Anime Styles
Writing by admin on Thursday, 20 of December , 2007 at 10:57 am
SHONEN — Boy’s manga, usually action/adventure, are aimed at boys 8-18 years old. It is by far the most popular style, and is usually characterized by big battle scenes. Manga such as “Dragon Ball Z”, “Yu-Gi-Oh!”, and “Yu Yu Hakusho” fall into this category.
SHOJO — Girls’ manga are usually story-driven, less action-oriented, and romantic. The second most popular format of manga, it is rapidly becoming a very major part of American manga sales. Titles such as “Sailor Moon”, “Love Hina”, and “Chobits” are among the most popular titles. Shoujo style manga is usually geared toward female readers ages 12-18.
SEINEN — Seinen manga are series aimed at male readers ages 18-30. While a variation on the Shonen style comics, Seinen series contain more graphic violence and adult situations. AKIRA is a very good example of Seinen manga.
JOSEI — Womens comics aimed at young working women and housewives from ages 21-30. The Manga equivalent of Soap Opera’s.
HENTAI — Literally “pervert” manga. Hentai refers to pornographic comics and cartoons. Think any X-rated movie.
JIDAIGEKI — Historical manga, usually action-packed, and battle-oriented. “Lone Wolf and Cub”, and “Rurouni Kenshin” are some Jidaigeki.
MECHA — Mecha manga refers to the “Giant Robot” stories such as “Gundam W”, “Voltron”, and “Big O.” They are usually action-oriented with big fights, lots of explosions, and tend to have some kind of “save the world” angle.
BISHOUJO — A very popular manga style, full of cute girls and/or funny animals. Series that fall under this category are “Hamtaro”, and “Hello Kitty”.
BISHONEN — “Beautiful boy” stories — aimed at teenage girls, and featuring very pretty, almost effeminate looking heroes. Series that fall into this category include “Peach Girl”, and “X/1999″ by CLAMP.
A few subcategories of the above types are:
SHOUJO-AI — Literally means “girl’s love” and covers female-female relationships, usually on a romantical level (aka Yuri).
SHONEN-AI — Literally means “boy’s love”, with story covering male-male relationships, usually on a romantical level (aka Yaoi).
KODOMO — children’s manga, aimed at 6-10 year olds, an offshoot of Bishoujo, shonen, or shoujo styles. Kodomo manga include “Pokemon” and “Digimon”.
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