Is magical girls a dead genre?
Considering the fact a magical girl show is this year's AOTY...
Nope.
Traditional mahou shoujo (Creamy Mami, Cardcaptor Sakura, Floral Magician Mary Bell) is dead, but group mahou shoujo (the stuff Sailor Moon gave birth to) is alive and well.
Blergh — it's a “genre” that is purely defined by a certain æsthetic, not by any other themes.
If Syana had a pink tutu instead of a black trenchcoat, it would be a magical girl series — that's all it takes.
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n-nani?!
Pet killed by sister
Dad was killed by boss
The younger sister was killed by herself
The lewd transformations are the best
No?
There's Precure that embraces the classic majokko feels.
There's a new precure literally every year
>tfw the GOAT is over
Madoka was the final nail in the coffin. It lives on but it's edgy shit for weirdos. Mahou shoujo that is for actual little girls is the best.
If anything Precure is an indirect reason why the genre is "dead", becuase either no one wants to "compete" with it, or they think that it alone can fill the niche (it shouldn't).
Now it's either for babies, like Precure
Or super edgy, like Madoka
Miss the inbetween stuff
The same reasoning should be applied to idols then, when in fact it's the opposite. The genre should have died after the Love Live/Idolmaster phenomenons, instead the 2D idols market is thriving.
There is certainly a reason why the genre is kinda dead and Precure are the undisputed queens of modern magical girls but I don't think that your argument is convincing. There must be something else. Just like Japan's traditional love for mecha anime has gradually died out or at least is not as strong as before, with the prevalence of new genres like isekai or different media themselves (gacha, LN...)
the whole
>magical girls... but edgy and real?
killed the genre
like how zombie shit was killed off by
>zombies... but edgy and real?
killed off the genre
Hopefully, because it's shit.
Ironically, vodoun zombies are far more terrifying than Hollywood zombies.
Watch Symphogear
I miss when magical girl shows weren't afraid to show panties.
I watched one episode years ago expecting hatsune miku and I got crazy violence. I was not ready for that much violence.
there is quite a bit of violence but the first episode is way edgier than the rest of the series
Mewkledreamy started a couple months ago and is a successful series from what I've seen.
Sneaking in innocent fanservice enjoyable secondary audiences was easy and they didn't have repercussions due to it. Even Japan has become more prude and cautious I guess.
Idolshit killed the mahou shoujo.
But old mahou shoujo was idolshit.
Madoka killed the mahou shoujo
Persia was the last good one
Magical Emi was great you pleb.
Persia and Sakura are the sexiest magical girls.
Mai Hime coming back will save Mahou Shoujo industry.
>is magical girls a dead genre?
No but 2020 will be the year Mahou Shoujo comes back with a vengeance.
Those shows were pretty raunchy. Not sure if I can even post some of the shit from Yumi.
Based