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!hildren

Shnen

Sh'(o

Seinen

osei

Genres

Harem

#agical girl

#echa

-aoi

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#itsuru +dachi

Fu(io +katsuka

eorge +kiyama

Hideaki +nno

Hideo +/uma

!lamp

samu &e/aki

Hisashi 0guchi

Tetsuo Hara

-ukinobu Hoshino

1yoichi Ikegami

2unihiko Ikuhara

2en Ishika3a

Shotaro Ishinomori

Ikki 2a(i3ara

Tomoharu 2atsumata

-oshiaki 2a3a(iri

Sh'(i 2a3amori

1akuten 2ita/a3a
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2a/uo 2oike

Satoshi 2on

#asami 2urumada

2'ichi #ashimo

2atsu(i #atsumoto

"ei(i #atsumoto

Hayao #iya/aki

Shigeru #i/uki

Hideko #i/uno

Shin(i #i/ushima

&ai(iro #orohoshi

Tadao 4agahama

o 4agai

Shin(i 4agashima

&aisuke 4ishio

0iichiro da

2yoko ka/aki

#amoru shii

2atsuhiro tomo

1intaro

Takao Saito

Hiroshi Sasaga3a

unichi Sato

Sanpei Shirato

#asamune Shiro3

isabur' Sugii

Isao Takahata

samu Te/uka

+kira Toriyama

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features are also common $seefan service%. #ain characters may also feature an ongoing desire to better

themselves.=7>

Such manga often portray challenges to the protagonist=6>

4one of these listed characteristics are a re?uirement, as seen in sh'nen manga like Yotsuba&!, 3hich features a

female lead and almost no fan service or action; 3hat most defines 3hether or not a series is sh'nen are things likethe maga/ine $see eel" Shnen #ump% it is seriali/ed in or the time slot it airs on T.E. +fter the case of Tsutomu

#iya/aki, depictions of violence and seDual matters became more highly regulated in manga in general, butespecially in sh'nen manga.=A>The art style of sh'nen is generally less :flo3ery: than that of sh'(o manga,

although this varies greatly from artist to artist, and some artists dra3 both sh'nen and sh'(o manga.

&ifferent sh'nen manga stories may feature different themes, such as martial arts, robots, science fiction,sports,

terror, and mythologicalcreatures.=7>

Shnen manga today

+kira ToriyamaThe influence and popularity of the series had reached many currently successful sh'nen

authors such as 0iichiro da,#asashi 2ishimoto, Tite 2ubo, and Hiro #ashima, 3ho continue to pay homage to

his impact and influence in their o3n 3orks. The consistency of this trend in popular sh'nen manga has led to theterm :sh'nen: often being confused as being a genre, despite the fact that many sh'nen manga do not follo3 this

trend at all.

History

#ain article History of manga

Before orld ar !!

#anga has said to eDist since the eighteenth century,=C>=9>but originally did not target a specific gender or age grou

)y 78A, ho3ever, a boom in publishing manga maga/ines occurred, and began targeting genders as evidenced bytheir names, such as Shnen Seai,Sh$o Seai, and Shnen Pau$akodomo mangamaga/ine%.=9>Shnen Seai

3as one of the first sh'nen manga maga/ines, and 3as published from 79A to 776.

Post"#ccupation

The post*World War II occupation of apanhad a profound impact on its culture during the 7A8s and beyond $see

culture of Post*occupation apan%, including on manga. #odern manga developed during this period, including th

modern format of sh'nen manga 3e eDperience today, of 3hich boys and young men 3ere among the earliestreaders.=@>&uring this time, Sh'nen manga focused on topics thought to interest the archetypical boy sci*tech

sub(ects like robots and space travel, and heroic action*adventure.=>samu Te/uka, creator of%stro Bo"$

etsu'an %tomu?, :#ighty +tom,: lit. :Iron +rm +tom:% is said to have played an influential role in manga

during this period.=C>=78>=77>)et3een 7A8 and 7B, an increasingly large readership for manga emerged in apan3ith the solidification of its t3o main marketing genres, sh'nen manga aimed at boys and sh'(o manga aimed at

girls.=75>

The maga/ine eel" Shnen #umpbegan production in 7B9,=9>and continues to be produced today as the best*selling manga maga/ine in apan.=7@>#any of the most popular sh'nen manga titles have been seriali/ed in#ump,
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