Loncon afterthought, the Daughters of Buffy

[damerell]

I saw "The Daughters of Buffy", a panel which talked about the influence of Buffy, as you might expect. One of the ideas was that Buffy was first (1997) to have a female lead supported by an ensemble cast, showing it could be done.

It struck me (with a bit of looking things up)... Sailor Moon started in 1992, and it aired in the USA in 1995; cancelled, the enormous fan response led to it being rerun (further into the series) in 1997. It was massively influential in US anime fandom, arguably the Robotech of its generation (down to the dub being a bit of a travesty, ahem). Sister of Buffy, maybe?

Comments

[gareth_rees]

What was the category under discussion? Do Beauty and the Beast (1987) or Xena: Warrior Princess (1995) count?

[khrister]

Beauty and the Beast doesn't count, I think, it doesn't really pass the Bechdel test.

Xena was mentioned as another influencing show, for sure.

[damerell]

As ceb points out, Sailor Moon itself doesn't, being a show aimed at girls, so unremarkable it is about same. I blame posting sleepy.