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(sometimes transliterated as shounen or shonen, literally "few years") is a Japanese word used in English to refer to anime and manga primarily intended for boys, although there can be crossover appeal to men and females as well (e.g., Mobile Suit Gundam, DragonBall, One Piece, Naruto and Bleach).Shōnen anime and manga is characterized by high-action, often humorous plots featuring male protagonists. The camaraderie between boys or men on sports teams, fighting squads, etc. is often emphasized. Unrealistically attractive female characters are also common (see fanservice), but are not a requirement — Dragon Ball Z for example has only a few remarkable female characters. The art style of shōnen is generally less flowery than that of shōjo, although this varies greatly from artist to artist, and some artists draw both shōnen and shōjo.
In contrast to shōnen, anime and manga for men (university age and up) is called seinen. Despite a number of significant differences, many Western fans don't make a distinction between shōnen and seinen. This is due to the fact that very few seinen manga have been published outside of Japan. On the other hand, many older men in Japan read shōnen magazines because of their ease of reading during commutes to and from work on trains. Consequently shōnen magazines (including Shonen Jump) are the most popular manga magazines in Japan.
Several series have notorious female audiences, who predominantly included them in non-canonical yaoi (and even shota-con) fanwork and dōjinshi.
List of shōnen anime and manga
(NOTE: this list does not include seinen titles)- ''.hack//SIGN
- 666 Satan
- Air Gear
- Angelic Layer
- Astro Boy
- Beet the Vandel Buster
- Beyblade
- Black Cat
- BLEACH
- Boys Be
- Case Closed (Detective Conan in Japan)
- Cutey Honey
- Devil Hunter Yohko
- Digimon
- Devilman
- Duel Masters
- Dragon Ball
- Death Note
- Eyeshield 21
- Eureka seveN
- Fighting Spirit (Hajime no Ippo in Japan)
- Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken in Japan)
- Flame of Recca
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Gate Keepers
- GetBackers
- Gintama
- Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO)
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Guyver
- Hikaru no Go
- Hunter × Hunter
- IGPX
- Initial D
- InuYasha
- JING -- King of Bandits
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Law of Ueki
- Love Hina
- MÄR
- Maze
- Medabots
- Megaman NT Warrior
- Meiryotei Goto Seijuro
- Midori Days
- NARUTO
- Negima
- Onegai Teacher
- ONE PIECE
- Pokémon
- Prince of Tennis
- Ranma ½
- Rave Master (Groove Adventure RAVE in Japan)
- Ronin Warriors (Yoroiden-Samurai Troopers in Japan)
- Rurouni Kenshin
- Saint Seiya a.k.a. Knights of the Zodiac
- School Rumble
- Samurai Deeper Kyo
- Shaman King
- Silent Möbius
- Slayers
- Sonic X
- Speed Racer
- Spriggan
- Steel Angel Kurumi
- Trigun
- Urusei Yatsura
- Video Girl Ai
- Whistle!
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
- YuYu Hakusho
- Zatch Bell! (Konjiki no Gash Bell! in Japan)
See also
- Shonen Knife—a Japanese all-female alt-rock band
- Shōjo—intended for girls
- Josei—intended for adult women
- Seinen—intended for adult men
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