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Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf
On that basis, I'm very sceptical of the "mainstream" appeal of shows like Madoka Magica. Like someone else mentioned, there's very little chance that mainstream audiences would take characters dressed in frilly costumes seriously.
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How's that any weirder than this?:
Or this?:
People have no problem with a man dressed up as a bat fighting against a disfigured clown, and they have no problem with a team that includes a very colorfully-attired WWII soldier and a big green hulking giant and a Norse god wielding a hammer, but they draw the line at magically-empowered teenaged girls in frilly dresses?
Most of the Madoka Magica girls have costumes that could pass for standard super-hero costumes.
This would be the
perfect time to try to have magical girl anime go mainstream. Because the distance between your average American superhero and your average Japanese magical girl is honestly not that big. And American superheroes have never been more popular than they are right now.