What are the names of all the different types of anime and what are they about?!
Question: I mean things like: shonen and shojo
I ? Byakuya!!!(and Mustang)
Answers: I mean things like: shonen and shojo
I ? Byakuya!!!(and Mustang)
Shojo-Generally targeted at girls.
Shonen- male equivalent of Shojo.
Seinen- normally includes teenage or young male adults.
Josei- female equivalent of Seinen
Kodomo- for children.
Bishojo- features pretty girls
Bishonen- features elegant and pretty men
Sentai-involves superhero teams
Robot/Mecha-Explains itself?
Post-Apocolyptic- anything having to do with the world post-apocolyptic
Maho shojo- "Magical girl" series like Sailor Moon or Tokyo Mew Mew
Maho shonen- male equivalent of Maho Shojo
Moe- features characters that are cute or perky
Expertise-Specific topics liek sports or cooking
Lollicon-Sexualization of under-age female characters
Shotacon- sexualization of under-age male characters
Harem-focuses on a male character surrounded by the romance of multiple female characters or a male with one other female
Reverse Harem- opposite of Harem, one femal character is surrounded by many male characters romantically.
Magical Girlfriend-focuses on the romantic relationship between a man and at least one woman of extraordinary origins such as aliens, robots, or the supernatural.
Ecchi- sexual humor
Hentai- porn
Shojo-ai or Yuri- Girl on Girl love.
Shonen-ai- Male love.
Yoai- involving older characters and explicit sexual activity
like yaoi?
Shoujo: for girls
Shounen: for boys
Seinen: for adult men
Josei: for adult women
Kodomo: for children
The above can be all over the place in terms of actual content- those names only group anime by their target audience.
yaoi: guy x guy pairing
yuri: girl x girl pairing
hentai: explicit sex
ecchi: light sexual content (cleavage, panty shots, maybe nudity)
harem: one guy surrounded by many girls
reverse-harem: one girl surrounded by many guys
shonen = for boys (lots of fighting and adventure)
naruto
bleach
shojo= for girls(host club)
host club
fruits basket
shonen ai= boyXboy
loveless
gravitaion
there are other sub-genres of each like
josie=shojo
seinen= shonen
shonen ai=yaoi
i cant explain every show but most of the shows have romance,comedy,action,and a couple are gender benders :)
Air gear
Gundam seed and Gundam seed destiny
Naurto and Naruto Shippuden
Bleach
Loveless
La cordo doro
Sola
Tokyo mew mew power
Zoid zero
Rurouni Kenshin
Black Cat
Card captor Sakura
Inuyasha
Element Gelade
Fruits Basket
Jing King Bandit
Kaibutso oujo
Karin
Death Note
Kyoshiro to towa no sora
Shining tears
Marchen Awakens Romance ( MAR )
Monster Princess
Ouran host club
Prince of tennis
Tsubasa chronicles
Utawarerumono
Wolfs Rain
Chobits
Rozen Madien
Steel Angel Kurumi
Descendants of Darkness ( Yami no Matsuei )
Zoids Chaotic Century
Sola
Kiba
Gundam Wing