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Romance/Drama/Action Drama/TV/Shoujo Titles

Romance: (Genre) Self-explanatory. If the title has a romance story to it, it would qualify.

Drama: (Genre) Titles that show a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces. See also: "Action Drama".

Action Drama: (Genre) Much like "Action" (lots of shooting, explosions, and the like) except it has "Drama" thrown in as well.

TV: (Type) All anime series done for TV should go into this slot.

Shoujo: (Target Group) (↗shoujo (少女) = "young lady", "virgin", "maiden"; opposite of "Shounen") A style of artwork and story created for girls (usually of age 10 to 18). Characterized by plots that focus on emotion and relationships, and art that tends toward the florid, with lanky characters and rather effeminate (but always attractive) men. Mostly popular with teenagers in Japan, most shoujo-style work has not spread widely, but it does occasionally gain recognition outside Japan (some examples are Revolutionary Girl Utena and X). The most common uses are "shoujo manga", literally meaning "girls' comics", and "shoujo anime" meaning "girls' animation." Also romanized as "shojo" (actually a different word "処女" in Japanese). (Please credit http://animeworld.co­m/glossary.html as the source of this information; see also: ↗Wikipedia:Shoujo Manga.)

Title Rating Synopsis
A
Aqua Age Buy See Mizuiro Jidai
Asaki Yumemishi See Asakiyumemishi - The Tale of Genji

Asakiyumemishi - The Tale of Genji
A shining baby boy is born to the emperor and Kiritsubo. The boy loses his mother at a very young age, but the emperor still shows a strong liking for him, and he grows into a handsome young man. The first part of the story (volumes 1 to 10) follows the tales of the glorious youth Hikaru Genji's love. It is also about the women in his life who strive to make their love towards Genji significantly different from others. The second half of the story called the "Uji Jujo" episodes (volumes 11 to 13) takes place after Genji's death, focusing on the youth of two imperial princesses related to Genji.

Ayashi no Ceres
Rent Twin brother and sister Aki and Aya Mikage are about to celebrate their 16th birthdays. Earlier on, Aya had visited a psychic and was told the fated day when the moon and stars of 16 would meet is coming, and that all hell and doom would break loose. Mysteriously their grandfather invites them over for a "birthday party" and gives them a gift which brings out new powers. Now suddenly the entire Mikage family wants Aya killed since "she will bring them nothing but harm." Aki is no longer allowed to see Aya. Along with that, an ancient legend of a Tennyo (girl from the heavens) is said to have come down to Earth and bathed in a river. A nearby fisherman spotted her and stole her hagoromo (feathered robe) that was hanging on a tree nearby. Without it she could not return to her home in the heavens, and was forced to marry the man and have his children.
C
Ceres, Celestial Legend Rent See Ayashi no Ceres
D
Diamond Dust Drops Watch See Kita He
Divine Wind Thief Jeanne Buy See Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
F
Fille Révolutionnaire Utena Buy See Shoujo Kakumei Utena

Fruits Basket
Buy

Tooru Honda is a 16-year old girl living in a tent in the nearby mountain woods. Her father died when she was very young and her mother had just recently died in a car accident. Not wanting to put her grandfather (on her father's side) out while his house is being renovated, she told him she would stay with friends so no one knows she's living in a tent. In the meantime, she goes to school and works her part-time job on a cleaning crew so that she can pay her high school tuition (in Japan, high school is like college in the US).


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.
Furuba Buy See Fruits Basket
Furuutsu Basuketo Buy See Fruits Basket
G
Genji Monogatari See Asakiyumemishi - The Tale of Genji
H
His and Her Circumstances Buy See Kareshi Kanojo no Jijoo
K

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
Buy 16 year old Marron goes to high school with her best friend Miyako, lives in an apartment by herself, and just so happens to have to soul of Jeanne D'Arc (Joan Of Arc). She moonlights as a thief named Jeanne who vanquishes demons that possess works of art and the people that admire them. To do this, she must steal the actual object, which is why people think she's more of a thief than a heroine. To makes things a bit more interesting, Miyako's father is the head detective on catching Jeanne, and Miyako is just as determined to catch her. Smooth talking Chiaki moves into the apartment next door to Marron, and also turns out to be a rival thief, Katiou Sinbad. Can rival thieves fulfill their purpose while falling in love?
Genre
Action(1) Comedy(5) Romantic Comedy(1)
Setting
Fantasy(2) Historical(1) Modern(10)
Demographic
All Ages(2) Children(1) Kid at heart(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(3) Artistic(1) Kawaii(1) Surreal(1)
Weird(2)
Keywords
Adventure(1) Animals(1) Bishounen(1) Coming of Age(1)
Deities(1) Epic(1) Fragmentary(1) Friendship(1)
High School(4) Mahou Shoujo(1) Middle School(2) Music(3)
Shinigami(1) Shoujo Ai(1) Slice of Life(3) Soul Mates(1)
Video-game inspired(1)
Type
Short(1)
Release Year
2009(1) 2004(2) 2003(2) 2002(3) 2001(1) 2000(2) 1999(1) 1998(1)
1997(1) 1996(1)
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