I mentioned this before, but sales manager Ardith has an automatic search for any and all blogs related to Broccoli Books titles.
So she found this new blog written by a librarian, who talked about manga ratings & how she agrees or disagrees w/ them.
Librarian Ship: S.S. Gliteratti - Manga Rating
Galaxy Angel is mentioned in the blog.
We gave Galaxy Angel a suggested reading age of 13 and up.
And she more or less agrees w/ the rating, except for one “naked Barbie” in vol 5.
I didn’t think Kanan would have drawn a fully naked girl in Galaxy Angel, so I dug around. The page mentioned (Galaxy Angel vol 5, pg 71-72) has Forte in a bathing suit.
Hmm.
I thought there were more questionable pages than Forte in a bathing suit.
But I’m not going to point them out.
Galaxy Angel doesn’t have nudity, though.
It has a lot to do w/ the fact that the staff of Broccoli Japan’s comic department are mostly female (used to be 100% female, but the new manager KenKen-san is a guy), and they don’t like nude scenes. Or anything too ecchi.
It’s that thin, thin line between what’s considered kawaii & moe.
Although I often use moe to refer to cute things these days.
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February 20th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Hm, does KenKen-san then = Kazuya (lone male in the Rune Angel Troupe)?
February 21st, 2007 at 2:23 pm
No, they’re referring to the manager in the comic department of BROCCOLI. This is discussing to the staff of BROCCOLI, not the crew of GA.
And anyhow, the original Angel-tai didn’t have any males actually in it, but they were still surrounded by the male crew members (Tact, Lester, Kuromie, etc.)
As for the actual entry, I don’t see what their issue is. Frankly, this “barbie nudity” as she calls it is no different from a kid actually staring at a barbie doll. If they want to call that out, then they better start pulling a lot of dolls of the shelves along with manga. I find the manga ratings decent and sometimes too high then they should be. If I’m not mistaken, Kashimashi is 13+ and I’m amazed they didn’t mention that, not only nudity there but also the concept in general.
February 21st, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Likkun > I know. I was joking.
Kazuya is the only boy in the Rune Angel Troupe, KenKen-san is the only male in the comic department @ broccoli. ^_^
I’m familiar with the series. *laugh* I work here.
February 21st, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Haha, sorry. I have a tendency to misread comments so I didn’t notice exactly what you said there. I also missed you name in the article when I was reading it over for he first time, so it was only natural for me to make a mistake.