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Shelves of collected volumes of shōjo manga under the Margaret Comics imprint at a bookstore in Tokyo in 2004. Shōjo manga (少女漫画, lit. ' girls' comics ', also romanized as shojo or shoujo) is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent females and young adult women.
Wikipedia anthropomorph Wikipe-tan as a majokko, the original magical girl archetype. Magical girl (Japanese: 魔法少女, Hepburn: mahō shōjo) is a subgenre of primarily Japanese fantasy media (including anime, manga, light novels, and live-action media) centered on young girls who possess magical abilities, which they typically use through an ideal alter ego into which they can transform.
Magical girl (魔法少女, mahō shōjo) is a subgenre of Japanese fantasy media centered around young girls who use magic, often through an alter ego into which they can transform. Since the genre's emergence in the 1960s, media including anime, manga, OVAs, ONAs, films, and live-action series have been produced.
Shōjo shōsetsu (Japanese: 少女小説, lit. "girls' novel") is a genre of Japanese popular fiction aimed at an audience of girls that emerged in the early 20th century. The genre has been published across literary formats, including novels, short stories, essays, and memoirs.
Shojo may refer to: . Shōjo (少女), the Japanese word for "young girl", often romanized as shojo (without a macron) or shoujo (with a letter u in the word); Shōjō (猩々 or 猩猩), a sea spirit with red hair and a fondness for alcohol in Japanese mythology
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. An overview of common terms used when describing manga/anime related medium. Part of a series on Anime and manga Anime History Voice acting Companies Studios Original video animation Original net animation Fansub Fandub Lists Longest series Longest franchises Manga History Publishers ...
The term is also used to designate a genre of girl's fiction (少女小説, shōjo shōsetsu) which tells stories about the same, typically focused on senpai and kōhai relationships wherein one girl is senior in age or position to the other. [3] The "S" is an abbreviation that can stand for "sister", "shōjo" (少女, lit.
A Sociology of Japanese Ladies' Comics: Images of the Life, Loves, and Sexual Fantasies of Adult Japanese Women. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 978-0-7734-1675-8. Ito, Kinko (2011). "Chikae Ide, the Queen of Japanese Ladies' Comics: Her Life and Manga". In Perper, Timothy; Cornog, Martha (eds.).