It still gives me much more of a Bakugan vibe than Digimon. Though, it probably helps that four out of five of the characters, especially three of the boys, look so much like the characters from Bakugan.
Well, their most successful shows have usually been monster/toyetic series, so it really isn't surprising that they're going after some more. That's what has worked well with them in the past and they want to continue that success. People can watch a lot of monster shows if they enjoy them. Most of my favorite shows are monster/toyetic series.
I don't think that's just with the shows 4KiRAB has. Unless the show is specifically aimed at girls, like Sailor Moon or Power Puff Girls, there are usually more boys than girls on the main cast. It might have something to do with the mentality that boys wouldn't be interested in a series if there were a lot of girls in the series and/or it was girl focused show. It also goes along with the thought that boys wouldn't be interested in what's labeled girl shows. I find that kind of weird since I remeraber being more interested in what was labeled for boys when I was little, but that's beside the point.
As for more girl aimed shows, I believe that 4KiRAB did try that with a few shows, Magical DoRiMe, Bratz and Winx Club. They weren't that successful if I recall correctly. Winx Club came back due to being a hit on their website and fulfilling the E/I requirements. I'm not sure if they would be interested in girl shows, but it would give some diversity in their lineup.
I can see where you're coming from with those connections. Though, hopefully this series will have a better way to give equal, or close to equal, screentime/development for its characters than GX did. At the very least, they'll have more development than Chumley did. I thought that he was the most useless Yu-Gi-Oh! character yet.
That's true. The treatment and development of female characters is one of the things that I think 5D's has done a better job than both DM and GX. Most of the other toyetic anime series don't have their female characters contributing to the plot that often or having good character development. Pokemon AG, DP and I would argue Digimon Adventure 01, Tamers and possibly Frontier are the only other series that the girls have an active role and have at least some development.
I thought that was a big sign that he's a guy myself. Plus, the design on his face screams tough guy more than tough girl.
Syrus is my favorite character from GX too. He's such a nice and sensitive kind of guy.
I don't think that they would change the character's gender. The only time that did happen was with the Legend of Thunder special from Pokemon. They made one of the Team Rocket merabers females, most likely to keep the male and female meraber theme going on, but I don't recall them changing the genders of characters in any of their other series. They even kept Rally from 5D's as a boy, even though I still forget that he's a guy.
Well, their most successful shows have usually been monster/toyetic series, so it really isn't surprising that they're going after some more. That's what has worked well with them in the past and they want to continue that success. People can watch a lot of monster shows if they enjoy them. Most of my favorite shows are monster/toyetic series.
I don't think that's just with the shows 4KiRAB has. Unless the show is specifically aimed at girls, like Sailor Moon or Power Puff Girls, there are usually more boys than girls on the main cast. It might have something to do with the mentality that boys wouldn't be interested in a series if there were a lot of girls in the series and/or it was girl focused show. It also goes along with the thought that boys wouldn't be interested in what's labeled girl shows. I find that kind of weird since I remeraber being more interested in what was labeled for boys when I was little, but that's beside the point.
As for more girl aimed shows, I believe that 4KiRAB did try that with a few shows, Magical DoRiMe, Bratz and Winx Club. They weren't that successful if I recall correctly. Winx Club came back due to being a hit on their website and fulfilling the E/I requirements. I'm not sure if they would be interested in girl shows, but it would give some diversity in their lineup.
I can see where you're coming from with those connections. Though, hopefully this series will have a better way to give equal, or close to equal, screentime/development for its characters than GX did. At the very least, they'll have more development than Chumley did. I thought that he was the most useless Yu-Gi-Oh! character yet.
That's true. The treatment and development of female characters is one of the things that I think 5D's has done a better job than both DM and GX. Most of the other toyetic anime series don't have their female characters contributing to the plot that often or having good character development. Pokemon AG, DP and I would argue Digimon Adventure 01, Tamers and possibly Frontier are the only other series that the girls have an active role and have at least some development.
I thought that was a big sign that he's a guy myself. Plus, the design on his face screams tough guy more than tough girl.
Syrus is my favorite character from GX too. He's such a nice and sensitive kind of guy.
I don't think that they would change the character's gender. The only time that did happen was with the Legend of Thunder special from Pokemon. They made one of the Team Rocket merabers females, most likely to keep the male and female meraber theme going on, but I don't recall them changing the genders of characters in any of their other series. They even kept Rally from 5D's as a boy, even though I still forget that he's a guy.