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Template:Titlelacksdiacritics Shōjo (少女 lit. young woman), often spelled shoujo is, in western usage, a style of anime and manga intended for girls and may have some crossover appeal to boys as well.
Typically, "pure shōjo" manga revolves around love stories and strong female protagonists; however, some shōjo anime and manga are more plot/action oriented to attract a wider audience. For instance, a lot of older salarymen were drawn to a manga called Banana Fish for its hard-edged yakuza action (which is more often found in seinen manga). What kept female audiences interested in this work was a gentle relationship between two gay bishōnen lovers amongst all the violence.
Shōjo anime and manga often contain elements of shōnen-ai or even yaoi (sexual relationship between male characters) not to mention shōjo-ai and, recently, yuri (sexual relationship between female characters). The aesthetic of the bishōnen is very prominent. Another very popular genre is Magical Girl, of which the famous series Sailor Moon is a prime example.
Shōjo should be distinguished from bishōjo (pretty young girls); the latter term refers, somewhat confusingly, to content rather than target market. Shōjo is manga/anime for girls; bishōjo is manga/anime that has pretty girls, usually targeted towards a male audience.
Many shōjo titles are often described as dark and moody, which is sometimes counterintuitive from a Western viewpoint.
See also shōnen, anime and manga intended for boys; josei, anime and manga intended for adult women; and seinen, anime and manga intended for adult men.
List of shōjo anime and manga
- Aishiteruze Baby
- Alice 19th
- Angel Sanctuary
- Aquadom
- Boys Over Flowers (Hana Yori Dango)
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Ceres, Celestial Legend (Ayashi no Ceres)
- CLAMP School Detectives
- Clover
- Citrus Eyes
- D.N.Angel
- Fancy Lala
- Fruits Basket
- Full Moon wo Sagashite
- Fushigi Yūgi
- Gravitation
- Hana-Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimi-tachi e)
- Kodocha (Kodomo no Omocha)
- Love Witch
- Magic Knight Rayearth
- Magical Angel Creamy Mami
- Magical Pokémon Journey
- Majokko Megu-Chan
- Maria-sama ga Miteru
- Marmalade Boy
- Mars
- Please Save My Earth
- Prétear
- Pretty Sammy
- Princess Tutu
- Red River
- Ribbon no Kishi
- Revolutionary Girl Utena
- RG Veda
- Sailor Moon
- Suki (Suki Dakara Suki)
- The Rose of Versailles
- The Vision of Escaflowne
- Time Stranger Kyoko
- Tokyo Babylon
- Tokyo Mew Mew
- Ue Wo Muite Aruko
- W Juliet
- Weiß Kreuz
- Wish
- X/1999
- XXXHolic
- Yami no Matsuei
- Yuuwaku Healing
Shojo are also sea demons from Filipino myths.
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