Hey hi hello. I was beginning my third rewatch of Bocchi the Rock! before the swell of Girl Band Anime releases in the summer of 2024, and they got me thinking... why is this so common? So, I decided to rewatch them all, as well as the source of this genre, to try and figure out what made them popular, as well as what makes each show stand out from the rest. Welcome to what accidentally became a huge personal undertaking... welcome to the rise of Girl Band Anime.
Videos Mentioned:
@itemLabel - Peepy's Theme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yep6GVM0IYs
@Lextorias - A Deep Dive Into Anime Waifus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRBupcAy8ds
@ProZD - ALL THE STUDIO GHIBLI MOVIES TIERLIST - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_8uHtL6V0Y
@PeopleMakeGames - Makes Sense of VRChat, the "Metaverse" People Actually Like - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PHT-zBxKQQ
@Straszfilms - Identity, Gender, and VRChat (Why is everyone in VR an anime girl?) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v_Dl7i4Bcw
Things you must read, rather than watch:
The extreme male brain revisited: gender coherence in adults with autism spectrum disorder - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/extreme-male-brain-revisited-gender-coherence-in-adults-with-autism-spectrum-disorder/23D058B59E5B837C55C6F9F174C7BD24
Just how bad is Chainsaw Man's BD Sale? (This guy may be wrong, I was just falling into a rabbit hole with this stuff, and this person has a lot of data.) - https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/10vhu85/just_how_bad_is_chainsaw_mans_bd_sale/
Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:05:05 K-on!
00:17:57 Bocchi the Rock! - Ep.1
00:21:31 Bocchi the Rock! - The Rest
00:40:59 The New Wave
00:44:03 Girls Band Cry - Ep.1
00:47:15 Girls Band Cry - The Rest
01:02:59 Jellyfish - Ep.1
01:08:50 Jellyfish - The Rest
01:22:04 Wait, This is All Yuri??
01:26:31 Jellyfish - Final Episodes
01:29:05 Conclusion
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