Shoujo: (
Target Group) (
↗shoujo (
少女) = "young lady", "virgin", "maiden"; opposite of "
Shounen") A style of artwork and story created for girls (usually of age 10 to 18). Characterized by plots that focus on emotion and relationships, and art that tends toward the florid, with lanky characters and rather effeminate (but always attractive) men. Mostly popular with teenagers in Japan, most shoujo-style work has not spread widely, but it does occasionally gain recognition outside Japan (some examples are Revolutionary Girl Utena and X). The most common uses are "shoujo manga", literally meaning "girls' comics", and "shoujo anime" meaning "girls' animation." Also romanized as "shojo" (actually
a different word "処女"
in Japanese). (Please credit
http://animeworld.com/glossary.html as the source of this information; see also:
↗Wikipedia:Shoujo Manga.)
Shinigami: (
Characters) A sub-category of "
Supernatural". A
↗shinigami is a Japanese "god of death", similar to the Grim Reaper in western cultures. Animes of this category should contain a shinigami as acting character in the storyline.
Kid at heart: (
Target Group) Titles which, although made for adults, remind us of the sort of shows we used to like as children.
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Full Moon wo Sagashite
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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.
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| S |
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Searching for the Full Moon
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See Full Moon wo Sagashite
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