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Can anyone think of shoujo series or other by-women, marketed-to-women anime/manga (including BL, josei, and yuri) that have generated substantial fandom activity in Japan? By "substantial fandom activity" I mean not just discussion or attention but a decent body of doujinshi or other fanwork, fansites, etc. (edit: NOT limited to textual fanwork
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In that same vein, what about Peacemaker? XD
Reading all the other comments is sparking my memory. Other ideas:
Koko wa Greenwood is interesting - there's a small but tenacious J-fandom, with fanart/fic sites and meetups and everything, hanging around almost 20 years after the manga ended its run. (I believe last summer's dorama adaptation injected a little juice into it, too, but it was trundling along steadily even before that.)
Not quite what you're asking for, but Eroica totally deserves a mention. The - the the only 80s June manga to beget a small and prolific W-media slash fen based fandom that I know of. Eroica is such a weird interesting case. *g* As long as we're talking the classics, I believe Banana Fish had a faithful doujinshi following back in the day? Predating the internet. Ahaha. Obviously I was not observing this firsthand, so take it as hearsay.
Other series that may or may not have active J-fandoms: Loveless (I, uh, know there's at least some doujinshi >_>), Petshop of Horrors. Also, I know next to nothing about Kuroshitsuji, but it seems to have a pretty active fandom, so maybe someone more knowledgeable could say whether or not it really fits the bill. :)
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