'''Shoujo''' - Japanese for girl, Shoujo is also popular outside of Japan, with such famous dubs as Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura (Cardcaptors in America), Tokyo Mew Mew and Fruits Basket. Within Shoujo there is the subgenre of Magical Girl, where an otherwise average Japanese girl has magical powers with which she saves the world. More often than Shounen, Shoujo are romance tales or rely heavily on romance in the plot. The Heroine is often saving the world by night and snagging the boy of her dreams by day. <br />
'''Seinen''' - Japanese for young man, Seinen targets the 18 to 30 male audience, though it is not uncommon to find much older men reading manga on the train ride to work. The most popular titles to date in America are Lupin III, The Big O, Ghost in the Shell, Strawberry Panic!, XxxHolic, Blood+, Berserk, Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, Samurai Champloo, Oh My Goddess!, Outlaw Star and Trigun. Titles like Lupin III and Ghost in the Shell are cult considered classics, while Cowboy Bebop was the first anime aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Seinen has all the elements of its juvenile, but is often darker and more mature (or immature, depending on the sense of humor) than Shounen, with horror, mystery and suspence.<br />
'''Kodomo''' - Japanese for child, Kodomo are the cartoons most like American cartoons, as in for small children. They are often moral teachings with simple animation. Astro Boy is the first anime brought to America, having the notoriety that comes with being a child icon for 60 years. Modern titles include Hamtaro and Doraemon.<br />
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