#pre2012

[placeinthisworld]

I hope all my middle school and high school bullies are enjoying my idol take over the world when they made fun of me for listening to her back in the day 🥳

[echidnana]

I think the oldest one we have is the 2005 pink cuddles teddy, which makes sense because we have no memory of getting her

we have been super into build a bear recently. augh

[brainjuicey]

my professors telling me about the harvard system of referencing will never understand the soul deep satisfaction of seeing cool graphics on a pre2012 tumblr blog still alive and running on the folklore dynamics of alpha/beta/omega

[nikadd]

tbt to me being a homophobe !!!!! wooo that girl was wild!!!!!

[saint-miroir]

Abt 2000s 2010s shoujo mangakas..

Are they still active in Japan? Or the lack of info about their new works on mainstream intl..is them retiring?

Or those 90s 00s shoujo artist just changed artstyle?

Or maybe my info is warped bcoz there are just a handful shoujo anime now. Compares to pre2012s

Hi, thank you for your question!

I’d say it does depend on the mangaka. Wataru Yoshizumi has a series that started in 2019 and appears to be ongoing. I know that Mia Ikumi tragically passed away from a Subarachnoid hemorrhage this year, but did the artwork for the Tokyo Mew Mew Re-turn manga in 2020 not long before her passing. However, even she hadn’t put out any works for many years until then. Pink Hanamori also has an ongoing Mermaid Melody sequel in Nakayoshi, but this seems to be the most recent thing she’s done since 2008. Mihona Fujii resumed the GALS! manga in 2019 after it seemingly ended in 2002. Arina Tanemura is also still active. Nakahara An of Kirarin Revolution fame finished her latest series in 2020. Nami Akimoto released quite a few works as recently as 2021, though they seem to mostly be single-volume releases. These are just a few examples, but in my experience, some of the most prolific mangaka from around that time are still active, but they usually come out with a new series every few years and tend to maybe have one ongoing manga currently running in a magazine (Tanemura and Yoshizumi). Others may not release anything for years, but may end up releasing a reboot/revival for one of their most famous and nostalgic works (such as in the case of Ikumi and Hanamori). One manga artist that comes to mind who seems to keep releasing very consistently over the years since around the mid 2000s is Ema Toyama. Her works have seemed oddly inescapable within the past 10 or so years. I do occasionally find mangaka for some series that are outright no longer active, though I’m struggling to think of any off the top of my head at the moment.

There could be various reasons for why mangaka take long breaks in between series or just outright quit after some time. As everyone knows, being a mangaka is extremely demanding and stressful work. Miho Obana, for instance, released her last work in 2010 and has a past history of tendonitis which she has gone on hiatus for before. It’s not unusual for the work to lead to health problems due to the extremely strict deadlines and heavy amounts of stress. There could also be other personal issues in their life that need tending to.

Another thing that could be affecting your perception could also be the number of series released where you live. Arina Tanemura still seems to be popular enough in the west (or at least well known enough), but I swear a lot of the popular shoujo mangaka from the 90s and early 2000s seldom get works released here anymore (at least where I live, in the United States. I’m not sure if its different where you live). I was actually relatively surprised (but pleasantly so) to see that Marmalade boy was getting an English re-release by Seven Seas. There’s seemingly such a limited number of shoujo series that get released outside of Japan and I feel that what is readily available where we live might not accurately reflect the reality of who is and is not still active. When you haven’t seen a work released from one of your favorite mangaka from that time period in a long time, it can make you wonder what they’re currently doing, and if they’re even still making manga at all. You also make an interesting point about how there are even fewer shoujo anime adaptations than there once were, but I feel that we’re starting to see a small change in that, and I hope that it continues. I could get into another rant about why we’re seeing such a lack in shoujo adaptations today, but I’ll refrain from doing so.

I’ll admit I’m certainly no authority on the matter and I worry my answer won’t be very helpful. There are certainly people who could give a much more informed, in-depth answer, but I hope I could at least provide some insight, if any at all.

[randoms-jingle-jamboree]

And in the middle sometimes

we’re going to have to call smut ‘lemons’ again, aren’t we? 

[malevolententity]

i am being sooooo serious if u think wtnv invented fandoms in 2012. as if we werent all supernatural and doctor who posting in 2009. as if we werent homestuck posting in 2010. as if anime tumblr didnt exist pre2012. i am going to assume u are 19, ur shitty boring podcast that told u gay people exist did not invent fandom or sexymen

[gghostbones]

Sometimes immediately after I listen to a song from pre2012, I can still hear the faint apparition of the song clip played as end credits due to downloading a lyric video off of youtubemp3 converter.

[hogwartslivy]

From the asks list! I, M, S, X (😈)

okay hello queen of sap!james, whatcha doing in my ask box???? 😮💕

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?

You put second chances fic in front of me, I will not hesitate 👀

Just the falling in love all over again, but they already know each other so well and with that all the pain of 'oh my god they've been with other people' and the whole 'we've wasted so much time' and then topping off with the 'i never wanna be without you, ever again'... godsssss i am done 😩😌

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?

I dooooo... I have a few floating around... a memory loss fww au which I got started on the other day but probably won't see the light of day for a little bit. I've got a titanic au sitting there look pretty and angsty, and a prequel to Trackside ✨

S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?

Lordy do I have some sweet spots within this fandom (see above for the unhealthy obsession with a second chances au) 👌🏼

- Auror!James x Healer!Lily (in any form/universe/timeline) just gives me huge 'pre2012 jily' vibes and I love it.

- I do froth a secret dating au, extra points if its hogwarts era.

- We don't have a lot of it in the fandom, but jily an arranged marriage au where we're getting 'I hate you' but 'I also really don't hate you' (these almost always give us the one-bed-only goodness we all crave too)

- And, I don't think it's a trope but I need more married!jily in my life because I die for it.

X: A character you enjoy making suffer.

(I did answer this one but I copy&paste convenience)

Oh gods, I hate to say it, but I kinda always lean towards making Lily suffer just that little bit more than James 😬(James may be more fun though, because he's an a-class sap)

[thickness-protection-program]

What drunk thought do you have tonight

I want to dance soooo bad to throwback pre2012 songs but I'm bored and theres sleeping people and animals here

[jaejan]

I just spend an hour on instagram blocking people that keep popping up in my “suggested for you” part of my feed. I don’t follow them for a reason!!!! If I know them from high school it’s an automatic block, if they’re a relative also an auto block, if I met them pre2012 there’s a high probability I blocked them too lol.

[silentwalrus1]

prongsyouignoramus replied to your post “have you seen the seb workout video yet? ����?”

there is pre2012 sebstan who is a lean and hansom fella, and a post2012 sebstan who is a beef too old for my taste and too beef

i believe u!!! just like i believe and respect everybody who likes his face!! I like his face too!! I just don’t think he’s good lookin  

[electroworld]

ive exclusively listening to pre2012 kpop today with a focus on the og boy groups

[the-b1g-0ne]

Apparently I can chew gum and play guitar at the same time. Found this #littlegem #💎 from #backintheday (#pre2012) #throwbackfromwayback #underthebridge #rhcp #bloodsugarsexmagic (at Jersey City, New Jersey)

[parkhyunjung]

image(15), pen, colorpencil, watercolor on paper, 30.5x45.5(cm) 2013

[zebubbies-blog]

hamish mcbain

rly guys

was he THAT hot