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In Japanese popular culture, a bishōjo (美少女, lit. "beautiful girl"), also romanized as bishojo or bishoujo, is a cute girl character. Bishōjo characters appear ubiquitously in media including manga, anime, and computerized games (especially in the bishojo game genre), and also appear in advertising and as mascots, such as for maid cafés.
The bishōjo aesthetic is aimed at a male audience, and is typically centered on young girls, drawn in a cute, pretty style; bishōnen is aimed at a female audience, centered on teenage boys, and drawn elegantly. Another common mistake is assuming that the female characters in bishōnen manga and anime are bishōjo.
Magical girl (魔法少女, mahō shōjo) is a subgenre of Japanese fantasy media centered around young girls who use magic, often through an alter ego into which they can transform. Since the genre's emergence in the 1960s, media including anime , manga , OVAs , ONAs , films, and live-action series have been produced.
Moe (萌え, Japanese pronunciation: ⓘ), sometimes romanized as moé, is a Japanese word that refers to feelings of strong affection mainly towards characters in anime, manga, video games, and other media directed at the otaku market.
Kogal girls, identified by shortened Japanese school uniform skirts. The two leftmost girls are also wearing loose socks . In Japanese culture , Kogal ( コギャル , kogyaru ) refers to the members of the Gyaru subculture who are still in high school and who incorporate their school uniforms into their dress style. [ 1 ]
Otomechikku (Japanese: 乙女ちっく, lit. "maidenesque") or otome-chikku is a subgenre of shōjo manga (Japanese girls' comics) that emerged in the 1970s. Stories in the subgenre focus on the lives and exploits of protagonists who are ordinary Japanese teenage girls, a narrative style that emerged in response to the ascendance of exotic, glamorous, and internationally focused shōjo manga ...
Nov. 11—What's an 'ette'? It's a question that intrigues Alexa Chavez but enrages Cindy Roybal. The two girls basketball coaches have always wondered why some high school athletics teams use the ...
Female stock characters in anime and manga (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Female characters in anime and manga" The following 116 pages are in this category, out of 116 total.