- Anime Demographic Genres
Kodomo: Children 7-13 Miyazaki films
Kodomo Examples: Doraemon (1996-2020), Aikatsu Friends (2012-2019), PreCure (2004-2020) and Ultra-Man (1967-2020)
Shonen: Boys 13-18 Examples: Fairy-Tail (2009-2019), Food Wars (2015-2020), One Piece (1999-2010), Naruto (2007-2015), My Hero Academia (2015-2020), Black Butler (2008-2017), Kakegurui (2017-2019), Future Diary (2011-2013), Love is War (2019-2020), The Promised Neverland (2019-2020), BEAStars (2019-2020), Demon Slayer (2019-2020) and Dragon Ball Z (1989-2015)
Hollywood Films And Tv shows:
Shojo: Girls 13-18 Examples: Sailor Moon (1994-2016) , Love Live (2013-2020), Children of the Whales (2016), Diabolik Lovers (2012-2019), Light to Dark Alice (2017), Angels of Death (2018), Host Club (2006-2011) and Little Witch Academia (2013-2017), Black Wolves Saga (2012-2019), Vampire Knight (2008-2013), Carole and Tuesday (2019), Fruit Basket (2001-2019), The Quintessential Quintuplets (2019)
Hollywood Films and TV Shows:
Seinen: Males 18 and up Examples: Re-Zero (2016-2020), Sword Art Online (2012-2020), Spice & Wolf (2008-2009), RWBY (2013-2019), Tokyo Ghoul (2014-2017) , Famillia Myth (2015-2019), Saga of Tanya the Evil (2017), Goblin Slayer (2018-2020), No Game No Life (2014-2018), Domestic Girlfriend (2019) and March comes in like a lion (2017)
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Josei: Females 18 and up Examples: Violet Evergarden (2018-2020), Love is hard for an otaku (2018), Piofiere no Banshou (2018-2020), Code: Realize (2014-2019), My Next Life as a Villainess (2020), Allure Of Musk (2019), Hazbin Hotel (2019-2020)
Hollywood films and tv series:
Isekai: Genre where the protagonist is from the real world and gets transported to a fantasy world
Isekai Examples: Sword Art Online (2012-2020), KonoSuba (2016-2020), Re:Zero (2016-2020) and Spirited Away (2001)
Mecha: Cyberpunk-Sci-Fi genre, extremely popular during the 90’s
Mecha Examples: Evangelion (1995-1996), Code Geass (2006-2008), Darling In The Franxx (2018) and Macross Frontier (2008-2018)
Harem/Reverse-Otome: Genre with lots of love triangles and romance routes, mainly targeted to the male audience
Harem/Reverse Otome Examples: How to Tame a Wild Girlfriend (2015-2017), Nisekoi (2014-2015), Date A Live (2013) and To Love-Ru (2010-2017)
Otome/Reverse-Harem: Genre with lots of Love triangles and romance routes, mainly targeted to the female audience
Otome/Reverse-Harem Examples: Diabolik Lovers (2012-2019), Obey The Master Who Can Rule Them All (2020), Twisted Wonderland (2020), Amnesia (2012-2015)
Eroge/Hentai: (Before my readers go and look this up destroy and report me to the police), This genre is a heavily explicit and mature genre that depicts the provocative image of “extreme” sexual activities and violence in order to create a story
Eroge/Hentai Examples: (Disclaimer! Please do not look up, read or watch this genre if you are an underaged viewer without parent’s permission or if you are sensitive to really disturbing and lewd imagery) Euphoria (2015-2016) and Metamorphosis (2018)
CHARACTER ARCHETYPES
Tsundere: a character who seems bossy and harsh but actually has a good heart
Tsundere Examples: Rin Tohsaka (The Fate Series), Maki Nishikino (Love Live), Taiga Aisaka (Toradora) and Asuka Langley (Evangelion)
Kuudere: a character who is blunt, apathetic, cynical and emotionless but hides their true feelings underneath
Kuudere Examples: Rei Ayanami (Evangelion), Violet Evergarden (Violet Evergarden), Mikasa Ackerman (Attack on Titan) and Rachel Gardner (Angels of Death)
Himedere/Oujidere: a character who is flamboyant, spoiled, self-absorbed and vain. Hime is the Japanese word for princess and Ouji is the Japanese word for prince.
Himedere Examples: Erina Nakiri (Food Wars), Sena Kashiwazaki (Haganai), Beatrice (Re:Zero) and Ciel Phantomhive (Black Butler)
Dandere: someone who is shy, in talkative, timid and quiet
Dandere Examples: Tuesday Simmons (Carole & Tuesday), Umi Sonoda (Love Live), Mikuru Asahina (Haruhi Suzumiya) and Hinata Hyuuga (Naruto)
Yandere: the character who first puts on a sweet affectionate vibe then transforms into a possessive, obsessive, unhinged stalker serial-killer
Yandere Examples: Yuno Gasai (Future Diary), Katsura Kotonoha (School Days), Kanato Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers) and Lucy (Elfen Lied)
Yangire/Sadodere: a character who is very bloodthirsty, terrifying, chaotic and violent usually because of pride, ambition or in nature. They are also ranked with a high “Sadist” persona.
Yangire Examples: Juuzou Suzuya (Tokyo Ghoul), Alois Trancy (Black Butler), Shiro (Deadman Wonderland) and Alastor (Hazbin Hotel)
Deredere: a character who is always friendly, optimistic, caring, cheerful and kind
Deredere Examples: Honoka Kosaka (Love Live), Emma (The Promised Neverland), Charlie Magne (Hazbin Hotel) and Akko Kagari (Little Witch Academia)
Kamidere: a character who is shown to be strong, has leadership, and courageous. They also hold some kind of God-like power sometimes
Kamidere Examples: Light Yagami (Death Note), Haruhi Suzumiya (Haruhi Suzumiya), Satsuki Kityuuin (Kill La Kill) and Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass)
Unndere: a character who is very sweet-natured, adorable, innocent, “Must be protected at all cost” and a bit naïve and passive during complicated situations. Also are very devoted to their loved ones and will do anything to protect them
Unndere Examples: Misa Amane (Death Note), Kotori Minami (Love Live), Yui Komori (Diabolik Lovers) and Rem (Re:Zero)
Bakadere: is a character who often seen to be “stupid”, “clumsy”, “Always scared”, “dramatic” or overly “naïve”. They often give the story a lot of good laughs and endless humour.
Bakadere Examples: Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon), Nico Yazawa (Love Live), RBC (Cells at Work) and Zenitsu Agatsuma (Demon Slayer).
Loli/Shota: (Before I get reported by the FBI, Let me explain) Is a character who has the appearance of looking like a underaged girl or boy (Or in fact is) despite their actual age.
Loli/Shota Example: Shiro (No Game, No Life), Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer), Beatrice (Re:Zero), Platelet (Cells at Work)
