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 | ||
 Abenobashi Mahou Shotengai |
Buy |
Sasshi is having a bad summer vacation. First, his old house is demolished in the recent Abenobashi Shopping district redevelopment plan , and his best friend, Ayumi, is moving away to Hokkaido. Investigating, the duo find that the Abenobashi district is constructed as a cross with a different animal guarding each pole in the market. Unfortunately, with Ayumi's family leaving, the last guardian will fall and something terrible may happen to Abenobashi. |
| Ask Dr Rin! | See Dr. Rin ni Kiitemite! (TV) | |
| D | ||
 Dr. Rin ni Kiitemite! (TV) |
Kanzaki Meirin, a junior high school student, comes from a family of Feng Shui masters. Her powers are so strong that she has to hide them from her father, so that he never learns that she runs the web page of his greatest Feng Shui rival, Dr Rin! Only her older brother knows the truth. But Meirin is hiding a greater secret, that of her love for her childhood friend, fellow high school member and soccer club hero, Asuka Yuuki. If only he could trust the hidden powers of Feng Shui, for it always shows Meirin the best path to success and happiness. |
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| E | ||
| Earth Defender Mao-chan | Rent | See Rikujyou Bouei Tai Mao-chan |
| 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 | ||
| Ground Defense Force Mao-chan | Rent | See Rikujyou Bouei Tai Mao-chan |
| M | ||
| Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi | Buy | See Abenobashi Mahou Shotengai |
| Mao-chan | Rent | See Rikujyou Bouei Tai Mao-chan |
| P | ||
| Please Ask Dr. Rin! | See Dr. Rin ni Kiitemite! (TV) | |
| 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? |
| S | ||
| Searching for the Full Moon | Buy | See Full Moon wo Sagashite |
| 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! |
| アベノ橋魔法☆商店街 | Buy | See Abenobashi Mahou Shotengai |
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