Not a genre but actually a demographic. Refers to anime based on manga that was originally serialized in a magazine targeting girls of any age. American fans seem to often be confused and classify any show that has romance and/or major female main characters as shoujo-- this is wrong.
Anime based on manga targeting young women would be called josei. (though very little of the manga targetting young women gets made into anime-- the only ones I can think of are Ebichu and Momoiro Sisters.)
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| C | ||
 Chou-Gals! Kotobuki Ran |
Rent |
The day-to-day adventures of typical glitzed-out girls in Shibuya. |
| F | ||
 Full Moon wo Sagashite |
Buy | A comedy-drama about a 12-year-old girl named Kouyama Mitsuki who wants to be a pop singer even though she has throat cancer. Her life undergoes a drastic change after she's visited by a pair of Shinigami Takuto and Meroko (soul Reapers) who tell her she's only got a year to live. All that makes the girl's determination to become a singer even stronger, and her attitude drives the two Shinigami to feel sorry for her, thus they turn the girl into her own 16 year old future self and compeat for her dream to become a singer. |
| G | ||
| Gals, Super Gals! Kotobuki Ran | Rent | See Chou-Gals! Kotobuki Ran |
| M | ||
 Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto |
Buy |
In a society very much like the one we have today, there are certain people born with the ability to apply magic, and a world-wide administration limiting and organizing the use of magic. During her summer holidays 17 years old Kikuchi Yume travels to Tokyo as to complete her apprenticeship to become an official mage, for which she'll live as a guest in the house of her instructor, a very handsome but lonely man. Together with her fellow apprentice Angela she'll find out what it means to be a mage, and what magic can and can't do to the life of those who apply it or ask for its application. |
| P | ||
 Piano |
Buy |
A slice-of-life story about Nomura Miu, a second class middle school girl who has been playing the piano for six years already. She is a very quiet girl; there's a senior in her school who she secretly admires and likes. Learn what happens with her family, her cat, her best friend Yuki at school, and her piano teacher - and watch her life experiences being depicted by the rhythm of the tunes she plays with her piano, such as happy times being with friends and family, not to mention love of course. |
| Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart | Buy | See Piano |
| S | ||
| Searching for the Full Moon | Buy | See Full Moon wo Sagashite |
| Someday's Dreamer | Buy | See Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto |
| Super Gals | Rent | See Chou-Gals! Kotobuki Ran |
| Super Gals! | Rent | See Chou-Gals! Kotobuki Ran |
| T | ||
| Things Precious to A Mage | Buy | See Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto |
| U | ||
 Ultra Maniac OAV |
Buy |
Ayu Tateishi is a very popular, athletic girl at school. Nina Sakura isn't popular and in addition to admiring Ayu, she has a secret -- she's a mahou shoujo! When Ayu finds Nina's missing mahou PDA, Nina decides to reward her in her upcoming tennis match against a member of the boy's tennis club. Oh the hilarity of it all! |
| 魔法遣いに大切なこと | Buy | See Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto |
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