Hey everyone, picking up from my last post I'll be talking about the sub-genres in anime today. Lets dive in!!
Cyberpunk:
This anime comes from genre of Sci-fi. It deals with a futuristic version of the world and more advanced technology. They include flying cars, A.I (Artificial Intelligence) and sometimes advance weaponry.
Examples of Cyberpunk anime are: Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Blame! and Ergo Proxy.
Game:
This sub genre comes from the idea of gaming. Games include: board games, card games on even virtual games.
Gaming anime includes: No Game No Life: Zero, Death Parade, Kakegurui and Yu-Gi-Oh!
Demons:
This sub genre deals with, well demons of course. This sub genre also goes hand in hand with action, comedy, horror and romance. Demons in this sub genre include: ghost, devils, monsters and any other demon type creature you can imagine.
Demon anime are: Demon Slayer, Beelzebub, Jujutsu Kaisen and The Devil Is a Part-Timer.
Harem:
Harem anime are focused more on a male audience as a lot of female characters surround a male character. The sub genre harem usually fits well with the romance, comedy and slice of life genre.
Harem anime include: Yamada-kun And The Seven Witches, The World God Only Knows: Godesses, Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Fine and Trinity Seven
Reverse-Harem
Reverse Harem are directed more to a female audience. The female character is now surrounded by a lot of male characters tying to vouch for heart, Like Harem, this is usually categorized with romance and comedy.
Some examples of Reverse Harem are: Ouran Highschool Host Club, B-Project, Dance with Devils and Uta No Prince Sama.
Josei
Josei is like Slice of life but for a more mature female audience around the ages 19-45.Usually with a more realistic ideal of romance and life.
Josei Anime are: Princess Jellyfish, Chihayafuru, Usagi Drop, Gokusen and Paradise Kiss.
Martial Arts:
The genre is martial arts in anime deals with hand-to-hand combat, swordplay or some type of martial arts involved. This sub genre comes form the main genre action.
Martial Arts anime include: Baki, The God of Highschool, Katanagatari and Fog Hill Of Five Elements.
Kids:
Many people assume anime is for kids when its really nt. There are only a few of anime catered for kids. Theses shows barely have any violence or anything unsuitable for children 10 and under.
Children anime are: Pokemon and Digimon
Historical:
This category deals with events the occurred in the past mainly in ancient times in japan. They normally include swordplay
Some Historical anime are: Rurouni Kenshin, Samurai Champloo, Mo Dao Zu Shi and Yuukoku no Moriarty.
Isekai:
This is when a protagonist is transported to another world this is referred to as Isekai.
Iseaki anime examples are: How NOT To Summon A Demon Lord, The Rising of the Shield Hero, Sword Art Online and In Another World With My Smartphone.
Military:
This subgenre includes war. This anime can also be part of the mecha, action and sci-fi.
Some military anime are: Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Hellsing, Full Metal Alchemist and The Saga of Tanya The Evil.
Mecha:
Theses type of anime normally deal with robotics. This anime goes well with military, sci-fi, action and space.
Examples of Mecha anime are: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Guilty Crown, Koukyoushihen Eureka Seven and SSSS.Gridman.
Music:
This genre has become less popular now than in the last couple of years. Music anime include singing, playing instruments and dancing.
4 Music anime are: Your Lie In April, Given, Kono Oto Tomare! and Carole And Tuesday.
Parody:
Parody anime are usually gags anime where you can find a lot of other anime references in them.
Examples of 4 Parody anime are: One Punch Man, Gintama, FLCL and Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
Police:
This genre usually focuses on law enforcement and what they do in there line of duty.
Some Police anime are: Death Note, Psycho-Pass, Detective Conan and The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED.
Post-Apocalyptic:
These type of anime take place in worlds where humans are on the brink of extinction.
4 examples of Post-Apocalyptic anime are: Attack on Titan, Dr.Stone, Seraph of The End and Trigun.
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School:
These types of anime normally take place in a school setting. Slice of life, romance and comedy can also be linked with this sub genre.
Examples of School anime are: Assassination Classroom, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Great Teacher Onizuka and Toilet-bound Hanako-kun and My Little Monster.
Seinen:
This type of anime is similar to Josei as its audience is around the age of 18-45 (males). They normally included violence, gore and sex. (Mature Audiences only)
4 Examples of Seinen anime are: Mushishi, Kingdom, Berserk and Rainbow.
Shoujo and Shounen:
Shoujo targets female viewers around ages 10-18 and normally fall into other categories such as romance, school and slice of life. Shounen is targeted to male viewers around the ages 10-18 and fall into the genres such as action and adventure
Examples of 4 Shoujo anime are: Kamisama Hajimemashita: Kako-hen, Skip Beat!, Sailor Moon Crystal and Ore Monogatari!!
Some Shounen anime are: Jojo Bizarre Adventure, One Piece, Hunter x Hunter and Dragon Ball Z
Shoujo and Shounen Ai:
These genres shows same sex relationships (lesbians and gays). This genre shows romance and loveand not close intimate relationships
Examples of Shoujo Ai: Bloom Into You, Adachi to Shimamura, Asagao to Kase-san and Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi!
Shounen Ai include: Given, Love Stage!!, Hitorijime My Hero and Doukyuusei
Space:
This type of anime mostly takes place in space.
Five space anime are: Planetes, Outlaw Star, Astra Lost In Space, Space Dandy and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin.
Sports:
Sports anime deals with sports such as basketball, football, baseball, swimming and volleyball to name a few.
Five Sports Anime are: Kuroko No Basket, Haikyuu!!, Diamond no Ace, Free! and Hungry Heart
Super Power:
Superpower anime include flying, super strength and all the cool stuff normal humans can't do.
Five Super Power anime are: My Hero Academia, Naruto, Promare, Tiger & Bunny and Bungou Stray Dogs.
Tragedy:
Tragedy anime shows traumatic events and how the character(s) are deeply affected by it. They can be deaths, natural disasters and accidents
3 examples of Tragedy anime are: Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, Clannad and Violet Evergarden.
Vampire:
Basically deals with vampires and the also fit into the categories such as horror, romance, comedy and drama.
3 examples of vampire anime are: Kekkai Sensen, Hellsing and Vampire Knight.
(For More Mature Audiences):
-Hentai:
Hentai is the japanese translation for ''pervert''. This focuses on explicit scenes and are normally for people age 18 and over. I will however not be giving any examples for the mature categories of anime.
-Yaoi and Yuri:
These are the more explicit version to to shounen ai and shoujo ai. Yaoi focuses the more intimate part of the relationship between older boys or men. Yuri looks at the more sexual and intimate part between to older girls or women.
-Ecchi:
This is mild hentai, as they censor the sexual scenes and it actually has a plot unlike hentai.
Again thank you for reading TheAnimeLab and stay tuned for my next update on Sunday.
I really enjoyed all the visual content you included in this blog. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI love anime and I also love how you explained the different genres of anime as well.
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