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 |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
| Angelic Layer | Rent | See Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer |
| B | ||
| Battle Doll Angelic Layer | Rent | See Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer |
| E | ||
| Earth Defender Mao-chan | Rent | See Rikujyou Bouei Tai Mao-chan |
| G | ||
| Ground Defense Force Mao-chan | Rent | See Rikujyou Bouei Tai Mao-chan |
| 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 | ||
| Mao-chan | Rent | See Rikujyou Bouei Tai Mao-chan |
| Mobile Angel Angelic Layer | Rent | See Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer |
| R | ||
 Rikujyou Bouei Tai Mao-chan |
Rent |
Mao-chan is an 8-year old girl who wants to defend Japan from the evils of those ever-so-cute aliens that just keep landing from outer space. Fortunately her grandfather is in charge of the Ground Defense Force and so Mao-chan and two other 8-year old girls (Silvia-chan and Misora-chan) are given the task to defend Japan's ground, air, and sea. Cute girls to fight cute aliens thanks to alien technology left by the turtle Tamo-chan (Love Hina) which transforms the girls into "magical" girls. Why are the cute aliens invading Earth? |
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