Manga 'Acro Trip' Gets TV Anime in 2024

The comedy centers on Chizuko Date, an otaku girl who lives in a city in Niigata Prefecture. Chizuko is obsessed with Berry Blossom, the magical girl who protects the city. However, Chroma — the leader of the local evil organization Fossa Magna — is inept and weak, so hardly anyone else cares about Berry Blossom and Chroma's frequent battles anymore. Chizuko vows to shine a light on the magical girl's exploits — and this fervent desire takes this seemingly shy middle school girl down a dark path filled with strange folks ...

Fario-P said:
Thank you @Catalano for sharing this news with me!

Fario-P said:
Thank you @Catalano for sharing this news with me!
I am so happy that mahou shoujo/magical girl series in shoujo manga isn't dead, and will probably give this series a shot in either medium :)

For anyone curious as to what it's about since there is no MAL synopsis atm, here's what ANN wrote in their article:

Kumiveneella said:
This looks really cute, nice to see a shoujo manga adaptation. Looks like a really cool mahou shoujo themed anime, can't wait.

RobertBobert said:


SHOUJO mahou shoujo? This is a rarity these days, the market is too saturated with shows for the male audience.

mozgow said:
I see Fario had already been summoned.

Then I summon @CureEtude, check this out.

Ramkec said:
Thanks for the synopsis. Sounds pretty wholesome, will keep an eye on.

CureEtude said:
Oh, thanks for the summon Moz and thanks for the synopsis Fario. I saw it added to the database, but without a synopsis, wasn't really sure what was going on, but yeah this is promising. Stylistically reminds me of Hanako-kun from the teaser image and I'm def down for more of that aesthetic. :thumbsup:

Kumiveneella said:


Admittedly one could argue that most mahou shoujo anime are marketed to a male audience nowadays, with the 2011 shift From magical girl to tragical girl, although mahou shoujo has always been somewhat tragic and dark. You could argue that after 2011 the genre became more male oriented, however even that's just a generalization.

Is Nanoha targeted towards a male demographic?

The subject of "male audience oriented" mahou shoujo anime is quite interesting, is it the violence that makes them male audience oriented? "male audience oriented" mahou shoujo anime, never could hold a candle for idol anime within the "hardcore otaku" audiences though.

Edit* Yeah, Edited the text somewhat, so just ignore what it said before this. Sorry for any possible inconveniences.

RobertBobert said:


Not only is Nanoha aimed at a male audience, it was one of the first to target it, and so strongly that people are said to have called the network's office and complained that "their show for little girls sexualizes women very much."

Kumiveneella said:


Oh is that so, that's interesting to hear. I suppose I will just have to see for myself, if these complaints have basis if I ever get to watching Nanoha.

RobertBobert said:


Nanoha is a pretty infamous show in that regard. Not the sexualization itself, but the way people treated it. I still remember shippers reporting her male love interest illustrations as child pornography in order to get it removed.

Kumiveneella said:


But what does fandom discourse have to do with the contents of the show. What does this actually bring to this conversation. What I'm asking is, why bring this up?

RobertBobert said:


In the context of Nanoha or this thread?

Kumiveneella said:


But my question is what are you trying to insinuate? Is there not a meaning for you bringing this up, why did you deem this important enough to bring up.

RobertBobert said:


By ignoring my question about context, you only confuse this even more.

Kumiveneella said:


Is the context not quite obvious, I asked about the show not the fans of the show. How would the fans of the show have anything to do with the contents of the show. Sorry if this is somehow confusing.

Edit* I just deemed that this had somewhat veered off the topic at hand.

RobertBobert said:


My point is that the ecchi aspect of the show is mostly discussed in the context of fan controversy, not the show itself.

Kumiveneella said:


Oh, well I just think fan controversy to be quite meaningless, is that not what I insinuated with my willingness to see the state of matters with my own eyes.

RobertBobert said:


Nanoha's yuri bait is part of the franchise's ecchi element, so if you love this show, you're unlikely to scold it for it, regardless of gender or sexuality. It's like trying to find a Sailor Moon fan complaining about feminism on the show.

Kumiveneella said:


How is Yuri ecchi though? And again I will have to see about the supposed "ecchi" elements for myself, because as far as I can see the show isn't tagged as such. Although thank you for illustrating your perceived fandom discourse, even if I deemed it useless information.

RobertBobert said:


You should not confuse ecchi as a genre and as an element of the show's aesthetic. Nanoha came out back in the days when any erotica was considered ecchi.

Kumiveneella said:


I guess we can argue about definitions for as long as we want to, however I will just have to see for myself. I am not denying that there aren't such elements in the show however, I will just have to see for myself as aforementioned. Yet I still think you somewhat dodged my question, it could be perceived as you describing the "lesbian baiting" as inherently sexual, or are you perhaps saying the ecchi elements derived from two characters of the same sex interacting. Although I think has somewhat digressed from the topic of discussion present at first.

Sorry if you've been wanting to get like the last word all this time.

Kumiveneella said:


I guess we can argue about definitions for as long as we want to, however I will just have to see for myself. I am not denying that there aren't such elements in the show however, I will just have to see for myself as aforementioned. Yet I still think you somewhat dodged my question, it could be perceived as you describing the "lesbian baiting" as inherently sexual, or are you perhaps saying the ecchi elements derived from two characters of the same sex interacting. Although I think has somewhat digressed from the topic of discussion present at first.

Sorry if you've been wanting to get like the last word all this time, and/or are tired of this discussion.

Dauphine said:


Ummm....soo....this thread got way off topic, but, in case it matters to someone, i just wanted to say this:

I once tried watching Nanoha back in the day when i was much younger and had very little anime experience (i.e. didn't know that anime could be degenerate....) I was very uncomfortable during the transformation scenes, because unlike in something like Sailor Moon, the body here was not undetailed barbie doll-like and covered up in sparkling light/colorful glow, instead, she was completely naked (her skin was....well, skin colored!) and then the way her clothes appeared on her (starting with the panties of course and getting a obvious camera angle of them) Made feel very much uncomfortable, the way the anime sexualized this actually made me drop it back in the day....