The 13 Most Popular Anime Genres & The Titles That Defined Them
Honorable Mentions
Anime refers exclusively to animation. There is no such thing as an anime comic book. The Japanese comic books which inspire many anime series and films do exist, however, and these are referred to by non-Japanese fans by the Japanese word, manga (which means comic book).
The five types are shonen, shojo, seinen, josei, and kodomomuke. Each kind of anime is focused on a specific target population of viewers. These kinds of anime are not genres. One particular anime is called shonen.
The 5 main anime genres are shonen, shojo, seinen, josei, and kodomomuke. How many genres of anime are there? There are dozens of genres and subgenres in anime. Some of the most popular are action, comedy, a slice of life, drama, tragedy, psychological, historical, mecha, military, supernatural, magic, and romance.
The 13 Most Popular Anime Genres & The Titles That Defined Them1 Shonen - Dragon Ball.2 Shoujo - Sailor Moon. ... 3 Slice of Life - Clannad. ... 4 Sci-Fi - Cowboy Bebop. ... 5 Adventure - One Piece. ... 6 Horror - Elfen Lied. ... 7 Psychological - Death Note. ... 8 Sports - Haikyuu!! ... More items...•
Shonen. The shonen genre is by far the most popular brand of anime and the majority of breakout hits and major successes like Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, and One Piece all fit into the shonen brand.
Attack on Titan is serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shounen Magazine. As the magazine's name suggests, it is a shounen magazine. The official way to identify a series is not just through its themes or characteristics, it is mostly classified by the magazine where it is serialized in.
Josei (女性 meaning woman) is a category of manga marketed to women, typically 18-30 years old. (Josei manga series are rarely adapted, so there isn't really a category of josei anime.) It is one of the four main categories of manga/anime along with shounen (for boys), seinen (for men), and shoujo (for girls).
Shonen mangaSuperheroComedyAdventureComedy dramaScience fantasyMy Hero Academia/Genres
Shonen anime have some of the most popular and well known franchise as they contain a little bit of everything. There's elements of action, adventure, fighting, drama, comedy, and coming of age.
That means it's there to make you want to jump around restlessly as if you’re in the show itself. To put it simply, action anime is the bomb. They are an explosion of eye-candy visuals and highly-engaging action.
Btooom is an action online game wherein the players use unique bombs and explosives as weapons. Unknown to most, there’s actually a conspiracy behind it where the developers capture hopeless people to play the game on a deserted island in real life.
Hunter X Hunter may always (feels like forever) be on-hold/hiatus (both manga and anime), but surprisingly, it’s one of the best anime out there in terms of plot, action, and probably everything. Taking a hint from that, one shouldn’t underestimate the action in this anime.
As Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is the very definition of epic in the world of anime, snatching the number five spot was a walk in the park. Marvelously, Gurren Lagann ’s epic moments aren’t just marked by its remarkable and out-of-this-world story, but also by the death-defying action it showcases.
One significant difference between western cartoon stylized as anime and true anime is that the concept of censorship is apparent in the made for America anime. True anime content includes themes of graphic violence, alcohol, drugs, sex, nudity, profanity, and homosexuality.
1990's: X-Men, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rainbow Bright, Tiny Toon Adventures, Powerpuff Girls, Batman: The Animated