Shounen
Shounen is a genre in anime and manga that typically has action, comedy, friendship, and has tragedy
occasionally.
Shounen anime are mostly targeted towards a young-teen male audience. Classic shounens include Naruto,
One Piece, Bleach, and more.
Witnessing the fullness of the Titan horror first-hand, a young and tenacious Eren Jaeger vows to rid
the world of all Titans and win back freedom for mankind.
The story of the Joestar family, who are possessed with intense psychic strength, and the adventures
each member encounters throughout their lives.
Gon Freecss aspires to become a Hunter, an exceptional being capable of greatness. With his friends and
his potential, he seeks for his father who left him when he was younger.
The series focuses on Monkey D. Luffy, whom, inspired by his childhood idol, the powerful pirate
Red-Haired Shanks, sets off on a journey to find the mythical treasure, the One Piece, and proclaim
himself the King of the Pirates.
The story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and
dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village.
Follows the adventures of an extraordinarily strong young boy named Goku as he searches
for the seven dragon balls. Along the way he makes many new friends, and enemies, and he trains to
become the strongest fighter in the world.
It follows the adventures of the hotheaded teenager Ichigo Kurosaki, who inherits his
parents' destiny after he obtains the powers of a Soul Reaper—a death personification similar to the
Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki.
Tanjiro Kamado's family is slaughtered and the only survivor, his sister, has turned
into a Demon. The young man embarks on a journey to seek out the Demon that killed their family, and
turn his sister back into a human.
Shoujo
Shoujo is a genre of anime, and manga that sets young teenage girls as the target demographic. Shoujo
anime frequently focus on romance as a key plot element, is often set in a school setting or a fantasy
world, and typically features a female protagonist.
Tohru Honda, an orphan girl who, after meeting Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Sohma, learns that
thirteen members of the Sohma family are possessed by the animals of the Chinese zodiac and are cursed
to turn into their animal forms if they embrace anyone of the opposite sex.
Kousei Arima, a piano prodigy who lost his ability to play after suffering a traumatic
event in his childhood is forced back into the spotlight by an eccentric girl with a secret of her own.
Anohana tells the tale of five childhood companions who reunite when the ghost of their
dead friend appears, and demands they grant her final wish.
Sixteen-year-old Naho Takamiya discovers a letter from herself from ten years into that
future that tells her to watch for a new transfer student, Kakeru Naruse, who will become one of her
friends.
Josei
Josei anime and manga, also known as ladies' comics, is an category of Japanese comics that emerged in
the 1980s. Josei refers to manga marketed to an audience of adult women, contrasting shoujo manga, which
is marketed to an audience of girls and young adult women.
The series is centered on Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu, two women who move to Tokyo at
the age of 20, with the story focused on Nana O.'s pursuit for fame and Nana K.'s pursuit for romance,
all while struggling to maintain their friendship.
The sports anime revolves around Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki, who is taken
under the wing of his role model Russian figure-skating champion, alongside young skating prodigy Yuri
Plitsetsky.
The series depicts the lives and relationships of five students at a Tokyo art college,
four of whom live in the same apartment building.
Yukari is a typical high-school student who listens to her parents and attends school
everyday. As she starts to question her way of life, she encounters some fashion students who have a
clothing label known as "Paradise Kiss".
Seinen
Seinen anime and manga are shows and comics marketed towards young adult men, contrasting shounen anime,
which is directed towards younger boys. Seinen anime and manga tend to focus on action, politics,
science fiction, fantasy, relationships, sports, or comedy.
Set in a medieval dark fantasy world, the story centers on the characters of Guts, a
lone mercenary, and Griffith, the leader of a mercenary band called the "Band of the Hawk".
A self-proclaimed mad scientist discovers an unusual series of events that only he has
witnessed, and with his childhood friend and a professional hacker, he reopens a device which he thinks
is a step closer into creating a real time machine.
Thorfinn pursues a journey with his father's killer in order to take revenge and end
his life in a duel as an honorable warrior and pay his father a homage.
Growing up in 17th century Sengoku era Japan, Shinmen Takezou is shunned by the local
villagers as a devil child. Running away from home at age 17, Takezou joins the army to fight the
Tokugawa clan at the battle of Sekigahara.
Years after a schoolboy writes a book of prophecies, a mysterious super-villain uses it
as his master-plan of world destruction
The story revolves around Kenzo Tenma, a Japanese surgeon whose life enters turmoil
after getting involved with Johan Liebert, one of his former patients, who is revealed to be a dangerous
serial killer
Kingdom provides a fictionalized account of the Warring States period primarily through
the experiences of the war orphan Xin and his comrades as he fights to become the greatest general under
the heavens, and in doing so, unifying China for the first time in 500 years.
A college student is attacked by a ghoul, a being that feeds on human flesh. He later
receives an organ transplant from the ghoul, becoming part monster himself.