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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Anime and Manga Categories


Shonen-ai: means, boy-love. It refers to anime and manga that focus on love and romance (as opposed to sex) between boys or men (typically bishōnen)
Yaoi: boys love/ any story that includes a male/male relationship and is linked to Japan
Shoujo: anime and manga aimed at girls (ex. romance- related Fruits Basket)
Josei: anime and manga aimed at mature women (significant proportion appears to fall under the category of "yaoi")


Shoujo-ai: features romantic ties between female characters, focuses on the relationship and often doesn’t contain any explicit material
Yuri: pornographic manga/anime featuring women with women
Shonen: anime and manga aimed at boys (ex. action- related Naruto)
Seinen: anime and manga aimed at mature men (tends to be more strongly rooted in reality, with many incidental details added to heighten the sense of realism and even fantasy elements being subject to a strong "realistic" logic)

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