Desert Punkd Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 it's undeniable that a lot more women like anime than did 10+ years ago. is that good? bad? why do you think that is? lets talk about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myouya Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 5 hours ago, Desert Punkd said: it's undeniable that a lot more women like anime than did 10+ years ago. is that good? bad? why do you think that is? lets talk about it. I think women enjoyed anime all along! but now they are definitely more comfortable to share their hobbies, just like it happened with videogames. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forlorn Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Basically the only reason I found out about anime is through my big sister, who was into anime when they were still calling it Japanimation. She also got me to try a lot of different video games that I never would've even considered, so I think the interests were always there as well, just not as openly talked about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeref Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 I was introduced into anime by a girl at my school, back then the only people I knew who liked anime were girls. I knew 0 other guys liking it except other guys from online. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickett Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 In my own personal experience, I don't see that the ratio of anime viewers has tilted more towards women than men. Rather, anime is simply more mainstream and less of a niche interest than it used to be, drastically increasing the likelihood that you'll come across a woman who watches anime. According to a study done in Japan in 2022, the percentages are approximately 62% male and 38% female, and that ratio seems to have remained fairly consistent. I also haven't been able to find any data to dispute that overall conclusion either. In the effort to find it, however, I did stumble across some numbers that I found quite interesting. Psychologically, men and women are not actually all that different. It's only in some subjects that the differences are accentuated, and this is also reflected in how men and women rate anime. (source- The Bunny Advocate — Gender differences in anime ratings (tumblr.com)) On top of finding that the men and women in the study were more careful and deliberate with their ratings (as opposed to other media such as video games), both peaked at 8, with the only real difference being that women generally handed out more 10s than men. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakura Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 I've always had a pretty equal amount of friends that were male/female that liked anime. When I was in school pretty much all my friends did and I had a mix of girls and dudes that were friends. I'm also a girl and I've liked anime for as long as I can remember, as has my sister. My mom has even watched some anime lol ~ Just about everyone I know has watched anime in some form at this point, whether it was Pokemon or Digimon as a kid, or getting into popular anime that was on TV like Naruto/One Piece/Bleach. I also don't think it's considered too extremely "nerdy" to like anime anymore like it was when I was in school. My sister is 11 years younger than me for instance and told me that it was pretty widely accepted to like anime at school as pretty much everyone did, and she thought it was strange that people used to get teased for it when I went to school. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 half the male characters in anime are voiced by women Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarada Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 I'm a girl and I watch anime. I've watched it since I was really little and the majority of my friends in school did too who were both girls and guys. I know of more girls that like anime than guys I know and it seems pretty normal to like it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohayotaku Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 I’m pretty much in agreement with @Wickett post above. I’d also point out that many popular early isekai actually had female protagonists (Fushigi Yuugi, Vision of Escaflowne, Magic Knight Rayearth). Then there’s series like Nana & the original Fruits Basket. And of course there’s no reason why girls/women can’t enjoy shonen or seinen series too. As to whether it’s a “good” or “bad” thing, the majority of those I see complaining are ones fixated on ecchi & hentai. As far as I’m concerned, the more variety in anime the better. I actually enjoyed series like A Place Further Than the Universe, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken & Arte. The current trend in “Villainess” anime doesn’t have the best track record with me, but no worse than the typical modern isekai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matchi Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 Anime and manga has had a long history of appealing to young girls and women with shoujo, romance, magical girls, etc. I think it's just unnoticed by boys since they don't typically watch what girls watch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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