Is it just me... or are ALL Japanese CGI Movies...

Lead protagonists women?! seriously after Tekken: Blood Vengence i deicded to look up all japanese CGI films... and it turns out in way form or another there are NO male leads?! WTH!? check it out. (Sources from Wikipidia of course.)

And yeah i know FFVII AC and AC(C) have cloud as the main character but thats the only one, the rest are all women. I didn't know the japanese were so into Feminism. i mean Tekken is all about the Kazuya, Jin etc... and the turn around and make the movie follow two girls instead? What is this.. i don't even..

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Karas. Although it's more like a mini series.

Karas. Although it's more like a mini series.

lowkey254

Resident Evil Degeneration stars both Leon and Claire. I watch more anime series than japanese cgi though, so can't give anymore examples than that. And Japan has a lot of anime that feature males, so if they do happen to have few cgi movies, that seems strange. But Japan's culture isn't more feminist than ours. The opposite actually. Their gender roles are far stronger than ours.

Male leads... why is this important to you?

Male leads... why is this important to you?

joesh89

Because if he's right, he's stumbled on one of the few mediums where there are more female leads than male ones. I consider that an important find. He has only sampled a small percentage of the medium, but since the responses have only pointed out two exceptions so far, I find this very intriguing.

Male leads... why is this important to you?

joesh89

I think rest of the world needs to take notes. MOAR Female leads! I mean honestly do we want to see Sparkling male vampire lead or a sparkling bombshell vampire :P.

[QUOTE="joesh89"]

Male leads... why is this important to you?

Tropictrain

Because if he's right, he's stumbled on one of the few mediums where there are more female leads than male ones. I consider that an important find. He has only sampled a small percentage of the medium, but since the responses have only pointed out two exceptions so far, I find this very intriguing.

Male leads... why is this important to you?

joesh89

[QUOTE="Tropictrain"]

[QUOTE="joesh89"]

Male leads... why is this important to you?

shadowchronicle

Because if he's right, he's stumbled on one of the few mediums where there are more female leads than male ones. I consider that an important find. He has only sampled a small percentage of the medium, but since the responses have only pointed out two exceptions so far, I find this very intriguing.

If that were the case, I would have suspected more counter arguments by now. But only two movies were listed. Off topic is one of the more active forums, but no one has found any other examples yet? This is the reason I'm intrugued. After reading his post, I assumed the same as you. But before me, there was only one example given. I gave the second. Which also contained a female lead. If I don't see a big fan of japanese cgi come along and prove him wrong, I may need to research this myself later. When I'm less tired. And when Skyward Sword isn't calling my name. lol

Which, to rock the boat, can be considered ironic. Considering the history in Japan with their women. Course all countries have a pretty bad history, but they do, I feel, rank up there with a more violent one. CreasianDevaili

When it comes to prejudice, collectivist nations are generally the worst. However, as a culture, they are less violent. Japan has far lower rates of crime than North America. They are also far more helpful and friendly. But they are far stricter in their gender roles.

[QUOTE="CreasianDevaili"]Which, to rock the boat, can be considered ironic. Considering the history in Japan with their women. Course all countries have a pretty bad history, but they do, I feel, rank up there with a more violent one. Tropictrain

When it comes to prejudice, collectivist nations are generally the worst. However, as a culture, they are less violent. Japan has far lower rates of crime than North America. They are also far more helpful and friendly. But they are far stricter in their gender roles.

[QUOTE="shadowchronicle"][QUOTE="Tropictrain"]

Because if he's right, he's stumbled on one of the few mediums where there are more female leads than male ones. I consider that an important find. He has only sampled a small percentage of the medium, but since the responses have only pointed out two exceptions so far, I find this very intriguing.

Tropictrain

If that were the case, I would have suspected more counter arguments by now. But only two movies were listed. Off topic is one of the more active forums, but no one has found any other examples yet? This is the reason I'm intrugued. After reading his post, I assumed the same as you. But before me, there was only one example given. I gave the second. Which also contained a female lead. If I don't see a big fan of japanese cgi come along and prove him wrong, I may need to research this myself later. When I'm less tired. And when Skyward Sword isn't calling my name. lol

It's not just cgi to me it seems. It almost seems like anime today is nothing but a bunch of schoolgirls.

I remember back in the day when liking anime made you nerd. Now-a-days it seems you'd be considered a pedophile. :/

It's not just cgi to me it seems. It almost seems like anime today is nothing but a bunch of schoolgirls.

I remember back in the day when liking anime made you nerd. Now-a-days it seems you'd be considered a pedophile. :/

DJ-Lafleur

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

It's not just cgi to me it seems. It almost seems like anime today is nothing but a bunch of schoolgirls.

I remember back in the day when liking anime made you nerd. Now-a-days it seems you'd be considered a pedophile. :/

josephl64

[QUOTE="josephl64"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

It's not just cgi to me it seems. It almost seems like anime today is nothing but a bunch of schoolgirls.

I remember back in the day when liking anime made you nerd. Now-a-days it seems you'd be considered a pedophile. :/

shadowchronicle

It's not just cgi to me it seems. It almost seems like anime today is nothing but a bunch of schoolgirls.

I remember back in the day when liking anime made you nerd. Now-a-days it seems you'd be considered a pedophile. :/

DJ-Lafleur

That is a common stereotype, even in Japan. Especially after the otaku killer incident. He was a big fan of shoujo manga and anime. Then he raped and killed a bunch of school girls. His actions actually lead to stricter rules with how girls are portrayed in shoujo and shonen manga.

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

It's not just cgi to me it seems. It almost seems like anime today is nothing but a bunch of schoolgirls.

I remember back in the day when liking anime made you nerd. Now-a-days it seems you'd be considered a pedophile. :/

Tropictrain

That is a common stereotype, even in Japan. Especially after the otaku killer incident. He was a big fan of shoujo manga and anime. Then he raped and killed a bunch of school girls. His actions actually lead to stricter rules with how girls are portrayed in shoujo and shonen manga.

[QUOTE="Tropictrain"]

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

It's not just cgi to me it seems. It almost seems like anime today is nothing but a bunch of schoolgirls.

I remember back in the day when liking anime made you nerd. Now-a-days it seems you'd be considered a pedophile. :/

josephl64

That is a common stereotype, even in Japan. Especially after the otaku killer incident. He was a big fan of shoujo manga and anime. Then he raped and killed a bunch of school girls. His actions actually lead to stricter rules with how girls are portrayed in shoujo and shonen manga.

Indeed. Just to carify, I wasn't trying to say that the stereotype is valid. I just wanted to point out he's correct that people may consider you a pedophile if you enjoy anime.

It's not just cgi to me it seems. It almost seems like anime today is nothing but a bunch of schoolgirls.

I remember back in the day when liking anime made you nerd. Now-a-days it seems you'd be considered a pedophile. :/

DJ-Lafleur

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

It's not just cgi to me it seems. It almost seems like anime today is nothing but a bunch of schoolgirls.

I remember back in the day when liking anime made you nerd. Now-a-days it seems you'd be considered a pedophile. :/

Leshain

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

It's not just cgi to me it seems. It almost seems like anime today is nothing but a bunch of schoolgirls.

I remember back in the day when liking anime made you nerd. Now-a-days it seems you'd be considered a pedophile. :/

josephl64

They should make Cooking Mama a CGI, then you wouldn't complain, shes in the kitchen.

not all but most japanese animation movies got women in leading roles

japan is most modren

[QUOTE="josephl64"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

It's not just cgi to me it seems. It almost seems like anime today is nothing but a bunch of schoolgirls.

I remember back in the day when liking anime made you nerd. Now-a-days it seems you'd be considered a pedophile. :/

AirGuitarist87

[QUOTE="joesh89"]

Male leads... why is this important to you?

Leshain

Ah, never change Leshain. Never change.

Indeed. Just to carify, I wasn't trying to say that the stereotype is valid. I just wanted to point out he's correct that people may consider you a pedophile if you enjoy anime.

Tropictrain

I don't think DJ meant his post to taken so literally. Just meant that perviness shines through more now than it did back then.

Anyways, I believe the OP can add Resident Evil: Degeneration to the list... though it had a male and female lead.

Resident Evil Degeneration stars both Leon and Claire. I watch more anime series than japanese cgi though, so can't give anymore examples than that. And Japan has a lot of anime that feature males, so if they do happen to have few cgi movies, that seems strange. But Japan's culture isn't more feminist than ours. The opposite actually. Their gender roles are far stronger than ours.

Tropictrain

[QUOTE="Leshain"][QUOTE="joesh89"]

Male leads... why is this important to you?

DJChuy

Ah, never change Leshain. Never change.

Clearly you haven't seen more films if you think that.

Bump for lulz.Leshain