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'''Shonen manga''' is [[manga]] published in Japanese magazines aimed primarily at tween and teenaged boys. Shonen anime is [[anime]] based on shonen manga. It is ''not'' a genre.
[[The Other Wiki]] tells us that the word can be pronounced with either a short or long "sho", so "shonen" and "shounen"/"shōnen" are equally correct romanizations of 少年. For ease of typing on a [[American English|US English]] keyboard, and to distinguish the demographic from the magazines, we will use "shonen" here.
In Japan, "
Contrast [[Shojo]], which is
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== General Examples ==
* Almost anything with [[Humongous Mecha]].
* Sometimes, adaptations of stories with [[Multiple Demographic Appeal]] will create two versions of the story, one
** The [[Cut and Paste Translation|attempted localization]] of ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' in the U.S. could be ''very'' generously described as an attempt to create a
** This practice also occurs in Japan. ''[[The Vision of Escaflowne]]'' had a
* Nearly all the titles featured in the ''[[w:Weekly Shōnen Jump|Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' (or simply ''Weekly Jump'') magazine have a kind of legacy with each other, enough that a [[Crossover]] [[Jump Super Stars|video game]] was highly received.
** The ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' series is by far the quintessential
** Of all the ongoing
** Completing the [[Rule of Three|Jump Triforce]] is ''[[Naruto]]'', the most popular anime in America, period.
** ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'', released in 1987, is one of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''{{'}}s longest running
* [[Three-Point Landing]]: They love this to make the characters [[Rule of Cool|look cool.]]
* General rule of thumb on the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|scale of idealism vs. cynicism]], most
== Other Examples in ''[[Shonen Jump]]'' ==
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* ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'' — up until the ''Road to 2002'' saga, that is: then it moves into [[Seinen]] territory. Makes sense, the readers are mostly adult males ([[Periphery Demographic|and some adult females]]) who grew reading it in ''[[Shonen Jump]]'.
* ''[[Claymore]]'' — although it seems to be aimed at girls more than at boys, since it features an almost all-female cast of characters. It is sometimes thought to be Seinen for the same reason and because of its dark themes.
* ''[[Death Note]]'' — although even plenty of anime fans still mistake it for Seinen, mostly because Light is an adult for most of the series and there's the [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]] factor. Played with in the ''[[Bakuman。]]'' series (by the same creators), in which several characters support Seinen-type stories running in
* ''[[D.Gray-man]]'', even when its [[Estrogen Brigade]] says otherwise.
* ''[[Dokonjo Gaeru]]''
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** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]''
* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' — another
== Non-''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' Examples ==
* ''[[A.I. Love You]]''
* ''[[Air Gear]]''
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* ''[[Baby Steps]]''
* ''[[Bakugan]]''
* ''[[Black Butler]]'' — even though it resembles a mix of
* ''[[Blue Exorcist]]''
* ''[[Chuuka Ichiban]]''
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* ''[[Eiken]]''
* ''[[Et Cetera]]''
* ''[[Eureka Seven]]'' — the anime can go into many genres, but both the manga adaptations were published in
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]''
* ''[[Flame of Recca]]''
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* ''[[Muv-Luv]]'' — the manga adaptation of ''Unlimited'' only; the other adaptations are [[Seinen]].
* ''[[Neko-de Gomen!]]''
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''- often mistaken as pure Seinen, but most of its manga adaptions as well as the anime are either
* ''[[Nichijou]]''
* ''[[Oku-sama wa Mahou Shoujo|Oku-sama wa Mahou Shoujo: Bewitched Agnes]]'' (a.k.a. ''My Wife is a Magical Girl: Bewitched Agnes'')
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* ''[[Tiger Mask]]''
* ''[[Trigun]]''—until it switched publisher and became [[Seinen]].
* ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]''—yes, despite the genre of the various series it's a crossover from it runs in ''[[w:Weekly Shōnen Magazine|Weekly Shōnen
* ''[[Ultimate Mop Daisuke DX]]''—an [[Affectionate Parody]] of Shōnen tropes.
* ''[[Watashi no Messiah-sama]]''
* ''[[Yotsuba&!]]''
* ''[[Yakitate!! Japan]]''
* ''[[Yomeiro Choice]]''—the majority of the series, the first few chapters were published in a [[Seinen]] magazine, then it got transferred to a
* ''[[Zatch Bell]]''
* ''[[Zettai Karen Children]]''
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