Shojo Manga: Girl Power!

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[Lectures]

• "Sukeban Deka"
  • Who's in Charge?
  • Good Girl, Bad Girl
• "Sailor Moon"
  • Feminine Powers
  • Friends and Enemies
  • Boys: the Mystery
• "Fushigi Yûgi"
  • Imagination: Fight or Flight?

  Sukeban deka

• Artist: Wada Shinji
• Serialized in Hana to yume from 1976-1982
• TV series 1985
• Asamiya Saki v. Mizuchi Remi
  • Who's in charge?
  • How are they alike and different?
  • Representation of femininity?

  "Sailor Moon"

• Creator: Takeuchi Naoko
• Manga: Initial concept in 1991, serialized in Nakayoshi from 1992-1993
• TV: First series 1992-1993, four more series followed
• Sales of goods in the $ billions
• Overseas: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, France, Italy, Spain, USA

  "Sailor Moon"

• Feminine Powers
  • Source of powers?
  • Nature of the Transformation(s)?
• Friends and Enemies
  • Archetypes? Why?
  • Teamwork: Necessary? Patterns?
  • Character of villains? Why are they bad?
• Boys: the Mystery
  • Center or off center?
  • Relations between boys?

  Fushigi Yûgi

• Watase Yû
  • Other works include Shishunki Miman Okotowari, Zoku edition, Ayashi no Ceres
• Manga: 1992-1996
• Animation: 45+ episodes for Tv and 2 OVA
• Popularized in the US through fan subs rather than official channels

  Mystery Dance

• Feminine Powers
  • Why do you think Miaka is the heroine?
  • Transformations?
• Friends and Enemies
  • Good girls, bad girls?
  • Boys: what do they want?
• A Woman's World
  • In terms of actors?
  • In terms of values?
• Imagination: Fight or Flight?
  • Relation to the reader?