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Shōnen manga

Shōnen manga (少年漫画; lit. "boys' comics", also romanized as shonen, shounen or syônen) is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of mainly adolescent boys. It is, along with shōjo manga (targeting adolescent girls and young women), seinen manga (targeting young adult men), and josei manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary…

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Shōnen manga

Nodes139
Edges138
Triples129
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014388
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Shōnen manga

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related to Post-war era · 27
Shōnen manga → American, As, Asao Takamori, Ashita, Astro Boy, During, Eiichi Fukui, Igaguri-kun, Imperial, Japan, Japanese, Joe, Kimba, Leiji Matsumoto, Manga, Manga Shōnen, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, One, Osamu Tezuka, Science
related to Modern era · 21
Shōnen manga → Although, As, Ashura, Crayon Shin-Chan, Dragon Ball, For, GeGeGe, George Akiyama, Go Nagai, Harenchi Gakuen, Kitarō, Manga, Naruto, One Piece, Other, Seinen, Shigeru Mizuki, Significant, The, Weekly Shōnen Jump
related to Role of women · 15
Shōnen manga → Akira Toriyama, Arale Norimaki, Dr, Go Nagai, Historically, Kei Kusunoki, Ranma, Rumiko Takahashi, Slump, Studies, The, The Abashiri Family, This, Urusei Yatsura, Women
related to Themes and genres · 13
Shōnen manga → Action, Barefoot Gen, CoroCoro Comic, Hayao Miyazaki, In, Japan, Keiji Nakazawa, Samurai, Shōnen, The, This, Though, Weekly Shōnen Jump
related to Magazines · 12
Shōnen manga → Akita Shoten, At, Japanese, Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha, Shōnen, The, Weekly Shōnen Champion, Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Weekly Shōnen Sunday
related to Narrative conventions · 11
Shōnen manga → Akimine Kamijyo, Dragon Ball, For, Happy, In, Kazuki Takahashi, Plots, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Transformation, Typically, Yu-Gi-Oh
related to Shōnen manga · 7
Shōnen manga → For, It, Japanese, Non-manga, Shōnen, The, Weekly Shōnen Jump
related to Visual style · 6
Shōnen manga → Comics, In, Jason Thompson, Neil Cohn, The, Visually

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manga shōnen magazines shōjo target series category female often japanese action magazine characters audience demographic male stories protagonist also popular

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Astro Boyinstance ofwith series0.80text
Kimba the White Lioninstance ofwith series0.80text
Dragon Ballinstance ofparticularly through globally successful series0.80text
One Pieceinstance ofparticularly through globally successful series0.80text
and Naruto.The stylisticinstance ofparticularly through globally successful series0.80text
thematic differences between shōneninstance ofparticularly through globally successful series0.80text
shōjo began to narrow considerably beginning in the 1980sinstance ofparticularly through globally successful series0.80text
with widespread exchange of stylistic devicesinstance ofparticularly through globally successful series0.80text
themesinstance ofparticularly through globally successful series0.80text
City Hunterinstance ofas originating a trend that has persisted to contemporary shōnen manga of favoring cartoonish art styles over the more mature art styles of shōnen titles0.80text
Fist of the North Star.Female manga artists also began to enjoy increasing criticalinstance ofas originating a trend that has persisted to contemporary shōnen manga of favoring cartoonish art styles over the more mature art styles of shōnen titles0.80text
commercial success as shōnen manga creatorsinstance ofas originating a trend that has persisted to contemporary shōnen manga of favoring cartoonish art styles over the more mature art styles of shōnen titles0.80text

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