Various kinds of anime genres that must be known of animelovers

Here are the various kinds of anime genres, type and genre of anime you should know ^^

Bishoujo
Anime / manga made especially for adult guys. Most of the characters in the anime / manga are pretty girls.

Bishounen
Anime / manga for girls / women. The characters in the anime / manga are mostly cute guys. [Eg: perfect girl evolution etc]

Harem
The anime / manga genre in which a male character is surrounded by many female characters. [Eg Ichigo 100%, aoi yori aoshi etc]

Mecha
Anime / manga that are robotic & war. Originally intended for shonen but shojo already took part as well. (Eg: gundam series etc)

Magical Girl
Anime / manga with the magical element of hearing main chara shoujo. [Eg: sailormoon, sakura cardcaptor etc]

Sentai
Anime / manga of a military nature, usually tells a real history like the PD I & WW II. [Including shonen group]

Senshi
The element is the same as sentai but more often used for shoujo group.

Shoujo-ai
Anime / manga themed girl relationship aka relationship girls and girls, only limited to intimate friends, but not to the level of sexual.

Shonen-ai
Anime / manga themed boy relationship, or the relationship of guys and boys, not to the sexual level.

Yuri
Anime / manga themed chick X girl [top level shoujo ai genre] ending in a sexual relationship.

Yaoi
Anime / Manga themed guy X guy [high level of shonen-ai genre], ending in sexual relationship. This genre is favored by the girls and most of the mangas are female. The title for this female genre lover is fujoshi, while for fudanshi guy.

Ecchi
Showing a bit of vulgar content. Ecchi is a Japanese pronunciation of the letters 'H' and H represents the first letter of Hentai, but Ecchi does not reach the sexual stage.

Hentai
Anime / manga top-level Ecchi genre that ends in a sexual relationship.

Anime
[Reads a-ni-me instead of anim] that is Japanese animation stands for animeshon [Japanese pronunciation for animation]. Usually characterized by colorful moving pictures featuring figures in various locations and stories aimed at Various types of audience. Anime influenced manga image style.

Cosplay
[Costum play] or also called cosu. An event where the anime fans are creative with the costumes they wear. The costumes can steal their models from anime / manga characters. People who do cosu are called cosplayer.

Chara
Characters / characters present in anime [chara-> character]

Doujinshi
Sort of fanart, that is making your own story with characters from anime / manga that already exist or popular.

Fanservice
The scenes are deliberately made by the mangaka to please or refresh the minds of the fans and generally FS it smells ero.

Fanart
The work of the fans is a chara image that they inspire from their favorite anime / manga.

Fanfic
Stories from fans who use characters / characters or story modifications from an anime / manga. [Short for fanfiction]

Figure
Dolls shaped anime / game / manga characters.

Fujoshi
The title for girls who love anime / manga genre shonen ai or yaoi.

Fudanshi
Mention for the guys who love anime / manga genre shonen ai or yaoi [danger, right? .. haha]

Manga
[Reads man-ga / ma-ng-ga] is a comic in Japanese, outside of Japan the word is used specifically to talk about Japanese comics.

Mangaka
[Read man-ga-ka / ma-ng-ga-ka] is a person who draws manga, also called comic artist in Indonesia.

Otaku
Mention for people who freak against something [anime, manga, game]

Lolicon
Adults [men] who like little girls.

Shotacon
Adults [women] who like little boys.

OAV / OVA
[Original Video Animation], the format of anime that is not aired on TV, that is in a video format that is sold freely in the market.

SD
Super Deformed, a term used in depiction of anime / manga characters with the size of a dwarf, but the proportion of the body remains fitting.

Chibi
Unlike dg SD, for the term chibi more closely impressed cute / cute. The difference is almost thin with SD. In chibi the proportion of head size is bigger than body. Usually used for Joke scene.

Tankoubon
The term in Japanese to refer to manga issues in the form of monographs.

Voiced
In the Indonesian language called the voice or commonly called dubber.

Ero
Things that smell of eroticism.

Uke
Derived from the verb ukeru [receiving]. The term used for pairs in yuri / yaoi anime / manga genre.

Seme
Derived from the verb coat [attack]

Seke
[Seme-uke] the character can be seme or uke.

Fukidashi
Balloon text on the manga

Omake
Bonus of short story / collection of manga pictures.

Action
A work that usually describes fights, violence, chaos, and rapid movements.

Adult
A work whose contents are only suitable for adults. Titles that fall into this category typically contain many intense violent scenes, and or sexual images as well as nudity.

Adventure
When a character makes a long journey for one thing or another, it is a sign that the title you choose is an anime or manga adventure.

Comedy
A light and often humorous dramatic work contains a resolution, a problem solving, or a happy conclusion of a conflict.

Drama
Works intended to draw out the emotional response of the reader, such as sadness or tension.

Fantasy
Any work that incorporates elements of magic, dream world, and fairy tales or legends.

Gender Bender
Women look and dress like men, and vice versa. Or maybe another case is a woman turned into a man, and vice versa.

Historical
Works that smelled of history.

Horror
Works filled with emotions such as fear, worry, and hatred; Emotions caused by something terrifying or surprising.

Martial Arts
As the name implies, any work related to martial arts.

Mature
Works that may be too extreme for a person under the age of 17. The titles that fall into this category may contain intense violence, blood, sexual content, and abusive language.

Mystery
Usually unexplained events occur, and the main character must do everything possible to find the cause.

Romance
Any work related to love.

School Life
The work with the background of his story focuses on school life.

Sci-fi
Sci-fi work.

Sports
Works related to sports activities.

Supernatural
Works that contain unbelievable powers and extraordinary events, and violate the laws of physics.



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 Arigato! Jaa!!