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Shounen : 少年 【しょうねん】

(n.) boys; juveniles.

Demographic indicator for anime and manga aimed at boys. The most obvious and common example of shounen is "fighting" anime, where extremely powerful warriors duke it out amongst each other with various forms of martial arts and superpowers. Typical examples of this include Naruto, Bleach, Flame of Recca, Shaman king and Rurouni Kenshin.

Giant Robots or "Mecha" are also a very common form of shounen. What began with Mazinger Z eventually evolved into Gundam, and Macross. Even though they are huge hulking machines that should have limited mobility, mechas often display a flexibility and range of motion comparable to humans. For this reason, it has been commented that mechas are more an extension/extrapolation of the knight/samurai's armor than an anthropomorphization of tanks/war machines.

Despite a great increase in sophistication through the years, shounen anime remains largely centered on the resolution of conflicts through combat. However, that is not to say this is the only thing. If nothing else, this is proven by the large quantity of romantic comedy "harem" anime where a large cast of attractive females are vying for the attention of the (indecisive) male protagonist, like Tenchi Muyo! and Love Hina. Other examples of non-fighting shounen anime are the sports anime like Initial D that are starting to make an impact in the West.

Above violence or combat, one could say the overarching characteristic of shounen anime is a fast-paced story where action and adrenalin are privileged over plot. Of course, there are exceptions to this, like the serious romantic stories of Oh My Goddess! and Boys Be...

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9/7/06 - hi-mizu - btw for those who don't know there's a new thread in the archive.

21/4/06 - HaMsTeYr - Well, i'm not sure how many people actually read this news tag board, but i'll be updating the theme of the page from time to time, working on it. So don't be surprised if it looks like a weird combination. =P

20/5/06 - hi-mizu - well since the theme isn't up yet it the public theme we were using bored me to death i changed it =3 currently were using one of neikashinigami's public theme. btw i've been really itching for a banner here so for those who are still interested you can find the intsuctions here. Also i changed a few rules please check this HERE

15/4/06 - HaMsTeYr - OMG I'm so so sorry guys... my modem has been down for 3 weeks 4 weeks today so i haven't been able to work on the site, and the theme i promised you guys... >_< so sorry! I'm in my dad's office now... T_T

23/3/06 - HaMsTeYr - Results are back, and it seems that Bleach is a winner. I'm currently going to work on a banner and i'd like suggestions on colour scheme, if interested just PM me and i'll consider it, no flashy colours pls.. .i wont make a page of Yellow, whites and pink >_<

15/3/06 - HaMsTeYr - Well, since i've became an admin of this group i think i'll start by spicing up the look abit... I might think of starting a thread to get feedback comments on probable themes able to be used.

15/2/06 - hi-mizu - as you guys can see there is already a shonen list, i made it to prevent confusion, well any way just PM me if you think i missed one make sure to bring a link too.