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[Discussion] What are some anime whose demographics fans tend to get wrong? (ani.social)
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Inspired by comments from 10 Most Rewatchable Shonen Anime Series, Ranked

Here are a few examples that I know of:

title expected actual
Frieren non-shounen (seinen?) shounen
Attack on Titan seinen shounen
The Apothecary Diaries shoujo seinen
Umamusume: Cinderella Gray shounen seinen
100 Girlfriends shounen seinen

What are other instances of misidentified demographic you have seen?

Quick and dirty definitions of anime demographics:

  • shoujo - girls
  • shounen - boys
  • josei - ladies
  • seinen - men

Free feel to correct me if I got them wrong.

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[–] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Apart from the ones you listed, here are a few anime that I've seen people get wrong lately:

  • A Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity - shounen
  • Kaguya-sama: Love is War - seinen
  • Chainsaw Man - shounen
  • Blue Box - shounen
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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    What demographic labels did people mixed these up with?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I often see people assuming Fragrant Flower is shoujo, Kaguya-sama is either shounen or shoujo, Blue Box is shoujo, and Chainsaw Man is seinen.

    The base assumptions seem to be "There's a love story where we've gone two chapters in and the female lead hasn't stripped yet??? Must be shoujo!" and "Wow that's a lot of blood, must be seinen."

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