Wrapping up our section on Ikeda’s influence, let’s look at two series made in the 2000s, Ouran High School Host Club and Haken no Osukaru, and how they lovingly play with Ikeda’s work.
Posts Tagged ‘Oscar de Jarjeyes’
The Sparkling World of 1970s Shojo Manga, Part 8: Riyoko Ikeda and The Influence of The Rose of Versailles, 2000s
Posted in Anime, Gender, Media, tagged Haken no Oscar, Oscar de Jarjeyes, Ouran High School Host Club, shojo, 派遣のオスカル on 2016/09/27| 2 Comments »
Japanese Dramas Take on Gender Norms
Posted in Culture, Gender, Media, tagged オトメン, ベルばら, Gender, gender non-conformity, Haken no Oscar, haken no osukaru, herbivore men, heteronormativity, Japanese drama, Oscar de Jarjeyes, Otomen, sex vs gender, The Rose of Versailles, 派遣のオスカル, 乙男 on 2009/11/06| 11 Comments »
Doctor Heteronormative would be a BITCHIN name for the main villain dude.
-Jeph Jacques
With all the talk of herbivore men, pushy women, and linguistic gender-screwups in the air lately, the summer-fall season of Japanese dramas has been surprisingly supportive of non-conformity to the heteronormative cultural expressions of gender.* In particular, I’ve been really impressed with「派遣のオスカル」Haken no Oscar, which translates to something like Lady Oscar Works Temp or Lady Oscar, Temp Worker, and 「オトメン 乙男」Otomen, which doesn’t really translate so well (more on this later).