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 |
|---|---|---|
| C | ||
| Cardcaptor Sakura the Movie | Buy | See Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie |
 Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie |
Buy |
After Sakura captures her latest card, The Arrow, she begins to have dreams of a woman and place she does not know. She returns to school where report cards are being handed out prior to the winter break. Going with Tomoyo-chan to buy a notebook, Sakura wins a trip to Hong Kong. Going there with Tomoyo-chan, Touya, Yukito-san, and Kero-chan, Sakura-chan continues to have her odd dreams and Kero-chan detects the presence of evil. Hooking up with Li-kun and Meiling-chan, Sakura-tachi are invited to spend the night at Li-kun's mansion where his mother proves to be a powerful magic user. Who--or what--is the mysterious figure in Sakura's dreams? And what is the connection with Clow and his cards? |
 Chou! Kuse ni Narisou |
Avoid | Ranma 1/2 wanna be |
| F | ||
 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). |
| Furuba | Buy | See Fruits Basket |
| Furuutsu Basuketo | Buy | See Fruits Basket |
| I | ||
| I'll make a habit of it | Avoid | See Chou! Kuse ni Narisou |
| N | ||
 Nanatsuiro Drops |
Rent |
Haru Tsuwabuki is a normal student, though not very social. One day he bumps in a student, Sumomo Akihime, and makes her cry. As an apology he ends up joining the gardening club that Sumomo belongs to. Later during his initiation he is given a drink by the advisor, but then he bumps into a strange guy with dog ears, switching his drink with the odd guy's by mistake. Taking a drink turns him into a stuffed animal. The advisor tells him that the only way to return to normal is to find the "Chosen Girl" and let her catch the Seven Stardrops. This girl is Sumomo, who agrees to help him, though she's not allowed to know the stuffed animal's true identity. |
| P | ||
 Piano |
Buy |
A slice-of-life story about Nomura Miu, a second class middle school girl who has been playing the piano for six years already. She is a very quiet girl; there's a senior in her school who she secretly admires and likes. Learn what happens with her family, her cat, her best friend Yuki at school, and her piano teacher - and watch her life experiences being depicted by the rhythm of the tunes she plays with her piano, such as happy times being with friends and family, not to mention love of course. |
| Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart | Buy | See Piano |
| U | ||
| Ultra Maniac | Buy | See Ultra Maniac TV |
 Ultra Maniac TV |
Buy | Nina Sakura is a girl from a realm known as the Magic Kingdom. Here, magic is the norm, but sadly, Nina isn't very good with magic. So her grandfather arranges for her to come to Earth (and specifically Japan) to study and to try to improve her magic skills. Here she befriends the very popular Ayu Tatesishi whom she soon reveals her secret identity to, that of a magic girl. Together with fellow (male) friends and classmates Kaji-kun and Tsujia-kun, this foursome embarks on a year of adventure, fun, study, and even romance at their middle school. All the while, Nina must contend with fellow magic girl Maya on a quest to collect the five magical 'Holy Stones'. |
| ななついろ★ドロップス (Japanese) | Rent | See Nanatsuiro Drops |
| フルーツ バスケト | Buy | See Fruits Basket |
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