What is the origin of Harem Anime?

penguin_pam

Harem Anime is comprised of the following concepts: akward, underconfident or extremely hard headed boy lots of girls that want him, but never quite get him action involving the boy saving the girl in one way or another Literally hundreds of anime of this style come out in Japan, but how did it start? What is the origin of Harem Anime?

Originally asked by Jason Rob on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I know this is already answered, but I was just going to keep putting up longer and longer comments. Technically the genre defining Harem Anime/Manga is Tenchi Muyo , so I think it deserves a mention. The big distinction in favor of Tenchi Muyo is the romance component. While many earlier works may feature a popular guy who is chased by many women, a harem anime will attempt to incorporate romance. A Harem anime will also feature a seemingly worthless guy, who's hidden virtues (sometimes so hidden they don't exist) somehow win a scad of female attention. Tenchi is this dorky-ish guy who fits the hard-headed/unconfident/awkward bill. "Tenchi-Muyo" is a bit of an omni-pun with many meanings,...

Full answer by Gorchestopher H: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/3040 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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