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I know this is and old blog post, but I was lookin...

2012-01-25T15:02:42.897-08:00

I know this is and old blog post, but I was looking for somthing like this. Though I agree with the other posters, I have to say that for the most part you can tell if the author was a man or a woman.

I hate the sterotypical female anime character, and I've noticed that watching too much anime or reading too much manga has caused most of us American men to think that this is how

Just because a series has action, blood and violen...

2010-08-09T12:00:55.681-07:00

Just because a series has action, blood and violence like X or Magic Knight Rayearth doesn't mean it's shounen (aimed at young boys/male teens)

And just because series like Love Hina, Negima and To Love Ru are romantic comedies doesn't mean they are shoujo (aimed at young girls/female teens).

The series is created to fit a certain magazine, and usually authors

Listing female authors of shoujo manga doesn't...

2010-08-09T12:00:22.537-07:00

Listing female authors of shoujo manga doesn't make sense. Why? Well, it might come as a suprise to you, because you are used to thinking most comic books authors are men, but the overwhelming majority of shoujo authors are women, and men are a tiny minority.

Most manga authors used to be men, whether the manga they drew was aimed at boys (shounen) or girls (shoujo), but in the

Listing female authors of shoujo manga doesn't...

2010-08-09T11:59:56.564-07:00

HI Caddy, i love the art style of saiyuki, but th...

2010-03-06T14:30:00.398-08:00

HI Caddy,

i love the art style of saiyuki, but the story didn't interest me much. even if it was based on journey to the west.

nice website.

Great post! I've been thinking about trying to...

2010-03-03T20:42:32.010-08:00

Great post! I've been thinking about trying to find more female mangaka to read lately.

I have to put in for my favorite: Kazuya Minekura of Saiyuki/Saiyuki Reload/Saiyuki Reload Blast/Saiyuki Gaiden, etc. :)

Strangers in Paradise is definitely recommended fo...

2010-02-11T16:04:30.704-08:00

Strangers in Paradise is definitely recommended for future research then. :)

I really enjoy your site http://mangaloid.net we seem to have the same interest in analyzing manga.

Are you the article writer for that site?

Oooh SiP looks cool, must look for it in local sho...

2010-02-11T09:52:56.954-08:00

Oooh SiP looks cool, must look for it in local shop. This conversation has also made me wonder about the different shonen manga that have kickass female characters. Should be fun future research. :)

Hi Amy, Ahhahah. I can usually tell that it's...

2010-02-08T09:58:58.913-08:00

Hi Amy,

Ahhahah. I can usually tell that it's written by a male writer just by how they portray women. For example, as much as I enjoy Gantz, the women are wince inducing. They are there as what you say.

On the other hand, I was amazed that a man wrote Stranger's in Paradise. The women are portrayed so well. I got faked out by the author's name, Terry Moore,

Hi Akemi, Agreed. :) Regarding what you said, t...

2010-02-08T02:49:43.018-08:00

Hi Akemi,
Agreed. :)

Regarding what you said, that you didn't specifically look up female writers when picking your reading material .... I was wondering, did you also find that you went out and looked up the writers of your favorite manga because you loved the way they portrayed women i.e. she's not a stereotype or not there as a love angle / male fantasy? And then

Hi Soaperly, Thanks for your thoughtful post and ...

2010-01-21T18:35:44.304-08:00

Hi Soaperly,

Thanks for your thoughtful post and the link. You're right that five minutes of research does not cut it. That was a bit cavalier, but also my point.

My point was that it is still hard for me (without a lot more digging than I did) to find women artist and writers that easily came to mind as the japanese mangaka I listed.

In general, I don't

I too declare daily public love for Hiromu Arakawa...

2010-01-21T14:53:26.571-08:00

I too declare daily public love for Hiromu Arakawa and Fuyumi Ono, but there are many DC/Marvel female artists and writers who also create for top books: http://tinyurl.com/yhukbmp

Women such as Devin Grayson (Batman, Nightwing), Pia Guerra (Y the Last Man), Nicola Scott (Secret Six) and plenty others are celebrated in western comics. Actually, Gail Simone (Deadpool, Birds of Prey,