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2 unusual facts about shōjo


Shōjō

In Hayao Miyazaki's animated film Princess Mononoke, talking, ape-like creatures struggling to protect the forest from human destruction by planting trees are identified as shōjō.

In Cryptozoology, the shojo is often referred to as xing-xing and is believed to be a mainland orangutan.


Animerica

In 1998, Animerica Extra was launched as a manga anthology which eventually focused specifically on shōjo titles.

Fairy Cube

Manga artist Kaori Yuki's earlier, related short manga "Psycho Knocker" appeared in the October 2004 issues of the Japanese shōjo (targeted towards girls) manga magazine Hana to Yume published twice a month.

Katsuji Matsumoto

Printed as an over-sized pamphlet with a sturdy cardboard cover, and included as a premium in the April issue of Shōjo no tomo, The Mysterious Clover was a variation on The Scarlet Pimpernel and Zorro.

Kazé

Asuka's current licenses include a broad spectrum of manga: popular shōnen and shōjo series such as After School Nightmare, more mature seinen and josei titles such as Bokurano, and classic manga such as Black Jack and works by Osamu Tezuka.

Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu

In addition, a special drama CD with a vocal reenactment of the first chapter was included in the June 2008 issue of Shōjo Comic and featured Rina Satō as Tsubaki and Takashi Kondō as Kyouta.

Onna Tachiguishi-Retsuden

Palestine guerrilla turned Foxy Croquette O-Gin, aka AK Ginko, could be the mysterious Young Lady of Fate (少女, shōjo) featured in The Red Spectacles as both characters are performed by Japanese model and actor, Mako Hyodo which is dressed like Little Red Riding Hood in both films.

Shojo Beat

In reviewing the premiere release of Shojo Beat, IGN's Jessica Chobot sharply criticized the magazine.

Shōjo Sect

A three-part OVA series titled Shōjo Sect: Innocent Lovers animated by Amarcord was announced in April 2008 with the first episode released in July.

Waku Waku 7

She is said to have learned to fight in an extracurricular compulsory class in high school, and is often seen with her friends and little brother, who are, like her, all parodies of typical half-animal/half-human characters from several shōjo manga and anime.

Yoshinaga

Fumi Yoshinaga (born 1971), Japanese manga artist, known for her shōjo and shōnen-ai works


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