Why are Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, and Madoka Magica the only magical girl series that have ever been popular with boys?

>>280289714 (OP)
Don't discount Rayearth

> this thread again

>>280289714 (OP)
Because two of the three you listed were on regular tv.
And Madoka was just considered good, so people watched it.
So uhh, accessibility I guess?

>>280289714 (OP)
Because those are anime actually watched and didnt rely purely on markthing and numbers forgery unlike preheal.

>>280289714 (OP)
Usagi and Sakura are hot.
Madoka because of crying magical girls.

Anyways, watching Sailor Stars rn, it had a pretty good intro and... uh, yeah that's it so far. Why was this not in SuperS in the first place?
The SOL lacks some spice, Starlights mostly feel like a worse version of outers, why is every fight literally exactly the same? The fuck is a chibi-chibi?
Hopefully it redeems itself at the end, Galaxia promises to be an interesting and extremely powerful villain. Oh well, at least I don't have to watch Chibiusa talking with a horse or some shit.

>>280289714 (OP)
How come none of the other magical girl series became popular with boys?

>>280289714 (OP)
Pretty Cure.
Nanoha.
Symphogear also counts as magical girl show.
Minky Momo and all it's 80s clones basically kickstarted idol industry.

That's just from top of my high on oxitocin head. Try to watch more anime, faggot.

>>280289714 (OP)
>Minky Momo
>Pierrot girls
>PreCure
>Nanoha
tourist

>>280290495
Also, Prisma Illya.

>T-This does not c-c-c-ount! It's spin-off!!
So is Nanoha. Both are spin-offs of eroge VNs.

>>280290607
I like how many casual outfits they have.

because they were on tv and little boys like pretty girls

same generation watched stuff like totally spies, powerpuff girls, and sabrina too

>>280290495
>>280290502
No one cares about your soulless pedoslop unfortunately.

>>280290553
More series need their own magical girl spin-off.
Reminds me of the Higurashi Kira episode where Rika and Satoko become MGs, and straight up shout "make up" in their transformation sequences.

>>280289714 (OP)
This is the equivalent of girls liking shonenshit because the guys are hot.
>but Sakura is a child!
So are Gon and Killua

>>280289714 (OP)
I don't feel like that's true at all

>>280291203
They are the big 3, but hardly the only ones also watched by boys.

Usagi growing up in a high schooler throughout the series but still acting the same will never not be funny. She is probably exactly the same at whatever age Princess Serenity is, they sure hint that might be the case.

>>280291519
she's 16 at the end. Queen Serenity's age was never stated but she's implied to be in her 30s. Neo Queen Serenity (Future Serena) is over a century old because of the infinite youth but was in her 20s when she stopped aging.

>>280291625
>she's 16 at the end
I know, but mentally she is still in the single digits, arguably as mature as her future daughter. Most of the time, anyway.

>>280291694
she acts like a little kid even in the future, when Chibiusa comes back from the future for S, she includes a letter explaining the situation to the past Scouts and it's written like how a child would write. awful handwriting, no kanji. The girls even make fun of Usagi for not growing up in the future.

>>280289793
Boomers in Japan LOVE Rayearth. I went to Japan a few times and talked with some middle aged dudes and they were EXCITED that I watched Rayearth.

>>280291744
>she includes a letter explaining the situation to the past Scouts and it's written like how a child would write.
I remember that lol. That's where they imply she stays mostly the same.
Her cute retard genes are too strong.

Minako gets progressively more degenerate each season, it's amazing.
In Stars she really just wanted to invite a guy to watch porn with her, and that's after the season where she was two-timing the villains.

>>280292100
Lol. If there was a modern times series, I can 100% expect her to mention she has an onlyfans.

>>280292693
Crystal is set in the modern day.

>>280292748
Uh weird. Always thought it was meant to be a faithful manga reboot.

>>280292761
it is. the original isn't specifically set in 1992, it's set "in the modern day" which when the manga was written meant 1992. Crystal is also set "in the modern day" which translates to the late 2010s when the anime was made. Nothing about the series specifically precludes it from being set in 201x.

>>280292999
Fair enough, but do they make use of the fact it's now set in 201x?

>>280293030
not really. there's minor references to the ubiquity of mobile phones and computers but otherwise it's the same as the manga.

>>280293162
Lame, should have taken the chance to do a full reimagining while still keeping the important plot bits.

>>280291130
>I like how many casual outfits they have.
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> Anonymous 07/06/25(Sun)04:27:40 No.280291090▶
>because they were on tv and little boys like pretty girls
>same generation watched stuff like totally spies, powerpuff girls, and sabrina too
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> Anonymous 07/06/25(Sun)04:30:28 No.280291130▶
>>>280290495
>>>280290502
>No one cares about your soulless pedoslop unfortunately.
by this logic the shows listed by op is too.

>>280289714 (OP)
The senshis look much older than middle schoolers.

>>280292100
Wasn't she a horny femcel in her own manga?

>>280293678
Same. Good to know I'm not the only one who immediately thought that they look like the average anime high schooler.

>Sailor Gamer
I giggled.
>also gets the best fight out of the phages so far
Based?

>>280290024
Ikuhara left before Stars was made, and it shows.

>>280291760
I'M excited that you watched Rayearth.

>>280293678
middle school in Japan is 13-15, the girls are all 14 in the first season and are 16 by the end of the series.

>>280290024
series got cancelled after SuperS so they had to quickly and cheaply put out Stars to wrap it up.

>>280295569
Absolutely, but it got a little better as you approach the last 10 eps, now only those are left for me. Can't hold a candle to S, let alone R and original, but it wins the "better than SuperS" pity award so far.
The reboots got the right idea by turning Eternal and Cosmos into movies as opposed to entire seasons, that's the kind of narrative you want to end in 1 hour, maybe 2 at best. The 90s anime dropped the ball really hard with these two.

>>280289793
going to start this now, did you like it?

>>280296106
SuperS could've been made 20% better if they had just had the occasional episode of Uranus and Neptune doing their thing. There was no excuse for them being MIA for an entire season. you can at least argue that Pluto was presumed dead and Saturn was a baby.

>>280296549
So far if somebody wants to get into the Sailor Moon 90s show, I would tell them this:
Original and R are essential and give you the full picture of everything Sailor Moon is about and had to offer. S is a bit of an extra with a bunch of highs, but also some noticeable lows especially if you were attached to the inner senshis, you should continue if you really want to see more but you are past its prime already.
Anything beyond that is dragging it for people who really, really, REALLY need more Usagi in their lives.

>>280296900
I'd drop the first season, the first arc of R tells a truncated version of it in the first half dozen or so episodes. The rest of the season is the same tone but done in a tighter and better-animated manner. if you like R, then watch S. no reason to watch anything else unless you really fall for the series.

>>280289714 (OP)
Cool fights and POWER LEVELS!
>>280289793
This one too

>>280298330
>I'd drop the first season
Absolute madman. R is pretty gud all around but the first season has too much essential stuff to skip, I don't think anyone would even consider going straight into R.

>>280298034
Shut up Rei, we are literally into the same shit. As in, 100% literally in this very moment.

>>280299400
narratively the only important bits are the awakening of the scouts, which as I said R does too by having them 'reawaken' whilst also explaining the situation of the previous season.

>>280301849
The Moon Kingdom lore is also very important, and you probably want to see the origins of Usagi x Mamoru. Also the DD girls fight is a big moment that gets referenced instantly in R. But that aside, first season is very enjoyable all the way through, there is no real reason skip it.
I would say S is the first one where genuinely it feels like additional content as opposed to a continuation, but the content in question is nice so if you like Sailor Moon you should go for it. Now SuperS and Stars, on the other hand...

>>280302162
R gives a clifsnotes rundown of all that because of the circumstances of the ending of the first season (Toei didn't think it would be popular enough to warrant a S2, so wrote it such that S1 was fully self-contained). Because all the girls (and the audience) need to be brought up to speed again, pretty much the entire Doom Tree of Might saga exists as a refresher course.

remember, we're talking about what's the best introductory to the series for someone who isn't sure if they're interested, not "what are the most important seasons/episodes". That's why I say tell someone to watch R first, because it's the most 'complete' as a single season. if they like it, then S. if those two got them hooked on the series for real, then I'd tell them to watch S1. if they still are interested and want to see how the series ends, then Stars. I'd only recommend SuperS if the person in question REALLY likes Chibiusa.

>>280302411
>we're talking about what's the best introductory to the series
> watch R first, because it's the most 'complete' as a single season.
If you ask me, the most "complete" isn't necessarily the best intro. Part of the enjoyment of an intro comes from watching how things get established at first and later develop over time, R isn't enough since Usagi gets the other senshis back all at once and pretty much instantly, then they go straight into continuning their dynamics from the first season.
R works very well as a sequel with a lot of meat, both with new dynamics and working with what was already there, but if I don't think I would be able to appreciate it as much without having watched OG first.
>I'd only recommend SuperS if the person in question REALLY likes Chibiusa.
Going to agree with this one. Even if you are into Sailor Moon already it might be a good idea to ignore it entirely. Hell even if you like Chibiusa(and I don't, she is better in the manga story I hear, but in the show she is sort of inconsistent and really forced) you might dislike SuperS for doing nothing of note outside of giving her a moment with the pegasus, who you might not find not really compelling by himself as well.
Stars will be awkward since the first thing you see is Nehellenia coming back to torture Usagi but mind you, that will be the most compelling her character will ever be. You are actually going to be disappointed if you watch SuperS to see wtf was her deal.

>I only know these three shows so they must be the only popular ones