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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.
This is a list of manga magazines or manga anthologies (漫画雑誌, manga zasshi) published in Japan. The majority of manga magazines are categorized into one of five demographics, which correspond to the age and gender of their readership:
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.
Sho-Comi (少コミ, Shōcomi), formerly published under its full name Shōjo Comic (少女コミック) until December 2007, [3] is a shōjo manga magazine published semimonthly in Japan by Shogakukan since 1968. The magazine has gained a reputation for being a "love bible for maidens in love" [3] [4] or a "romance manga bible". [5]
Otome games have strong links with shōjo manga, with popular titles often spawning a manga series (e.g. Neo Angelique and Meine Liebe), and popular manga series getting adapted to videogames (such as Nana). Some examples of simultaneous releases of a manga and otome game also exist, such as Angelique and Full House Kiss.
Neighborhood Story (Japanese: ご近所物語, Hepburn: Gokinjo Monogatari) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It was serialized by Shueisha's shōjo manga magazine Ribon from 1995 to 1997, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes. The manga has been licensed for English release in North America by ...
, Chīzu) is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine under the publication of Shogakukan. In their official website they also refer to themselves as Monthly Cheese! The magazine caters to young female readers. The theme of the featured manga revolves around romance and mature relationships.
"Good Friend") is a monthly shōjo manga magazine published by Kodansha in Japan. First issued in December 1954, it is a long-running magazine with over 60 years of manga publication history. Notable titles serialized in Nakayoshi include Princess Knight, Candy Candy, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura and Pretty Cure.