Rachel Mizsei Ward

University of East Anglia

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The Guy Watching is HOW Old?

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Rachel Mizsei Ward University of East Anglia

January 30, 2012
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The Guy Watching is HOW Old? niching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic audiences Curator's Note Children’s cartoons have long been considered niche programming but My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (FiM) is itself aimed at a very particular niche ...

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Re: The Guy Watching is HOW Old?

Evidencing the perversion assumption

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Rachel Mizsei Ward University of East Anglia

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 — 11:06 am
I can see a precedent to the bronies in the mid 1990s manga/ anime fan communities where male fans were consuming shojo franchises such as Sailor Moon. Shojo is similarly aimed at girls, with stories about female friendship and romance. I find it interes ...