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What is Shojo
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on 2007-06-15 08:19:19 |
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Me and my friend cant agree what shojo is can yo guys help?
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Re: What is Shojo
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on 2007-06-15 08:40:39 (edited 2007-06-15 08:43:56)
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Straight from Wikipedia- shÅjo or shoujo (少女?) is a term used in English to refer to manga and anime aimed at a female audience between the ages of 13 and 18. The term is a transliteration of the Japanese 少女, literally lesser, or little, girl. The genre is stereotyped as melodramatic stories of romance usually with a female protagonist, and drawn in a flowing style where beautiful characters with huge, intricately drawn eyes become spontaneously surrounded by flowers, stars, and/or bubbles. ShÅjo works, however, cover a huge range of subjects, from historical drama to science fiction and by no means do all adhere to the same artistic sensibilities or conventions. In the end, it is not a style or a genre but a demographic. Link to article To paraphrase- shojo means girl, as far as manga/anime goes it is manga/anime marketed at girl's (13-18), nothing more. It has the sterotypical aspects as said above sometimes but not always. |
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Re: What is Shojo
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on 2007-06-15 10:25:35 |
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I can add to that by giving some examples.. Fruits Basket and CardCaptor Sakura are generally considered shojo animes.. DragonBall Z is definitely NOT~! shojo XD But even though they are labeled as shojo, a considerable number of males watch shojo as well; similarly many girls watch shonen animes too XD     
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