This paper provides an overview of attitudes and presents certain conclusions about the perception of female characters in anime and about the problematic side of anime culture by more recent authors in the English language. Trying to give a complete picture of the development of anime, he begins with a summary of the history and evolution of anime, Yamaguchi thematizes the beginnings and work of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki. Below are the conclusions of author Schodt about the influence of Shōjo friend and Margaret magazines on anime culture. Lai analyzes the problem of female appearance in two animes – Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura. In addition, Hemmann mentions women's appearances in Japanese media, analyzes bishōjo characters from various anime, mentions manga censorship and men's pornographic view of young women. Through bishōjo characters, Hemmann introduces us to five charming and attractive Moon Warriors and pays special attention to the character Rei Ayanami from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. Lemarre pays attention to the anime Laputa and Nadia where shōjo-hood is mentioned, where a girl matures from an innocent shōjo into a bishōjo. Miyuki Hashimoto, an expert on otaku and lolita culture, mentions the lolicon genre for the first time, concluding that the “lolita complex” has many similarities with pedophilia. Hashimoto mentions the concept of moe, i.e. love for cute childish characters and nijigen complex. Osamu Tezuka, according to Hashimoto, introduces the moe feeling to otakus, he comes up with a visual representation of the girl. In line with Hashimoto's insights, Savage describes the rorikon phenomenon, a series of Lolita-like anime or manga, eroticizing the notion of cuteness with the novel Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov.