Magical Girl shows are things like Sailormoon.
The main character is, well, a magical girl. They often need to transform into the magical alter-ego so they can hide in plain sight, and it’s definitely not so they could re-use the animation in every episode to save money/waste time.
The sequence is often very dance-like, or almost like a photo-shoot. Very traditionally feminine.
Dragonball-Z was one of the first main-stream anime for boys that was shown on TV in North America.
The main characters are aliens who can turn into a “super” form, and they generally change the way they look during a transformation sequence. It’s often just turning blond.
The sequence is often clenching your fists, flexing all of your muscles, and doing a battle-cry.
Magical Girl shows are things like Sailormoon.
The main character is, well, a magical girl. They often need to transform into the magical alter-ego so they can hide in plain sight, and it’s definitely not so they could re-use the animation in every episode to save money/waste time.
The sequence is often very dance-like, or almost like a photo-shoot. Very traditionally feminine.
Dragonball-Z was one of the first main-stream anime for boys that was shown on TV in North America.
The main characters are aliens who can turn into a “super” form, and they generally change the way they look during a transformation sequence. It’s often just turning blond.
The sequence is often clenching your fists, flexing all of your muscles, and doing a battle-cry.
Here is Sailormoon’s Magic Girl transformation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyVR0GhVBH0
DBZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0vWx9VjGe0
I consider all of this to be common knowledge, am I an unaware weebo?
I love it when folks such as yourself take time to share these insights. I don’t feel left out anymore… Cheers and Happy Sunday to you!
OK. Great explanation. Now explain super sonic.
Not sure if /s, but Super Sonic was inspired by the super saiyan transformation, Sonic just happened to make it to American shores before DBZ. 🙃