Action
Genre with many action sequences meant to throw the audience out of their seats with stunning effects and stunts. Action titles will focus more on suspense over character development and plot and focus on an individual hero or two which overcome almost impossible events.

Adventure
Unlike action, adventure titles include plot focused on plot progression as the main characters move towards obtaining their goals through a series of battles and struggles. Adventure if closely linked with fantasy at times due to the overall progression of story as the characters overcome obstacles.

Comedy
Good humored plot meant to amuse the audience. Comedies are meant to be filled with laughter and poise often with a very humorous main character. There are many different types of comedy including satires, dramatic irony, slapstick, and many others. Most comedies end with all characters surviving at the end of the story, and often do not have the characters suffering any true hardships.

Drama
Drama is often confused with its subgenre tragedy. Dramas are titles which express plot through the dialogue and actions of fictional characters. The three most common forms of dramas are comedies, tragedies, and satires. Other forms of drama exist, but overall drama is defined by titles that focus on the interaction of fictional characters to express plot instead of actions. Dramas are more theatrical.

Fantasy
Fantasy includes magic and other supernatural powers as a main theme in the plot or setting. Unlike Science fiction, fantasy does not rely on science and technology to support its theme and has more of an adventurous feel at times. While fantasy does not require explanation of magical powers, the characters are still within bound of set rules placed by those powers. Many fantasy titles are based in medieval times and are in worlds with limited technological developments, but this is not a requirement.

Hentai
Slang for "ju hachi kin" which is the Japanese term used to referred to adult pornographic material. Hentai includes anime and manga with a sexual and pornographic nature. Hentai can be both hetero and homosexual. Homosexual titles are split into two subgenres, yaoi and yuri. Hentai in Japan is used to refer to someone who is perverted and strange, but in western culture is as well used to define pornographic anime and manga.

Horror
Horror is meant to scare the audience and create a sense of suspense and unease. The plot includes the introduction of an evil entity into the often daily lives of the main characters. As the story progresses the audience is supposed to feel constant shock and terror as the characters face intense hardships and at times leading to their death.

Mystery
Genre based off of a series of puzzling events made to make the audience think. Mysteries are meant to include the audience in the logical reasoning of the main characters as they attempt to solve the series of events that lead to a crime or misdeed. Many mysteries as well include a sense of horror or thrills as the character may at times face dangerous situations to uncover the truth.

Psychological
Psychological traits include themes more closely related to mental processes as compared to physical events. Most psychological titles include a series of highly emotional twist and turns as the main characters face inner demons of their past or present. Some of the most well known attributes of psychological films include high amounts of character development, emotional breakdowns, and questioning the very boundaries of existence and logical comprehension.

Romance
A love story between two characters that focuses on character development. Romance often includes an individual or group fighting against a set of trails preventing their love for one another, or in some cases love for the other. Romance titles are often combined with other genres such as comedy or drama.

Sci-Fi
Fictional aspects of science included to add a unique twist to the storyline while maintaining all other aspects of science. Unlike fantasy, Sci-Fi attempts to create new rules to the universe with logical reasoning.

Shōnen-ai
(lit. 少年愛 "Boy love") Not to be confused with Shōnen which is a demographic aimed towards boys. Shōnen-ai is a genre that depicts a plot about the love between young males. Shōnen-ai, unlike Yaoi, is plot focused with character development. Shōnen-ai typically not intended to be sexual in nature but instead more related to love and romance.

Shoujo-ai
(lit. 少女愛 "Girl love") Far less well known as shōnen-ai, shoujo-ai is a genre related around girl love, not to be confused with yuri which is sexual in nature. Shoujo-ai includes a plot about the love and romance of female characters. Shoujo-ai is focused on character development and plot and does not include many, if any, pornographic scenes.

Slice-of-Life
Slice of life is a genre that depicts realistic events with a strong focus on the mundane events in life with plot development. Slice of life is often described by very realistic settings and events, but will "cut-out" and only use the most entertaining parts of plot in order to produce suspense and entertain.

Supernatural
Supernatural titles include themes based upon events that occur outside the realm of nature. Supernatural themes include physic powers, ghosts, angles, deities, genies, witches, warlocks, and other supernatural events. These themes must be part of the main theme of the story and must not be confused with Sci-Fi and Fantasy which involve twists to reality but place importance on some sort of structure. Under supernatural genres the theme is based off of a unique event or power that is not seen as normal or accepted by others as possible. In Fantasy and Sci-Fi these truths are often either explained or accepted as part of reality making them not supernatural since these genres attempt to either place it as reality or have it accepted as an everyday truth within the story.

Thriller
Thrillers are defined by a sequence of constant face paced action filled with suspense and cliffhangers. Thrillers are almost always combined with other genres-commonly action and horror. Common traits in thrillers include a constant sense of danger, short but constant sequences of action, suspense, cliffhangers, and many more. The main characters in thrillers are commonly used to dealing with difficulties with ease and are able to face up to danger without problem. Most thrillers do not focus on plot nearly as much as suspense.

Tragedy
Tragedies are stories with often highly emotional plots and a sad and unfortunate ending. Many tragedies include a sense of fear pity for the main character and have many emotional ups and downs as the story progresses. Tragedies are very plot focused with high character development at times.

Yaoi
The acronym for the Japanese phrase: "yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi" meaning "no climax, no resolution, no meaning." Unlike shonen-ai, Yaoi is focused towards the sexual relationship between male partners. Yaoi is pornographic in nature and designed for mature audiences. Yaoi commonly has no or very limited plot.

Yuri
(lit. 百合 "lily") Also known as "Girls Love" is pornographic anime and manga depicting a homo-erotic theme around the love of two females. While yuri is pornographic in nature, yuri may include some plot at times but it is not necessary.

Young-Children
Described by content that is suitable to the age of 5 and does not include any form of violence, sexual suggestions, or other questionable material. Young-Children titles are titles created for child-development and teaching morals.

Children
Content suitable for children of the ages 6 to 9 and contains only very mild violence with the intent to teach and humor young children. These series may include some minor sexual references related to hand holding and other forms of "innocent love." Children rated titles should not include any blood, gore, alcohol references, or other questionable materials.

Pre-Teen
Suitable for the ages of 10 to 12 and contain mild violence, some minor sexual references, and very limited drug references. Pre-Teen titles are typically designed for entertainment and do not necessarily hold any developmental or moral plot, but still hold an overall positive disposition.

Young-Teen
Content suitable for teenagers of ages 13 to 15 and contains some minor violence and sexual references. Content may as well include drugs, minor gore, and some references to abuse. These titles tend to have some development features which gear teenagers more towards adult content in the future, but still hold an overall good nature.

Teen
Suitable for ages 16 to 17 and contains some violence, sexual references, drug references and other content. Teen titles do not include any highly violent content, but still may include fighting, battles, and death. Teen titles are designed for entertainment and may have some questionable content. Teen titles do not include high amounts of violence, abuse, or any other content that questions the mores of society.

Young-Adult
Young-Adult titles may include any non-pornographic or intensively violent content. These include war genres which have in depth description of fatal battle wounds, but do not go as far as to push violence to its limits. Drug and alcohol references are common as well as any other content. Young-Adult films may not include content that questions what is acceptable in films with highly suggestive content or any pornographic material.

Adult
Adult titles include all non-pornographic content regardless of degree of violence or questions about suggestive content. These titles as well may question any boundary up to the point of being illegal to show on public media. Adult titles do not include pornographic materials which are reserved for Mature-Adult content rating, as well do not include extreme violence which may be seen as illegal to distribute inside the US or any other firth world nation.

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