJun 11, 2021 2:37 PM
| Honestly, I would kill for a Kitchen Princess adaptation. That manga was one of the first ones I've ever read and it was really good. Even going back and rereading it now, I still love the story and the characters and find myself crying over even though I know it's going to happen every time. Criminally underrated. |
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| I’d love a Colette Wants to Die or Silver Diamond adaptation, supernatural/sci-fi/fantasy shoujo stories are right up my alley and, in my opinion, they’re more diverse that the typical shoujo anime on a high school setting. On another note, I also want a second season or reboot of Yona, the anime was only the tip of the iceberg. |
| I would absolutely love for Oresama Teacher to get an anime adaptation. It's by the same mangaka as Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun. As much as I like the characters in that anime, the humor doesn't quite click with me, but man oh man Oresama Teacher manages to crack me up no matter how many times I re-read it. The comedy is stupidly hilarious and all the characters are so loveable. An anime adaptation of Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty would also be great. One of the very few romance manga that I like and has an interesting supernatural twist to it. Aaandd I must say it, a continuation/reboot of Akatsuki no Yona would be a dream come true. |
  "As promised, all that you seek, all that we desire, is prepared up there. On top of the Tower." |
Fario-P said: It's just that no one really talks about the shoujo demographic on here, so I want this thread to be its time to shine. We get a new thread every other month. https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1929531 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1922995 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1903663 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1851524 But to answer the question, none. All my favorite shoujo manga have already been adapted, even if it's just a lame 2-episode anime like RG Veda. The best one with no anime of any sort is Red River, by Chie Shinohara. I admit a sort of perverse satisfaction at the thought of everyone seeing how much better it is compared to Yona. Not only that, I think 90s shoujo have the most beautiful art. I may also enjoy 70s shoujo, but I don't read them for the art.  If I can ask for adaptations of video games, I will ask for "Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly" and "Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk." Hakuoki and Code: Realize already have anime, and the Psychedelica series is the next best thing I've played by that developer. https://store.steampowered.com/app/865820/Psychedelica_of_the_Black_Butterfly/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/865830/Psychedelica_of_the_Ashen_Hawk/ |
LucifrostJun 10, 2021 2:13 PM
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| Haven't read that many shoujo stuff so only these two: Last Game and House of the sun. |
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| from what I've read, it's QQ Sweeper, it's not really a masterpiece but compared to other adventure-romances this one is really good and the main girl is actually interesting and fun. The manga was so good and popular that it got a sequel and I heard it's better than the first manga |
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| I can almost 100% guarantee that number for josei manga is way lower than it actually is. MAL's manga db is weak af lmao Though to answer the question, given the shoujo anime situation and how barebones it is, it's difficult to single out a few manga that should get adaptations when there's just so many Catalano said: from what I've read, it's QQ Sweeper, it's not really a masterpiece but compared to other adventure-romances this one is really good and the main girl is actually interesting and fun. The manga was so good and popular that it got a sequel and I heard it's better than the first manga it's not really a sequel per se, it just got rebranded to a new title because of whatever "opportunities" the author doesn't understand herself either |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| TLDR but anyway I want a Kaze Hikaru adaptation because >get noticed>more fans>more accessible eng translation ez |
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| There are a lot. They're obviously the first kind of manga I started reading during my childhood (with Shounen). I remember many great ones and I was lucky enough that some of them had their anime adaptation (Cardcaptor Sakura, Vampire Knight, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, Fruits Basket, Shugo Chara! to name only a few). I prefer Josei and Seinen a little more nowadays, but since I joined MyAnimeList, these are the best unpopular yet amazing Shoujo manga I discovered and that I would like to see animated: |
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| Thank you for making this thread Fario-P! Although if you see my anime list, I have shifted to other type of shows, I still adore stuff from this demographic especially since I grew up with shoujo manga. I actually grew up with Nakayoshi specifically, since the magazine was released in my home country back then. Natsumi Ando really was one of the Nakayoshi mangaka that stood out. Zodiac P.I., Kithe Princess, Arisa were all good series. I really wanted Arisa to be animated back then, I think that series can be enjoyed by many people with its mystery theme. I'm glad her work finally got recognized and her newest work got a Live Action adaptation.. but still hoping her works can get adapted to anime as well. But I think what I'd like the most would be a SoL kids shoujo like ChocoMimi to be adapted into an anime. Or a remake of Kocchimuite! Miiko. I really like the interactions between elementary to middle school kids in shoujo manga, they feel unique from other demographic for some reason. It feels more natural to me. |
| No, I just want a continuation of Yona of the Dawn and Kaichou wa Maid-sama. Yona of the Dawn didn't even get to the good parts of the manga.. |
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Thank you everyone for your contributions to the thread!! There's quite a lot of manga you all mentioned that I never even heard of before, which always makes me excited to make these kinds of threads ♥ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Crow_Black said: You sure do mention Kaori Yuki a lot in the Recommendation board. Maybe one of these days I should read her work myself.So many works form Kaori Yuki but to name one its Godchild as it was Black Butler before it was even a thing and the story and art are both really great in equal measure and yeah, it would be cool to see a full moon reboot and a Kitchen Princess adaptation happen one of these days as we sometimes talk about. And yeah, I still think a Full Moon wo Sagashite reboot anime would be cool, since the manga will turn 20 years old later this December. It would unfortunately mean replacing the seiyuu for the main Shinigamiiz (rest in peace Yakkun Sakurazuka and Chieko Honda...) and maybe even the classic songs like "New Future" and "Eternal Snow," but... it does mean that everyone will finally get to see what the manga had to offer if this happens. Crow_Black said: Thanks a lot for your support, as always!!The fact you also had to put a disclaimer is really disheartining and good lord people can really be so retarded af. And i appreciate the hard work you do make on these threads and honestly these people really shouldn't be bothered with at all.  ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Lepru said: Oh wow, never heard of that manga before! I'll check it out sometime, thanks for sharing!Unfortunately, I haven't read many shoujo manga because I still prefer anime to manga, but I liked Kagen no Tsuki. It's a quite short and "simple" story, but it did what it had to do. As far as I know, it doesn't have an anime adaption and I would like to see one... It would be interesting to see how the anime would deal with the supernatural and mysterious aspects. ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Sakoori said: Yeah shit like that still gets me hahaha, I'm tempted to re-read it RIGHT NOW hahahahaa........Honestly, I would kill for a Kitchen Princess adaptation. That manga was one of the first ones I've ever read and it was really good. Even going back and rereading it now, I still love the story and the characters and find myself crying over even though I know it's going to happen every time. Criminally underrated. ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Caschan16 said: Never heard of these two manga either... thanks for sharing, might look into those series!I’d love a Colette Wants to Die or Silver Diamond adaptation, supernatural/sci-fi/fantasy shoujo stories are right up my alley and, in my opinion, they’re more diverse that the typical shoujo anime on a high school setting. ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Esmera said: I've heard of both of these manga before. They seem to be fairly popular, especially Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty based on what I saw on the forums.I would absolutely love for Oresama Teacher to get an anime adaptation. It's by the same mangaka as Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun. As much as I like the characters in that anime, the humor doesn't quite click with me, but man oh man Oresama Teacher manages to crack me up no matter how many times I re-read it. The comedy is stupidly hilarious and all the characters are so loveable. An anime adaptation of Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty would also be great. One of the very few romance manga that I like and has an interesting supernatural twist to it. Maybe I should consider looking into those series... ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Lucifrost said: Ah, I expected someone to pull off this kind of trump card. You do have a point there, but I mean... I dunno... I feel like most people don't usually mention shoujo manga in the constant "manga you want adapted" threads that people make all the time.Fario-P said: It's just that no one really talks about the shoujo demographic on here, so I want this thread to be its time to shine. We get a new thread every other month. https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1929531 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1922995 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1903663 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1851524 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1201089 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=514109 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1233431 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1438305 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1440957 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1785473 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1730163 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1876947 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1899355 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1914927 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1927736 I usually end up being one of the few (if not the ONLY) to post a shoujo manga in these kinds of threads. Because of that, I felt like this demographic deserved its own "manga you want adapted" all to itself. I don't regret making this thread, as these replies have shared their appreciation for the demographic tag, posted some interesting stuff out there that I haven't seen mentioned in any other "manga you want adapted" thread afaik, and as you can tell from the other posts I'm replying to, I've never even heard of some of these. :) But to answer the question, none. All my favorite shoujo manga have already been adapted, even if it's just a lame 2-episode anime like RG Veda. The best one with no anime of any sort is Red River, by Chie Shinohara. I admit a sort of perverse satisfaction at the thought of everyone seeing how much better it is compared to Yona. Not only that, I think 90s shoujo have the most beautiful art. I may also enjoy 70s shoujo, but I don't read them for the art. That's a nice picture!But wait... huh? Have you never read Time Stranger Kyoko? Seems obscure enough for you to maybe read it... it's made by the same manga-ka behind Full Moon wo Sagashite and did get some short OVA out there, but it was only of a side-story for a minor side-character and sadly not the whole story, which I think with a bit of an extended story and some tweaking here and there would make for a good anime. At least you're being grateful for the things we get, no matter how small, I'll give you that much. If I can ask for adaptations of video games, I will ask for "Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly" and "Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk." Hakuoki and Code: Realize already have anime, and the Psychedelica series is the next best thing I've played by that developer. Hmmm... never heard of these two games before. Seems like they're otome visual novels...?https://store.steampowered.com/app/865820/Psychedelica_of_the_Black_Butterfly/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/865830/Psychedelica_of_the_Ashen_Hawk/ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ MegamiRem said: Oh, I know someone who's fond of both series. Maybe I should read them sometime.Haven't read that many shoujo stuff so only these two: Last Game and House of the sun. ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Catalano said: Ah, another one I have never heard of before. Sounds a bit like a typical magical girl premise... maybe I'll pick it up, thanks Catalano!from what I've read, it's QQ Sweeper, it's not really a masterpiece but compared to other adventure-romances this one is really good and the main girl is actually interesting and fun. The manga was so good and popular that it got a sequel and I heard it's better than the first manga ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Jackow30 said: Well that premise sounds amazing, I'll have to read this sometime too. Thanks.Otomen is pretty good and hasn't been adapted into an anime yet ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Mirabem said: Ah, I grew up with shoujo too... Cardcaptor Sakura in childhood, the original Sailor Moon manga and Shugo Chara in late childhood to preteen years. I've heard of Alice 19th and Ran the Peerless Beauty (latter of which I liked the first chapter of) before, but not Heartbreak Club... that's quite a picture there!There are a lot. They're obviously the first kind of manga I started reading during my childhood (with Shounen). I remember many great ones and I was lucky enough that some of them had their anime adaptation (Cardcaptor Sakura, Vampire Knight, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, Fruits Basket, Shugo Chara! to name only a few). I prefer Josei and Seinen a little more nowadays, but since I joined MyAnimeList, these are the best unpopular yet amazing Shoujo manga I discovered and that I would like to see animated: ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Shirayukin said: Oh hello, Shirayukin! You're welcome ♥Thank you for making this thread Fario-P! Although if you see my anime list, I have shifted to other type of shows, I still adore stuff from this demographic especially since I grew up with shoujo manga. I actually grew up with Nakayoshi specifically, since the magazine was released in my home country back then. That's cool that you actually got to see the Nakayoshi for yourself, I grew up with Nakayoshi series through companies like TokyoPop licensing all these manga but sadly never got to read an actual full-on Japanese manga magazine, much less an issue of Nakayoshi. What's it like?? Natsumi Ando really was one of the Nakayoshi mangaka that stood out. Zodiac P.I., Kithe Princess, Arisa were all good series. I really wanted Arisa to be animated back then, I think that series can be enjoyed by many people with its mystery theme. I'm glad her work finally got recognized and her newest work got a Live Action adaptation.. but still hoping her works can get adapted to anime as well. Natsumi Ando does indeed make great stuff. I hope to read Arisa sometime and I think Zodiac P.I. deserves an anime adaptation too.But I think what I'd like the most would be a SoL kids shoujo like ChocoMimi to be adapted into an anime. Or a remake of Kocchimuite! Miiko. I really like the interactions between elementary to middle school kids in shoujo manga, they feel unique from other demographic for some reason. It feels more natural to me. I remember seeing elementary schoolmates read ChocoMimi, but on the other hand, what's Kocchimuite Miiko about? |
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Fario-P said: But wait... huh? Have you never read Time Stranger Kyoko? Seems obscure enough for you to maybe read it... it's made by the same manga-ka behind Full Moon wo Sagashite and did get some short OVA out there, but it was only of a side-story for a minor side-character and sadly not the whole story, which I think with a bit of an extended story and some tweaking here and there would make for a good anime. At least you're being grateful for the things we get, no matter how small, I'll give you that much. I wasn't sure if that thing counted as a Kyoko adaptation. I haven't read Kyoko anyway. I only want to read more of Tanemura's manga if they're at least as good as Full Moon, but Kyoko has middling reviews. Yes, Psychedelica are otome visual novels. They are developed by Otomate, Idea Factory's otome branch. |
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| From the shoujo mangas that I've read: - Oresama Teacher - silver diamond - A continuation for Yona of dawn - charming junkie - NG Life - Mizutama honey boy - Red River - Dengeki daisy - Shishunki bitter change - Last Game - Shounen Oujo - Tokyo crazy paradise - daytime shooting stars - Nukozuke - Usotoki Rhetoric - the ice cold demon's tale - Buddy Go |
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Fario-P said: My experience would be different as well, since every manga in my home country is significantly smaller in size compared to Japanese and English releases. For Nakayoshi, it also only uses black ink like usual manga, although there was another manga magazine (that has manga from Ciao) that uses colorful ink for the manga. It was quite a unique. It was always exciting for me to expect new volume every month. I would save up my allowance money so I could buy them lol.Oh hello, Shirayukin! You're welcome ♥ That's cool that you actually got to see the Nakayoshi for yourself, I grew up with Nakayoshi series through companies like TokyoPop licensing all these manga but sadly never got to read an actual full-on Japanese manga magazine, much less an issue of Nakayoshi. What's it like?? Natsumi Ando does indeed make great stuff. I hope to read Arisa sometime and I think Zodiac P.I. deserves an anime adaptation too. I actually need to re-read Arisa myself. As well as Kitchen Princess and Zodiac P.I. hahaI remember seeing elementary schoolmates read ChocoMimi, but on the other hand, what's Kocchimuite Miiko about? Kocchimhite Miiko! is slice of life about elementary school kids with a cheerful main character. It's an episodic series, it's somewhat like ChocoMimi but with younger and larger cast. The story itself may not be special, but I really like the character interactions. They're just kids being kids. |
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Lucifrost said: I personally do not count that OVA as a Time Stranger Kyoko adaptation, no.Fario-P said: But wait... huh? Have you never read Time Stranger Kyoko? Seems obscure enough for you to maybe read it... it's made by the same manga-ka behind Full Moon wo Sagashite and did get some short OVA out there, but it was only of a side-story for a minor side-character and sadly not the whole story, which I think with a bit of an extended story and some tweaking here and there would make for a good anime. At least you're being grateful for the things we get, no matter how small, I'll give you that much. I wasn't sure if that thing counted as a Kyoko adaptation. I haven't read Kyoko anyway. I only want to read more of Tanemura's manga if they're at least as good as Full Moon, but Kyoko has middling reviews. Well, I still think you should give it a try if the synopsis ever interests you at all, even a tiny bit. I personally try not to let MAL reviews get me too down, as lots of opinions exist and many people may not agree with my own anime/manga list rankings. Though the MAL reviews for Time Stranger Kyoko are honestly right about the story being rushed within the third and last volume, I still liked it (the ending is still very nice, but I do agree that it and the overall plot could have still benefited from a longer story that develops the characters that just showed up with barely anything to them) and the art is still a joy to view as it's still classic Arina Tanemura. ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Shirayukin said: Wow, that's interesting... I may not have actually read or owned a manga magazine issue before, but I have seen some old Japanese issues of various magazines on sale and they're pretty big, about the same size as a coffee table book, and the pages are usually printed on colored pages instead of them being black and white. It's a shame that manga magazines aren't really a thing outside of Japan anymore like it apparently (kinda) was in the 2000s, like your Nakayoshi example and how I used to see physical copies of Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat issues here in America.Fario-P said: My experience would be different as well, since every manga in my home country is significantly smaller in size compared to Japanese and English releases. For Nakayoshi, it also only uses black ink like usual manga, although there was another manga magazine (that has manga from Ciao) that uses colorful ink for the manga. It was quite a unique. It was always exciting for me to expect new volume every month. I would save up my allowance money so I could buy them lol.Oh hello, Shirayukin! You're welcome ♥ That's cool that you actually got to see the Nakayoshi for yourself, I grew up with Nakayoshi series through companies like TokyoPop licensing all these manga but sadly never got to read an actual full-on Japanese manga magazine, much less an issue of Nakayoshi. What's it like?? I remember seeing elementary schoolmates read ChocoMimi, but on the other hand, what's Kocchimuite Miiko about? Kocchimhite Miiko! is slice of life about elementary school kids with a cheerful main character. It's an episodic series, it's somewhat like ChocoMimi but with younger and larger cast. The story itself may not be special, but I really like the character interactions. They're just kids being kids. |
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| I would love to see Viehmannin wa Utau adapted into an anime. Miyuki Yamaguchi is a really underrated shoujo mangaka, and I love her works. I'm shocked that she's not more well known. |
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Seiya said: Sorry for late reply but that cover and synopsis sounds interesting... never heard of her before, maybe I'll look into this manga sometime.I would love to see Viehmannin wa Utau adapted into an anime. Miyuki Yamaguchi is a really underrated shoujo mangaka, and I love her works. I'm shocked that she's not more well known. Thanks for sharing! |
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| i would love for tenshi nanka ja nai to get more than just a short 30 minute ova, it's a really cute series. |
| This this this https://myanimelist.net/manga/54817/Kanojo_ni_Naru_Hi |
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| I came here to sing the praises of Kageki Shoujo's 1st episode, only to see that the manga has the "seinen" tag. The greatest shoujo of the year may not even be shoujo! |
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| I looooove Kitchen Princess! It was such a good read and I hope it gets adapted one day. As for me I'd like to see either Akuma to Love Song or Shinobi Life adapted into anime. They both had very good and complex storylines that really captured my attention when I read them. |
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| I think it would be cool to see anthology series of Year 24 group's one shot works. Been years since I have read these stories, but it definitely would have variety in genres and settings. As for series idk, maybe Bride of Deimos? There was that ova but yeah it isn't good. It has it's lol moments so either way they'd go with the adaptation I'd be down for it. |
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konkelo said: I think it would be cool to see anthology series of Year 24 group's one shot works. Been years since I have read these stories, but it definitely would have variety in genres and settings. I haven’t read many of their one-shots. But surely anything would be better than the adaptation we got of Takemiya’s one-shot. https://myanimelist.net/anime/2621/Natsu_e_no_Tobira |
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Italian Candy Candy magazine that was translated here had also another side story called Faustine by Chieko Hara (Luna in Italian version). Luna story appeared when Candy manga was in its final volumes.  We used to read it in early 90s and sometimes laugh at the exuberant drama and tears For plot details visit this page https://candyandterry.forumfree.it/m/?t=40191928 |
| ouran high host club,i want full anime adaptation of the complete manga !!!! Just like fruits basket got |
Psajdak said: Wait, Revolutionary Girl Utena started out as a manga? I thought it was an anime original.I think enough years passed since Shojo Kakumei Utena was adapted in 90s, and anime in general changed in a lot of ways, that I believe new adaptation in current era would be a nice way to revive that classic. Versailles no Bara as well. Technologically, anime advanced far enough to produce almost perfect adaptations. Anyway, I haven't seen either series, so I dunno what to say about them, but I still think it'd be interesting if your suggestions happened. Nice to see you around again btw. ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Lucifrost said: Demographic tags continue to confuse everybody lolI came here to sing the praises of Kageki Shoujo's 1st episode, only to see that the manga has the "seinen" tag. The greatest shoujo of the year may not even be shoujo! ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ konkelo said: Never heard of it... how on earth do people find these really old manga?? I personally find it difficult to find older manga like this...As for series idk, maybe Bride of Deimos? There was that ova but yeah it isn't good. It has it's lol moments so either way they'd go with the adaptation I'd be down for it. Other than that, thanks for sharing! ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Well, this next post is a pleasant surprise, and not just for the post content! petran79 said: Genuinely surprised to see you again, petran! Changed your mind about leaving the forums? Whether you did or not, it's honestly kinda flattering that the moment you chose to return was on one of my threads... though ig it shouldn't be that surprising since you do love a lot of (oldschool) shoujo...Italian Candy Candy magazine that was translated here had also another side story called Faustine by Chieko Hara (Luna in Italian version). Luna story appeared when Candy manga was in its final volumes. We used to read it in early 90s and sometimes laugh at the exuberant drama and tears Ahaha anyway... I haven't gotten to read Candy Candy and I haven't heard of this side story... it looks really pretty though! Thank you very much for sharing! :D ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ BoyBegtu said: Oh, I've heard of these two before!Kawaii Hito and Last Game definitely need an anime adaptation. Someone recommended me the former on one of my recommendation threads, and I know someone who really likes the latter! I have yet to read either of them though... |
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Fario-P said: Wait, Revolutionary Girl Utena started out as a manga? I thought it was an anime original. The manga came 1st, but it only existed for the sake of an anime. Kind of like Sailor Moon. |
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Lucifrost said: Ahhh I see... I was about to say Sailor Moon wasn't like that, but I forgot that the popularity of Codename: Sailor V led to Toei convincing Takeuchi to make a longer series after that or something...Fario-P said: Wait, Revolutionary Girl Utena started out as a manga? I thought it was an anime original. The manga came 1st, but it only existed for the sake of an anime. Kind of like Sailor Moon. Speaking of which, why hasn't Sailor Venus gotten her own anime yet?! I can't believe the original plans for it got shelved! |
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| I accidentally refreshed the page and deleted my WIP reply. F, lol Well, as I previously said when writing my initial comment, Hatarakimono is a shoujo, I believe (not 100% positive, since finding info on it is really hard)? I'd love to see an adaptation of all the stories, if mainly just so I could experience the 3 chapters that no one bothered to translate (the ones without Ellen) I'd painstakingly translate the raws myself if I could even find those, lol Seeing best girl Ellen Aureus animated would also be pretty cool though... I wouldn't get my hopes up for an adaptation though since the manga's nearly 30 years old (although I believe Ellen herself has gone on to appear as cameos, I'd assume in some of the author's more recent works?) I'd say the best chance of it getting adapted would be from some Touhou doujin anime group, since Ellen was playable in the third game, lol IIRC, the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan story "DNA" was released in a shoujo magazine? I'd be down for it (as well as the other not shoujo unadapted chapters) to be animated, and I'd say it's more than likely that it will be eventually. For what it's worth, DNA was one of the three Rohan stories (the others being Millionaire Village and Kushagara) that was adapted as an episode of the live action Rohan J-drama, and I really enjoyed it there, so... |
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mramirezh said: Hard agree; the original manga's turning 20 years old this year, someone might as well bring it back right?Full Moon remake (like Brotherhood), with 100% fidelity to the manga. ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Kii_Ibarra said: Sure looks like one... idk anything about Touhou other than Bad Apple but that manga's MAL picture looks cute!Well, as I previously said when writing my initial comment, Hatarakimono is a shoujo, I believe (not 100% positive, since finding info on it is really hard)? I'd love to see an adaptation of all the stories, if mainly just so I could experience the 3 chapters that no one bothered to translate (the ones without Ellen) I'd painstakingly translate the raws myself if I could even find those, lol |
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| Because I like the Princess Knight anime, I decided to read the manga and it's sequel. I don't think it's the sort of story that would appeal to today's viewers, but I would love to see The Twin Knights adapted someday. |
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Lucifrost said: Do you know if either the anime or manga are legally available anywhere? I've considered checking out Princess Knight for a while now...Because I like the Princess Knight anime, I decided to read the manga and it's sequel. I don't think it's the sort of story that would appeal to today's viewers, but I would love to see The Twin Knights adapted someday. |
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| The anime’s English dub can be streamed on Crunchyroll and RetroCrush. It has the worst acting I’ve ever heard in an anime. The Nakayoshi Princess Knight has an English translation, as does The Twin Knights. The Shoujo Club manga does not. |
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| I'd absolutely want an anime adaption of this shoujo manga https://myanimelist.net/manga/591/Koukou_Debut it's really cute OP, u should give it a try, u can finish it in a day |
Anxi_us said: oh i've seen it here and there, haven't heard about or read any of it tho, idk where to even find it sadlyI'd absolutely want an anime adaption of this shoujo manga https://myanimelist.net/manga/591/Koukou_Debut it's really cute OP, u should give it a try, u can finish it in a day ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ _Maneki-Neko_ said: this one?I know, technically it doesn't count as shoujo since it's a manhua, but Song of the Long March got a very similar spirit as Akatsuki no Yona imo and I really want to see a good anime / donghua from this great piece of art. ❤ https://myanimelist.net/manga/42001/Song_of_the_Long_March |
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Fario-P said: Anxi_us said: oh i've seen it here and there, haven't heard about or read any of it tho, idk where to even find it sadlyI'd absolutely want an anime adaption of this shoujo manga https://myanimelist.net/manga/591/Koukou_Debut it's really cute OP, u should give it a try, u can finish it in a day ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ _Maneki-Neko_ said: this one?I know, technically it doesn't count as shoujo since it's a manhua, but Song of the Long March got a very similar spirit as Akatsuki no Yona imo and I really want to see a good anime / donghua from this great piece of art. ❤ https://myanimelist.net/manga/42001/Song_of_the_Long_March u can find it in basically any manga website |
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