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The terms "shoujo", "shounen", "seinen", and "josei" are used to classify
anime/manga. I know that the general meanings are as follows:

  * Shoujou: for girls
  * Shounen: for boys
  * Seinen: for men
  * Josei: for women

What are the more technical definitions of those terms?


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What are the differences between types of anime?


The answer isn't really more technical than that. It's just the target
demographic. The difference between a shonen manga and a seinen manga, for
example, is often just a matter of which magazine it's published in.


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There isn't much to add to your concise classification, really.

  * Shōjo

The word itself ( **少女** ) is used to refer to a young woman, approximately
8-17 years old. Right as you might think, Shōjo manga and anime have them as
target audience. Shōjo isn't limited to any particular style or styles, it's
only defined by the target demographic.

  * Shōnen

This kanji ( **少年** ) is used to refer to boys from elementary school to grade
school age. Shōnen manga and anime are obviously designed for them as target
audience.

  * Seinen

Seinen manga and anime are designed for male audience too, but this subset of
manga and anime is made for people of older age, usually from 18 to 30, but
the real audience can be even older than this with some manga. Such manga and
amine usually emphasise the story and the character's personalities instead of
action.

  * Josei 

Josei manga and anime are for women aged between ~15 and ~45. They tend to be
about everyday experiences of women living in Japan.

There are also sub-types of anime/manga, which tend to be more specific, for
example, mahō shōjo is a sub-type of shōjo that focuses on young girl heroes
with supernatural abilities (magic girls, right...).

* * *

Source: various wiki articles.


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