MomoAdachi (post: 1202040) wrote:I'm glad someone mentioned this series in the "Favorite TV Shows" as a kid thread, as I really think, especially considering it was intended to promote a fashion doll line, that Jem(a syndicated animated series from the mid-to-late '80s about a young woman named Jerrica Benton who holographically transforms into the "truly outrageous" pink-haired rock star Jem) is the closest we've come in the US to shoujo stuff like Sailor Moon and Fancy Lala. The characters were pretty three-dimensional, particularly Stormer, the "nice" Misfit, the animation wasn't Disney but good for '80s Saturday mornings, the music surprisingly enjoyable and catchy, and the storylines more mature than you'd expect(it dealt with issues such as illiteracy, drugs, death, running away from home, etc.). Yes, the fashion sense is terribly dated today, but other than that it really is worth a look for shoujo fans(the first two seasons have been legally released on DVD, although they can be hard to find, and there were also some VHS tapes of episodes released), and there really shouldn't be anything really objectionable from a Christian standpoint either...
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