The Smurfette Principle

After watching this I have to agree. Even though the shows shown are based around the 80's & 90's, the facts here are the truth. Even in most animations today there is a level of male dominance and despite trying to give the image of equal standings, looking at them now shows it was more an illusion if anything.

The anime 'Slayers' (the series, not the movies) sort of had that equal image, but then the two back-up characters seemed to confuse that. The only thing I can see different was the work done by Lauren Faust, who's work on the girl's show 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic' seems to have altered one of the comments in this video, by making a 'female focused' show getting the attention of the 'male demographic'. Trying to explain that part however is proving harder then I thought.