Shoujo Anime Meaning. I love you written by mal rewrite tv oct 7 2012. As probably all of you already know the word shoujo means young lady and in japanese comics or anime shoujo is the name used in order to indicate that genre aimed at a young female audience.
However do note that most shoujo ai anime are made for girls so shoujo ai anime are shoujo anime too. The chinese characters 少 and 女 literally mean little and woman respectively. Filled with bishounen and required by japanese law to have at least one shounen ai relationship in the series.
Much like the anime section above shoujo in manga has to do with a particular type of story.
That said it does not mean only females will enjoy the anime with the shoujo tag. If an anime is tagged with the shoujo tag it means that the ideal target audience is female preteens and female teenagers between 10 years of age and 18 years of age. However that is not true and moreover it is not only girls who can enjoy watching shoujo anime. Nowadays there have been attempts at dissociating shoujo from its original meaning girl in order to attract male readership.
