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.)
Titles that deal in might and magic will fall into this category. Inuyasha and Tenkuu no Escaflowne are a couple of titles which fall into this genre.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
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| 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) | |
| B | ||
| Basara | Buy | See Legend of Basara |
| 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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| F | ||
| Fille Révolutionnaire Utena | Buy | See Shoujo Kakumei Utena |
| H | ||
 Hatenkou Yuugi |
Watch |
A young girl named Rahzel is booted out of her house one day by her father with the instructions to `see the world.` And so her journey begins, However, she won`t be doing it alone ... for she befriends a stoic young man named Alzeido seeking revenge for his father`s murder. Alzeido and Rahzel are like oil and water ... but even still, they feel strangely drawn to one another. This could be either the result of an underlying attraction -- or their shared powers with magic. And so, the two reluctant allies travel from town to town, using their powers to help the helpless, while discovering their own respective places in the world. |
| I | ||
| I'm Gonna be an Angel | Buy | See Tenshi Ni Narumon |
| L | ||
 Legend of Basara |
Buy | Far in the earth's future, mankind's civilizations have collapsed. Japan has reverted to ancient traditions, living in tribes and worshipping the old gods. In a remote village, two twin children—a boy and a girl—are prophecied to save the land from an approaching age of tyranny and oppression. Tatara, the boy, is brutally murdered by the evil Red King in a village raid. His sister, Sarasa, takes up his quest to stop the Red King. |
| M | ||
| Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi | Buy | See Abenobashi Mahou Shotengai |
| O | ||
 Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho OVA |
Doremi’s life changes when she stumbles into a hidden magic shoppe and becomes friends with Majorika, the witch-owner. Accepted as an apprentice witch, she tries to hide her newly learned skills while having a number of adventures. But her secret is quickly discovered by Hazuki, her best friend and by Aiko, a new transfer student, so she has to secure their silence by enlisting them as fellow students of the magic arts. |
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| Ojamajo Doremi Naisho | See Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho OVA | |
| P | ||
| Please Ask Dr. Rin! | See Dr. Rin ni Kiitemite! (TV) | |
| R | ||
| Revolutionary Girl Utena | Buy | See Shoujo Kakumei Utena |
| S | ||
 Shoujo Kakumei Utena |
Buy |
Once upon a time there was a princess grieving over the deaths of her mother and father. Before this princess appeared a prince traveling upon a white horse. |
 Sugar Sugar Rune |
Chocolat and Vanilla are little witches. They are good friends as well as rivals for the next queen candidate. To decide who is eligible for the next queen, they came to human world. They compete with each other by collecting hearts of men. Which of the two will become the queen? |
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