In a current interview with Manga Ardour, Mayu Nakamura, the manga editor of Shoujo Manga Journal Bessatsu Buddy, sheds gentle on the choice of live-action diversifications over anime for shoujo manga.
Nakamura attributed this prominence of live-action to enterprise issues throughout the business, emphasizing that it displays the calls for of the home media market.
Whereas acknowledging that shoujo manga may certainly be appropriate for anime adaptation, Nakamura highlighted the numerous demand for live-action collection and movies in Japan, notably aimed toward younger girls.
In line with Nakamura, the Japanese movie business goals to supply a sure variety of romantic movies every year, usually supposed for date viewing. Shoujo manga, with their various romantic storylines, subsequently provides engaging supply materials for such productions. Moreover, Nakamura famous that the business depends on younger male actors to play main roles in these romantic movies, thus growing their recognition.
Nakamura additionally sheds gentle on gender dynamics throughout the anime and movie industries, noting that whereas shoujo manga enjoys widespread recognition, resolution makers in these industries, similar to producers and administrators, are overwhelmingly male. This, coupled with increased budgets required for anime manufacturing, may contribute to the relative underrepresentation of shoujo manga in anime diversifications.
Mayu Nakamura joined Kodansha instantly after graduating and has been with the corporate since 2013. For the primary 4 years she labored in manga distribution and was chargeable for bookstores. Within the fifth yr, she joined the editorial workers of Bessatsu Buddy.
Nakamura is presently in command of works similar to Abe-kun has me now! And A woman and her guard canine. She had handled it earlier than Kiss me at midnight, A kiss with a cat And Honey and the Beast.
Bessatsu Buddy, previously often called Bessatsu Shojo Buddy, is a Japanese shojo manga journal revealed by Kodansha. It’s revealed on the thirteenth of each month.
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