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* Music/KateBush has a ''very'' large Testosterone Brigade among her fanbase.
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* Music/KateBush has a ''very'' large Testosterone Brigade among her fanbase. It possibly helps that she's [[ProgressiveRock Progressive Pop]].
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* Dark {{Shoujo|Demographic}} and {{Josei}} works like ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' or ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'' are well liked by male anime fans, who tend to mistake them for {{Seinen}}.
* In the case of the light-hearted {{Josei}} ''Manga/BunnyDrop'', the anime adaptation is well liked among male viewers simply because they find the story to be incredibly adorable and heartwarming.
* Perhaps not so much in the United States, but in Japan and Latin America ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' is popular among male viewers, being considered the most successful MagicalGirl series since ''Anime/SailorMoon''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF40G7x3J-w There was even a fan-made live action opening made in Japan]] (Please notice how said opening was played entirely by ''men''.)
* Most of the Creator/{{CLAMP}} fandom. It helps that CLAMP is basically an EstrogenBrigade themselves.
** Speaking of CLAMP, ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' is worth specific mention: technically speaking, it's a [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo]] series, but the dark and violent nature of the plot could lead it to be easily mistaken for {{Seinen}}. The many religious/apocalyptic elements of the story made it popular among viewers who are into stuff like ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' has a ton of male fans, but mostly because of the story and characters.
* While the YaoiFangirl is a common stereotype of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fandom, there ''are'' male fans who are attracted to either the history, characterizations, or the female Nations.[[note]]or the HoYay.[[/note]] Somehow ironic considering it was originally [[{{Seinen}} intended for adult men]].
* In the case of the light-hearted {{Josei}} ''Manga/BunnyDrop'', the anime adaptation is well liked among male viewers simply because they find the story to be incredibly adorable and heartwarming.
* Perhaps not so much in the United States, but in Japan and Latin America ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' is popular among male viewers, being considered the most successful MagicalGirl series since ''Anime/SailorMoon''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF40G7x3J-w There was even a fan-made live action opening made in Japan]] (Please notice how said opening was played entirely by ''men''.)
* Most of the Creator/{{CLAMP}} fandom. It helps that CLAMP is basically an EstrogenBrigade themselves.
** Speaking of CLAMP, ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' is worth specific mention: technically speaking, it's a [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo]] series, but the dark and violent nature of the plot could lead it to be easily mistaken for {{Seinen}}. The many religious/apocalyptic elements of the story made it popular among viewers who are into stuff like ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' has a ton of male fans, but mostly because of the story and characters.
* While the YaoiFangirl is a common stereotype of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fandom, there ''are'' male fans who are attracted to either the history, characterizations, or the female Nations.[[note]]or the HoYay.[[/note]] Somehow ironic considering it was originally [[{{Seinen}} intended for adult men]].
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* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' has a ton of male fans, but mostly because of the story/characters.
* ''Anime/SailorMoon''. While it is primarily a shoujo anime, it has quite a bit of a male following as well, with all the Sailor Senshi being really hot, kickass {{action girl}}s. There are Testosterone Brigades for approximately all ten of the female leads. This includes the ''Music/BarenakedLadies'', who referenced the show and its "boom anime babes that make me think the wrong thing" in their song "One Week".
* ''Anime/PrettyCure'' is also one, similar to the aforementioned Sailor Moon, has a large male fanbase in Japan, it has plenty of kickass {{action girl}}s and fight scenes, what sets it apart is its sheer amounts of [[GoodOldFisticuffs in-your-face fist fights]] and NoHoldsBarredBeatDown, for a ''shoujo'' anime. It helps that it was produced by Toei, the same company behind ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and the above mentioned ''Sailor Moon''.
* ''Manga/ShirokumaCafe'' is a josei, but it has its loyal male fans.
* ''Anime/SailorMoon''. While it is primarily a shoujo anime, it has quite a bit of a male following as well, with all the Sailor Senshi being really hot, kickass {{action girl}}s. There are Testosterone Brigades for approximately all ten of the female leads. This includes the ''Music/BarenakedLadies'', who referenced the show and its "boom anime babes that make me think the wrong thing" in their song "One Week".
* ''Anime/PrettyCure'' is also one, similar to the aforementioned Sailor Moon, has a large male fanbase in Japan, it has plenty of kickass {{action girl}}s and fight scenes, what sets it apart is its sheer amounts of [[GoodOldFisticuffs in-your-face fist fights]] and NoHoldsBarredBeatDown, for a ''shoujo'' anime. It helps that it was produced by Toei, the same company behind ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and the above mentioned ''Sailor Moon''.
* ''Manga/ShirokumaCafe'' is a josei, but it has its loyal male fans.
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* While the YaoiFangirl is a common stereotype of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fandom, there ''are'' male fans who are attracted to either the history, characterizations, or the female Nations.[[note]]or the HoYay.[[/note]] Somehow ironic considering it was originally [[{{Seinen}} intended for adult men]].
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* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' is nominally intended to be a Shoujo Series, but has many male fans as well, due its complex plot (it is oftenly compared with ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' for a reason, after all) and also the LesYay subtext.
* Perhaps not so much in the United States, but in Japan and Latin America ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' was surprisingly popular among male viewers, being considered the most successful MagicalGirl series since ''Anime/SailorMoon''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF40G7x3J-w There was even a fan-made live action opening made in Japan]] (Please notice how said opening was played entirely by ''men''.)
* Most of the Creator/{{CLAMP}} fandom. It helps that CLAMP is basically an EstrogenBrigade themselves.
** Speaking of CLAMP, ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' is also worth mentioning: While, technically speaking, its a [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo]] series, the dark and violent nature of the plot could lead it to be easily mistaken for {{Seinen}}. Also, the many religious/apocalyptic elements of the story made it popular among viewers who are into stuff like ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* Similarly, other dark {{Shoujo|Demographic}} and {{Josei}} works like ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' or ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'' are well liked by male anime fans who usually mistook them with {{Seinen}}.
* And in the case of the light-hearted {{Josei}} ''Manga/BunnyDrop'', the anime adaptation is well liked among male viewers simply because they find the story to be incredibly adorable and heartwarming.
* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' is a children's anime about a duck who turns into a human girl who falls in love with a prince and goes through a series of ballet dances in fairy tale-like setting. The girly premise is enough to alienate audiences, right? Apparently not, as despite being a children's anime, it also attracts a lot of male viewers, as it's deemed one of the darkest MagicalGirl anime alongside [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Magica]] with a very well-written story and romance.
* Perhaps not so much in the United States, but in Japan and Latin America ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' was surprisingly popular among male viewers, being considered the most successful MagicalGirl series since ''Anime/SailorMoon''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF40G7x3J-w There was even a fan-made live action opening made in Japan]] (Please notice how said opening was played entirely by ''men''.)
* Most of the Creator/{{CLAMP}} fandom. It helps that CLAMP is basically an EstrogenBrigade themselves.
** Speaking of CLAMP, ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' is also worth mentioning: While, technically speaking, its a [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo]] series, the dark and violent nature of the plot could lead it to be easily mistaken for {{Seinen}}. Also, the many religious/apocalyptic elements of the story made it popular among viewers who are into stuff like ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* Similarly, other dark {{Shoujo|Demographic}} and {{Josei}} works like ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' or ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'' are well liked by male anime fans who usually mistook them with {{Seinen}}.
* And in the case of the light-hearted {{Josei}} ''Manga/BunnyDrop'', the anime adaptation is well liked among male viewers simply because they find the story to be incredibly adorable and heartwarming.
* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' is a children's anime about a duck who turns into a human girl who falls in love with a prince and goes through a series of ballet dances in fairy tale-like setting. The girly premise is enough to alienate audiences, right? Apparently not, as despite being a children's anime, it also attracts a lot of male viewers, as it's deemed one of the darkest MagicalGirl anime alongside [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Magica]] with a very well-written story and romance.
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* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' ''Anime/PrettyCure'' is nominally intended similar to be a Shoujo Series, but Sailor Moon in that it has many male fans as well, due its complex plot (it is oftenly compared with ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' a large crossover demographic--at least in Japan. It has a long-standing reputation for a reason, after all) [[GoodOldFisticuffs in-your-face fist fights]] and also the LesYay subtext.
* Perhaps not so much in the United States, but in Japan and Latin America ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura''NoHoldsBarredBeatDown to a degree that was surprisingly popular among male viewers, being considered the most successful MagicalGirl series uncommon in it's ''shoujo'' predecessors, since ''Anime/SailorMoon''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF40G7x3J-w There was even a fan-made live action opening made in Japan]] (Please notice how said opening was played entirely by ''men''.)
* Mostthe tone-setting director for the first installments of the Creator/{{CLAMP}} fandom. It helps that CLAMP franchise is basically an EstrogenBrigade themselves.
** Speaking of CLAMP, ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' is also worth mentioning: While, technically speaking, its a [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo]] series, the dark and violent nature of the plot could lead it to be easily mistakenbest known for {{Seinen}}. Also, the many religious/apocalyptic elements of the story made it popular among viewers who are into stuff like ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* Similarly, other dark {{Shoujo|Demographic}} and {{Josei}} works like ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' or ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'' are well liked by male anime fans who usually mistook them with {{Seinen}}.
* And in the case of the light-hearted {{Josei}} ''Manga/BunnyDrop'', the anime adaptation is well liked among male viewers simply because they find the story to be incredibly adorable and heartwarming.
''Manga/DragonBallZ''.
* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' is a children's anime about a duck who turns into a human girl who falls in love with a prince and goes through a series of ballet dances in fairy tale-like setting. The girly premiseis enough to alienate audiences, would drive men away, right? Apparently not, as despite being a children's anime, it also attracts a lot of male viewers, as Despite it's deemed aesthetics it's regarded as one of the darkest MagicalGirl anime alongside [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Magica]] with a very well-written story and romance.romance, and it also attracts a lot of male viewers.
* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' starts as a shoujo AffectionateParody, intentionally incorporating as many shoujo tropes and themes as possible, but it takes a critical approach to them. Male viewers have been known to come for the LesYay subtext, and stay for the complex characters, dark themes, and multiple layers of meaning (it is compared with ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' for a reason, after all.)
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'' is unmistakably a shoujo series, but the anime owes a fair bit of its global success to how successfully it courts a male following. All the Sailor Senshi are cute, kickass {{action girl}}s with [[LegFocus legs from here to the Moon Kingdom]]. There are Testosterone Brigades for approximately all ten of the female leads. This includes the ''Music/BarenakedLadies'', who referenced the show and its "boom anime babes that make me think the wrong thing" in their song "One Week".
* ''Manga/ShirokumaCafe'' is a josei, but it has its loyal male fans.
* Perhaps not so much in the United States, but in Japan and Latin America ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura''
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** Speaking of CLAMP, ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' is also worth mentioning: While, technically speaking, its a [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo]] series, the dark and violent nature of the plot could lead it to be easily mistaken
* Similarly, other dark {{Shoujo|Demographic}} and {{Josei}} works like ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' or ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'' are well liked by male anime fans who usually mistook them with {{Seinen}}.
* And in the case of the light-hearted {{Josei}} ''Manga/BunnyDrop'', the anime adaptation is well liked among male viewers simply because they find the story to be incredibly adorable and heartwarming.
* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' is a children's anime about a duck who turns into a human girl who falls in love with a prince and goes through a series of ballet dances in fairy tale-like setting. The girly premise
* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' starts as a shoujo AffectionateParody, intentionally incorporating as many shoujo tropes and themes as possible, but it takes a critical approach to them. Male viewers have been known to come for the LesYay subtext, and stay for the complex characters, dark themes, and multiple layers of meaning (it is compared with ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' for a reason, after all.)
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'' is unmistakably a shoujo series, but the anime owes a fair bit of its global success to how successfully it courts a male following. All the Sailor Senshi are cute, kickass {{action girl}}s with [[LegFocus legs from here to the Moon Kingdom]]. There are Testosterone Brigades for approximately all ten of the female leads. This includes the ''Music/BarenakedLadies'', who referenced the show and its "boom anime babes that make me think the wrong thing" in their song "One Week".
* ''Manga/ShirokumaCafe'' is a josei, but it has its loyal male fans.
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* Despite ''Film/MadameWeb2024'' being a female-oriented superhero movie by virtue of starring 4 heroines, the presence of Creator/DakotaJohnson and Creator/SydneySweeney has attracted the (possibly) unironic interest of male fans. It has been joked that they are [[BestKnownForTheFanservice the]] [[JustHereForGodzilla sole reasons]] for men to invest in yet another film of the so far mixed-to-negatively received [[Film/SonysSpidermanUniverse SSU]] that doesn't feature ComicBook/{{Venom}}.
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The [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] to the EstrogenBrigade, the Testosterone Brigade is an enclave of male fans within a traditionally female-dominated (or at least gender-neutral) {{fandom}}. While they may dislike the frequency of the FemaleGaze or the presence of MrFanservice characters, it's very likely that they were pulled into the series in the first place because of one or more female characters they find pleasing to the eye. Depending on the series, they may view it as a GuiltyPleasure due to the number of female fans. Occasionally, as with an EstrogenBrigade, [[FanDumb both sides will butt heads over largely superficial issues]], with buckets of opposite-sex awkwardness, which can get defensive. It should also be noted that not all male fans within such a fandom are necessarily of the Testosterone Brigade.
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The [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] SpearCounterpart to the EstrogenBrigade, the Testosterone Brigade is an enclave of male fans within a traditionally female-dominated (or at least gender-neutral) {{fandom}}. While they may dislike the frequency of the FemaleGaze or the presence of MrFanservice characters, it's very likely that they were pulled into the series in the first place because of one or more female characters they find pleasing to the eye. Depending on the series, they may view it as a GuiltyPleasure due to the number of female fans. Occasionally, as with an EstrogenBrigade, [[FanDumb both sides will butt heads over largely superficial issues]], with buckets of opposite-sex awkwardness, which can get defensive. It should also be noted that not all male fans within such a fandom are necessarily of the Testosterone Brigade.
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* ''Anime/SailorMoon''. While it is primarily a shoujo anime, it has quite a bit of a male following as well, with all the Sailor Senshi being really hot, kickass {{action girl}}s. There are Testosterone Brigades for approximately all ten of the female leads. This includes the ''Music/BarenakedLadies'', who referenced the show and its "boom anime babies that make me think the wrong thing" in ''One Week''.
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* ''Anime/SailorMoon''. While it is primarily a shoujo anime, it has quite a bit of a male following as well, with all the Sailor Senshi being really hot, kickass {{action girl}}s. There are Testosterone Brigades for approximately all ten of the female leads. This includes the ''Music/BarenakedLadies'', who referenced the show and its "boom anime babies babes that make me think the wrong thing" in ''One Week''.their song "One Week".
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** One Disney Princess in particular worth mentioning is Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', who, despite being a queen and not a princess like her contemporaries, has become probably the most famous animated sex symbol since Jessica Rabbit due to her long blonde hair, clingy outfit, and SupermodelStrut. It helps that Elsa's and Jessica's dresses [[VaporWear have]] similarities. Yes, there are ''definitely'' a lot of Elsa fanboys on the internet. This is also the character that made a name for cosplayer Anna Faith Carlson, just for being a really accurate cosplay of Elsa!
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** One Disney Princess in particular worth mentioning is Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', who, despite being a queen and not a princess like her contemporaries, has become probably the most famous animated sex symbol since [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit Rabbit]] due to her long blonde hair, clingy outfit, and SupermodelStrut. It helps that Elsa's and Jessica's dresses [[VaporWear have]] similarities. Yes, there are ''definitely'' a lot of Elsa fanboys on the internet. This is also the character that made a name for cosplayer Anna Faith Carlson, just for being a really accurate cosplay of Elsa!
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That's not funny if you know anything about the brony fandom
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