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INTEREST: Nearly 200,000 Fans Vote in AnimeJapan's 'Most Wanted Anime Adaptation' Poll

Shonen Sport series have big female fan base for example Haikyuu and Kuroko no Basket have more female than male fans in Japan if we believe some poll. GFantasy is official shonen magazine but what I heard target girls. GFantasy have Black Butler and Hanako which win 5 place in that poll. Seinen magazine have 10dance manga about homo dancing. Personally I think publisher choose some seinen or shonen magazine to be more female friendly becouse what I heard female otaku increase in recent years and nearly all top magazine are either shonen or seinen. So instead of promoting shoujo or josei magazines publisher choose that shonen or seinen magazines have some series targeted at women. At least that my theory.

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Shonen Sport series have big female fan base for example Haikyuu and Kuroko no Basket have more female than male fans in Japan if we believe some poll. GFantasy is official shonen magazine but what I heard target girls. GFantasy have Black Butler and Hanako which win 5 place in that poll. Seinen magazine have 10dance manga about homo dancing. Personally I think publisher choose some seinen or shonen magazine to be more female friendly becouse what I heard female otaku increase in recent years and nearly all top magazine are either shonen or seinen. So instead of promoting shoujo or josei magazines publisher choose that shonen or seinen magazines have some series targeted at women. At least that my theory.

See, that kind of logic is like saying My Little Pony is actually for adult men because a lot of them watch it. It's great these series attract other audiences, but it doesn't really change what they are. The underlying issue is that josei and shoujo are not that big of a market. Shounen and seinen eclipse them tenfold, so it's not unreasonable that you'll find women reading stuff for boys. But it's also why you never hear the opposite of men flocking to shoujo and josei series.