Kaya'aton'my, whose story began in 1764, is the most noticeably marketed native doll, and is the chronologically oldest character out of all the Historical line's timelines; by making her the oldest doll in the line, American Girl has been accused of contributing to the myth that native people only existed in the past, consequently ignoring and discrediting modern day natives. About to attack Naruto, Yota acts out and strikes the ANBU with his lightning. American Girl contacted Nicholson after reading her book Pearl Harbor Child: A Child's View of Pearl Harbor from Attack to Peace, and invited her to attend their advisory panel to help develop the details of Nanea's story. Valerie Tripp, author of the American Girl Doll series, says that her goal is to teach children to "challenge assumptions" and to teach them tolerance and compassion towards everyone; she promotes optimism and "cheerful skepticism" rather than "anger, resentment, bitterness, and jealousy." This ideal is met with criticism for Anime pantyshot some who have argued that these narratives lead to a lack of recognition of injustices and representation and have said that this invalidates the narratives of many, maintaining that all Americans share the same privileges regardless of race or ethnicity.

Hououin is in the same year as Iwaki and fell in love with Rizel at first sight.

The company has also drawn criticism for its recent focus on the contemporary line, specifically the Girl of the Year characters and their backstory, to which was viewed as lacking depth and more critical issues in comparison to the Historical/BeForever characters' backstories. AEA reached a two-year contract effective April 1, 2008. All American Girl Place theatres were subsequently closed in September of that year. Hououin is in the same year as Iwaki and fell in love with Rizel at first sight. Nanea's story being set in a colonized Hawaii in 1941 could have fixed this aspect of the avoidance of genocide and colonization, but her story fails to mention either of these aspects and depicts Hawaiians as happy to be a part of the United States as per United States military pamphlets portray of the same time period. In the story of the Julie doll, readers are introduced to Hank who is a Vietnam Veteran; Julie and her friends are told to be nice to Hank because he has "seen so many terrible, horrible things." However, the book does not delve deeper into any details or the effects of the war.

After a long hike, they meet Sanae, who tells them that she came via cable car. A beach volleyball tournament is held with a 3D television as top prize and Squid Girl and Eiko decide to team up, managing to reach the finals against Gorō, who has teamed up with Tatsuo Isozaki. At the release of Z Yang, American Girl hosted meetups at their New York City flagship store and Dallas location. The American Girl Place store in New York City was the center of a labor dispute with Actors' Equity Association (AEA). The Los Angeles flagship store reopened in Summer 2023 at the Century City Westfield Mall after moving from its original location in The Grove. Buyers can easily spend more than $600 for a doll, outfits, accessories, and lunch in the company's store in New York. In March 2024, the store formerly located at The Galleria in Dallas, Texas moved to The Shops at Park Lane.

This page was last edited on 26 April 2024, at 06:48 (UTC). This page was last edited on 2 June 2024, at 03:08 (UTC). Although American Girl has a page on their website dedicated to inclusion from voices of black women authors and creators, voices from many other marginalized groups are missing, including native ones. American Girl's teenage fans, particularly ones on AGTube and AGIG, will organize meetups with other fans at American Girl stores. Besides YouTube, social media services, such as Instagram and Facebook, serve as platforms for fans of the toy line, spawning a community called AGIG, or American Girl Instagram, who photograph their dolls and post their photos on the service. At the release of Lea Clark and Gabriela McBride, certain prominent community members were included in the "Clue" videos released by American Girl. American Girl later went on with releasing their first African-American Girl of the Year, Gabriela McBride, who is portrayed as a dancer, artist, and poet. American Girl announced in late 2018 that the January/February 2019 issue would be the magazine's last.