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Originally Posted by Traece
What I would like to see, however, is great female main characters trending.
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There have always been a few shows like this though the best-known ones tend to have a fantasy setting.
Twelve Kingdoms,
Seirei no Moribito,
Saiunkoku Monogatari, and
Kemono no Sou-ja Erin all have compelling female leads. But you're right that these shows never have had enough audience appeal to create a trend. The past year has given us
Chihayafuru and
Lupin III/Mine Fujiko along with the shows you cite.
Kamisama Hajimemashita had a strong heroine, but that was a shoujo romance rather than a drama. What seems to have fallen by the wayside are the josei shows with adult females that noitaminA was once known for like
Hataraki Man or
Nodame Cantabile. The last example I can think of is
Kuragehime.