Shojo Manga

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Shojo

In Japanese, shojo literally means girl. Shojo mangas and animes are intended for a female audience, aimed at girls between the ages of 10 and 18. Typically mangas aimed at this target audience are generally seen drawn in a flowing style where beautiful characters with huge, intricately drawn eyes become spontaneously surrounded by flowers, stars, and/or bubbles. They are usually made with a female protagonist, in melodramatic stories of romance. On the other hand shojo mangas cover a huge range of subjects, from historical drama to science fiction and by no means do all adhere to the same artistic sensibilities or conventions. Overall, shojo is not a style or a genre but a target demographic.

A List of Shojo Mangas 

From Preteen to Older Teen, Historical Drama to Science Fiction

These are all the shojo manga series published in English. Ratings for each series are as provided by the publishers. Preteen (10+) and may be considered an "all ages" rating. Teen (13+) and Older Teen (16+). These ratings may vary from the demographic the books were marketed for in Japan.

Older Teen 

Adventure, Action

Banana Fish
Basara
Chicago
From Eroica with Love
Kaze Hikaru
Musashi Number 9
Red River
Wild Com.
X-Kai

Older Teen 

Romance & Drama

Absolute Boyfriend
Antique Bakery
Café Kichijouji de
Confidential Confessions
Crossroad
Doubt!!
The Devil Does Exist
Flower of Life
The Gentleman's Alliance
Go Go Heaven!! (Princess)
Hana-Kimi
Happy Hustle High
Here is Greenwood
Hot Gimmick
Kamikaze Girls
Life
Love Song
Made In Heaven
Mars
Nana
Ouran High School Host Club
Punch!
Sensual Phrase
Skip Beat!
Socrates In Love
S.O.S.
Tail of the Moon
Tenshi Ja Nai!! (I'm No Angel!)
Times Two/X2
Tokyo Boys & Girls

Older Teen 

Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery

A, A' [A, A Prime]
After School Nightmare
Alice 19th
Angel Sanctuary
Broken Angels
By the Sword
CANON
Cantarella
Ceres: Celestial Legend
Cross
Descendents of Darkness
Fushigi Yuugi
Genju No Seiza
Her Majesty's Dog
Immortal Rain
Legal Drug
Night Of The Beasts
Please Save My Earth
Seimaden
Tenryu: The Dragon Cycle
Trinity Blood
Vampire Knight
X/1999
The Young Magician

Teen 

Adventure, Action

Cipher
Cowboy Bebop
Crimson Hero
Liling-po
Satisfaction Guaranteed

Teen 

Romance & Drama

A Perfect Day for Love Letters
Baby & Me
Backstage Prince
Beauty is the Beast
Boys Over Flowers/Hana Yori Dango
Calling You
Fruits Basket
Gatcha Gacha
Girl Got Game
Guru Guru Pon-chan
Heaven!!
Imadoki!
Kare First Love
Kare Kano:His & Her Circumstances
The Knockout Makers
La Corda d'Oro
MeruPuri
Metamo Kiss
Nosatsu Junkie
Othello
Oyayubihime Infinity
Peach Girl
Pearl Pink
Platinum Garden
Princess Princess
Short Sunzen
Swan
Densha Otoko (Train Man)
VS. (Versus)
The Wallflower
Wish
W Juliet

 

Fruits Basket
A family with an ancient curse, and the girl who will change their lives forever...
Swan
Masumi is a young girl, who struggles to become a ballerina.

Teen 

Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery

Alichino
Apothecaries Argentum (Princess)
Aquarian Age: Juvenile Orion
Cain Saga
Crescent Moon
The Demon Ororon
D.N.Angel
Dolls (Plants Doll)
Dragon Knights
Eerie Queerie!
The Empty Empire
Flower of the Deep Sleep
From Far Away
Glass Wings
Godchild
Hands Off!
Hyper Rune
Kamen Tantei
Lagoon Engine
Millennium Snow
Monochrome Factor
Moon Child
Mouryou Kiden: Legend of the Nymph
Omukae Desu.
Pieces of a Spiral
Revolutionary Girl Utena
RG Veda
Secret Chaser
Soul Rescue
Tokyo Babylon
Tower of the Future
Vampire Game
The World Exists for Me
Zyword

Preteen 

Adventure, Action

B.B. Explosion
GALS!

Preteen 

Romance & Drama

Aishiteruze Baby
Beauty Pop
Full Moon O Sagashite
Penguin Revolution
Tomoko Taniguchi (various)
Ultra Cute

Preteen 

Magical Girl, Fantasy

CardCaptor Sakura
The Cat Returns
Dream Saga
Ghost Hunt
Instant Teen: Just Add Nuts
Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
Kamichama Karin
Land of the Blindfolded
Magic Knight Rayearth
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
Mink
Pixie Pop: Gokkun Pucho
Pretear
Princess Tutu
The Recipe for Gertrude
Sugar Sugar Rune
St. Lunatic School
The Time Guardian (Princess)
Tokyo Mew Mew
Ultra Maniac
Wedding Peach
Zodiac P.I.

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