Everyone knows that sailor moon would kick Goku’s ass in a fight anyway

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      Magical Girl shows are things like Sailormoon.
      The main character is, well, a magical girl. They often need to transform into the magical alter-ego so they can hide in plain sight, and it’s definitely not so they could re-use the animation in every episode to save money/waste time.
      The sequence is often very dance-like, or almost like a photo-shoot. Very traditionally feminine.

      Dragonball-Z was one of the first main-stream anime for boys that was shown on TV in North America.
      The main characters are aliens who can turn into a “super” form, and they generally change the way they look during a transformation sequence. It’s often just turning blond.
      The sequence is often clenching your fists, flexing all of your muscles, and doing a battle-cry.

      Here is Sailormoon’s Magic Girl transformation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyVR0GhVBH0
      DBZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0vWx9VjGe0

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          Absolutely. In Germany at least, anime is a very niche thing. Hardly anyone watches it here. I can’t stand anime because of the lazy animation, though I do appreciate the creativity story-wise.

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            In France there was “club Dorothée”, a kids morning show that would air these two shows and a few others so they were pretty popular. You were only a real weeb if you ventured into the stuff that wouldn’t be on TV.

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              Hmm, now that you mention it, I think it was quite similar in Germany. But I personally don’t know many people who watched these shows. It was still quite a niche thing. But you’re right, they weren’t considered weebs. Probably because the Germans are so unaware of foreign cultures, most don’t even know what that means.

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        I love it when folks such as yourself take time to share these insights. I don’t feel left out anymore… Cheers and Happy Sunday to you!

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          Not sure if /s, but Super Sonic was inspired by the super saiyan transformation, Sonic just happened to make it to American shores before DBZ. 🙃