Comments on: Those Wacky Dads

By: Heather Ward

Heather Ward — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:46:54 +0000

I think there is a fourth category, nurturing. They are more grounded in reality. Nurturing fathers like the ones found in Card Captor Sakura, Yotsuba&!, Baby & Me, and With the Light. Other fathers that I think need mentioning appear in Fullmetal Alchemist, Neon Genesis Evangelion, MARS and Eagle: the Making of an Asian-American President. Then there are the numerous fathers that appear in Buddha, Black Jack and Phoenix all by Osamu Tezuka.

Happy Father’s day and may all the dad’s of this world and in fiction enjoy themselves.

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:50:42 +0000

Thanks for the additions! I haven’t read any of those titles, so it’s good to have more to add to the list!

By: Michelle Smith

Michelle Smith — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:27:30 +0000

What a cute idea for an article! To the list of driven dads I'd add Nanjiro Echizen from The Prince of Tennis who, like Kiri's dad in Beauty Pop was a legend in his field who retired early and spends his time nudging his progeny towards greatness. To the list of overzealous dads, I'd add Tsukushi's father in Boys Over Flowers. Chronically unable to keep his job, he instead pins his hopes entirely on his daughter snagging a rich husband, and often behaves irresponsibly with the belief that said rich beau will take care of his bills.