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 |
|---|---|---|
| H | ||
 Hatenkou Yuugi |
Avoid |
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. |
| K | ||
| Kami-chama Karin | See Kamichama Karin | |
| Kamichama Karin | See Kamichama Karin | |
| M | ||
| Magic-Girl Squad - Alice | Rent | See Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu |
 Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu |
Rent |
Even before Middle School, Alice believed with all her heart in magic and when a strange book of spells came into her possession, she began to study and practice. And then one day something strange happens! She find herself transported into a very different world and held captive by witches similar in age to her. These witches don’t share Alice’s belief that magic should be used for good and fun, but rather they are using their skills to capture and enslave sprites, the native and magical beings of their world. This is something that Alice can not accept, and she sets out to change things. |
| Mahou Shoujotai Alice | Rent | See Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu |
 Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto |
Buy |
In a society very much like the one we have today, there are certain people born with the ability to apply magic, and a world-wide administration limiting and organizing the use of magic. During her summer holidays 17 years old Kikuchi Yume travels to Tokyo as to complete her apprenticeship to become an official mage, for which she'll live as a guest in the house of her instructor, a very handsome but lonely man. Together with her fellow apprentice Angela she'll find out what it means to be a mage, and what magic can and can't do to the life of those who apply it or ask for its application. |
| 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 | |
| S | ||
| Someday's Dreamer | Buy | See Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto |
| T | ||
| The Adventures of Tweeny Witches | Rent | See Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu |
| Things Precious to A Mage | Buy | See Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto |
| Tweeny Witches | Rent | See Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu |
| 破天荒遊戯 | Avoid | See Hatenkou Yuugi |
| 魔法遣いに大切なこと | Buy | See Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto |
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