Abstract
This chapter demonstrates how shōjo manga has had a strong cultural impact on recent generations of pop culture fans in North America. Since the 1990s, fan production has nourished diverse interests in Japanese cultural products, which have in turn exerted a strong influence on mainstream geek media. Using American artist M. Alice LeGrow’s graphic novel series Bizenghast and Cartoon Network’s animated series Steven Universe as focal points, this chapter argues that contemporary American entertainment media has been shaped both by the visual styles and narrative tropes of shōjo manga and by the creative production of transnational fandom communities.
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