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...
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Look up shojo, shōjo, or shōjō in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shojo may refer to: Shōjo (少女), the Japanese word for "young girl", often romanized...
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A shōjō (猩々 or 猩猩) is the Japanese reading of Chinese xing-xing (猩猩) or its older form sheng sheng (狌狌, translated as "live-lively"), which is a mythical...
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Shōjo Tsubaki (少女椿, The Camellia Girl) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Suehiro Maruo. Serialized in the seinen magazine Garo between August...
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Yuri (genre) (redirect from Shojo-ai)
used interchangeably. In the 1990s, western fans began to use the term shōjo-ai (少女愛, lit. "girl love") to describe yuri works that do not depict explicit...
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Josei manga (section Shōjo manga)
women, contrasting shōjo manga, which is marketed to an audience of girls and young adult women. In practice, the distinction between shōjo and josei is often...
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Kageki Shojo!! (かげきしょうじょ!!, Kageki Shōjo!!) is a Japanese manga series by Kumiko Saiki. It was serialized as Kageki Shojo! (かげきしょうじょ!, Kageki Shōjo!) in...
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Shōjo Gahō ("Girls' Pictorial") was a monthly shōjo (girls) magazine published by Tōkyōsha in 1912 in Japan. The magazine was known for the series of...
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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...
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Shueisha (section Shōjo manga magazines)
male edition of Shōjo Book was released, Shōnen Book was made, and Shōjo Book series were released in bunkoban editions under the Shōjo Manga Bunko imprint...
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"Shōjo A" (少女A, Shōjo Ē, lit. "Girl A") is the second single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Masao Urino and Hiroaki Serizawa, the single...
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Hell Girl (redirect from Jigoku Shojo)
Hell Girl (Japanese: 地獄少女, Hepburn: Jigoku Shōjo), also known as Jigoku Shōjo: Girl from Hell, is a Japanese anime series conceptualized by Hiroshi Watanabe...
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vital for its development, considered the "god of horror manga". In 1960s shōjo manga like Reptilia, he broke the industry's conventions by combining the...
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Magical girl (redirect from Mahou shojo)
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...
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Shojo Beat is a shōjo manga magazine formerly published in North America by Viz Media. Launched in June 2005 as a sister magazine for Shonen Jump, it...
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Shōjo Sekai (少女世界, "Girls' World") was one of the first Japanese shōjo magazines. It was published by Hakubunkan from 1906 to 1931 and specializing in...
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Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent boys. It is, along with shōjo manga (targeting adolescent girls and young women), seinen manga (targeting...
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Sanketsu Shōjo (酸欠少女, Hypoxia Girl) is the second and final studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Sayuri. It was officially released on August 10...
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Shōjo no tomo (少女の友, Shōjo no tomo, "Girls' Friend") was a Japanese magazine published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha from February 1908 to June 1955. It featured...
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Kara no Shōjo (Japanese: 殻ノ少女, lit. "Girl in the Shell") is an adult visual novel/adventure game video game by Innocent Grey for Windows. It was released...
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Reptilia – which were originally serialized in the shōjo manga (girls' comics) magazine Shūkan Shōjo Friend from 1965 to 1966. The individual series were...
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica (redirect from Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magica)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Japanese: 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ, Hepburn: Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika), also known simply as Madoka Magica, is a Japanese anime television...
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Story: Slave Magic (Japanese: 異世界魔王と召喚少女の奴隷魔術, Hepburn: Isekai Maō to Shōkan Shōjo no Dorei Majutsu, transl. "The Other World Demon Lord and the Summoning...
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Revolutionary Girl Utena (redirect from Shojo Kakumei Utena)
Revolutionary Girl Utena (Japanese: 少女革命ウテナ, Hepburn: Shōjo Kakumei Utena) is a Japanese anime television series created by Be-Papas, a production group...
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Shaolin Girl (redirect from Shôrin shôjo)
Shaolin Girl (少林少女, Shōrin shōjo) is a 2008 Japanese sports action comedy film inspired by Stephen Chow's film Shaolin Soccer (2001). Unlike the original...
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Heidi, Girl of the Alps (redirect from Alps no Shōjo Heidi)
Heidi, Girl of the Alps (Japanese: アルプスの少女ハイジ, Hepburn: Arupusu no Shōjo Haiji) is an anime television series produced by Zuiyo Eizo and based on the...
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shōjo manga aimed at girls. In 1969, a group of female manga artists (later called the Year 24 Group, also known as Magnificent 24s) made their shōjo...
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artwork of the lolicon boom, which was strongly influenced by the styles of shōjo manga, marked a shift from realism, and the advent of "cute eroticism" (kawaii...
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Tokyo Girl (2008 TV series) (redirect from Tokyo Shōjo)
Tokyo Girl (東京少女) is a Japanese television drama series that aired on BS-TBS from April 5, 2008 to March 28, 2009. Rio Yamashita Erena Mizusawa Nanami...
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Nana (manga) (category Shōjo manga)
Ai Yazawa. First published as a two-part prologue in Shueisha's monthly shōjo manga magazine Cookie in 1999, Nana was later serialized in the same magazine...
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