A story which uses incorporates a competitive event as a primary component of the story line, but which is not of a martial-arts or violent nature. While both being cooking based series, Yakitate!! Japan and Chuuka Ichiban are good examples of this genre.
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 |
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| A | ||
 Ace wo Nerae! (TV) |
On her first day at Nishi High School, the first year Hiromi Oka is inspired by one her sempais, Ryuuzaki Ochoufuji Reika to join the tennis club. The arrival of the new (Davis Cup winner) tennis coach Munakata Jin upsets the varsity team line up, and Oka finds herself as a member of the competing team. New to the game of tennis and unsure of herself, Oka has to struggle against the torments of the rival whom she displaced and severe challenges of the new coach to find her place on the awarded Nishi tennis team. |
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| Aim for the Ace! (TV) | See Ace wo Nerae! (TV) | |
| Angelic Layer | Rent | See Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer |
| B | ||
| Battle Doll Angelic Layer | Rent | See Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer |
| K | ||
 Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer |
Rent |
Near future. "Angelic Layer" is a quite popular cyber-game where the players ("Deuses") control the little dolls filled with sophisticated technology ("Angels") with the power of their minds. Those "Angels" fight each other at the round-shaped arenas. They have different balance between speed, strength, vitality and so on. Misaki Suzuhara, 12 years old schoolgirl from Wakayama comes to her aunt in Tokyo to enter the school here. By the chance she sees Angelic fight and decides to try it herself. Misaki and her new speed-type Angel Hikaru throw their challenge... |
| M | ||
| Mobile Angel Angelic Layer | Rent | See Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer |
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