girl ~ Type of anime or manga targeted to the "young girl" market.

Literally "young girl." Used to describe manga aimed at females up to about age 18, and usually centered around romance (with a young female protagonist), emotions, and social interaction. Cardcaptor Sakura and Aquarium are examples of mainstream shôjo manga.

Means 'Girl'. Used as a generic term for anime and manga aimed at young females. Pronounced ‘sho-jo'.

A style of artwork and story created for girls. Characterized by plots that focus on emotion and relationships and art that tends toward the florid, with lanky characters and rather effeminite (but always attractive) men. Mostly popular with teenagers in Japan, most shojo-style work has not spread widely, but it does occasionally spread (some examples are Revolutionary Girl Utena and Tokyo Babylon). Also written (most accurately) shoujo, most common uses are "shoujo manga", litterally meaning "girls' comics", and "shoujo anime" meaning "girls' animation."

Japanese for girl. Shojo manga are drawn in a very flowery, pretty, romantic style and deal with mainly romantic or emotional subjects.