For our first episode of Anime Academy, Victoria Holden (@sailorbee) covers SHOUNEN, or young man in Japanese anime. Shounen anime is a favorite genre with flagship shows like Naruto, Dragon Ball, Attack on Titan, Full Metal Alchemist, One Piece and more. Which Shounen anime do you love? Let us know any favorites we missed in the comments below.
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My boy midoroya has broken the the shonen mc stupid trend he is one of the smartest Main character we have in shonen
Zypher I remember thinking that Negi was a different shounen main character because he was intelligent and no good at bulling his way through things. Though, to be fair, the only decent anime adaptations of that series were the OVAs.
ProZypher PRAAAAAISE DEKU
Yeah what about light?
deku is a shit character
@@doyoufinditamusinggrusaidg2260 we don't need to hear your opinion (._.)
This vid was really well done and professional. Looking forward to the new series! ^_^
New episodes coming every Tuesday!
Crunchyroll Thanks for the heads up!
yea really enjoyed this
Naruto is obviously my favorite shounen anime of all time ❤
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Hussein Uzumaki L
boring af
Do you even Pierce the Heavens? Ore wo dare da to omotte yagaru!?
Damn right fuck the haters
My favourite is definitely Hunter x Hunter. It takes so many of those shonen tropes you guys mentioned and subverts them in so many fascinating ways as the series progresses. The first arc, the Hunter Exam, lulls you in to this false sense of security and makes you think you know what you're getting in to but, oh boy, you have no idea! Absolutely brilliant.
Kurapika92 Exactly! Currently I'm a long ways into the Chimera arc and I was not expecting ANY of this!
good to know, I'm adding that to my list :)
definitely my favorite anime as well, it really sweeps you off your feet
YUS 🙌🏻 new videos EVERY TUESDAY ✨💮 what did you guys think? What terms do you wanna know more about? Let us knoooow💖
Reina Scully Shonen & Shojo = *targeted demographic* / Seinen, Magical Girl, etc. = *genre*. Other than that, great work! :)
Reina Scully Some people in this comment section noticed that this video "mislead" newcomers as Shonen being "main protagonist = male", but Victoria Holden clarified it!
Yaoi te nani?
Reina Scully SORRY GUYS! I mislead everyone! :( [targeted demographic, age] - *Shonen* - male, 10 - 18 *Seinen* - male, 18+ *Shojo* - female, 10 - 18 *Josei* - female, 18+ The rest are genres!
I actually wanna know more about YOU.
This is the best idea of a youtube series i have ever seen. I love you guys/girls for making it, you are awesome.
That was a great breakdown of Shounen! Thanks Bee-sama!
That was pretty awesome. Now I have something to reference for my friends who have no idea about anime. Shounen being my favorite to share. Thanks Sailor Bee and all those at Crunchyroll!
I love this concept, would love to see more videos! Keep it coming #AnimeAcademy
Shounen isn't really a genre but more a target audience. This mostly described battle shounen but shounen includes romantic comedy (like Nisekoi), regular comedy and most sports shows. Attack on Titan kind of treads the line onto Seinen with its more gruesome themes.
PIKMINROCK1 yes, shonen tend not to be an actual genre but a collection of genres and ideas which will appeal the male demographic
PIKMINROCK1 Victoria Holden clarified it in my comment section! XD
PIKMINROCK1 attack on titan is definitely shounen, it is published in a shounen magazine. Being "gruesome" doesn't make something seinen. Non Non Biyori is more seinen than Attack on Titan, because it's published in a seinen magazine.
Commander Sparkle *shonen* = targeted demographic / *seinen* = genre. So, yes, Attack On Titan CAN be those two because they're different things! :)
Luis Murillo if you actually think that you are a moron. Shounen, shoujo, seinen, and Josei are all demographics.
Honestly Really well done! I can;t wait for more!
more please!!!! i just started watching anime a few weeks ago and constantly find myself wondering how much I'm missing simply by not having anyone there to explain things to me.
This was actually well put together and very informative. Some of us are anime fans but don't know the genres all too well :D
Awesome video! Made me want to go back and watch a few of these, Haha.
I watched and still watching all your recommended Animes in this video ^_^
Hitman Reborn!!! Also, I'm loving this. I thought it was gonna be silly but it was actually a really good explanation. Can't wait for next week.
Hope they make one for Ecchi anime.
Dengekiko and harems
TRAPzilla GAMING If they did for Ecchi, i think Harem would be the next one for sure.
Dengekiko so true lolz
I mean, we have to right?
Crunchyroll yes lol😂😂😂😇😈
Well done! Looking forward to explanations for things like bloody noses, raindrops on the head, difference between kun, chan, san ect!
Yoooo that shirt is amazing. Boston's incredible self-titled album!
I needed this video I recently got into.anime heavy and I needed to know these terms to talk to my friends😂
i really enjoyed this episode it explained it very well and for my fave of the ones mentioned well naruto, bleach and ive watched attack on titan for the others there on my list but not yet.
Thank you for Crunchyroll Victoria. You're lovely.
I like how i came for advice on which shounen anime to watch next, but all i got where the mainstream ones that i watched ages ago...
Love this channel
Good shirt choice! One of my first concerts. :-)
My favorite Shounen is Bleach because of how its made, how the battles are fought, and what drives Ichigo to do the best he can and his mission.
My fave Shonen series; Blue Exorcist, Boku no Hero Academia, Full Metal Alchemist .. and the list goes on. There's just so much I love in it, the battle scenes, the friendships/bonds the hero makes with his cast. Except I think Gon isn't an Underdog, he's more 'the energetic boy' type
What is the first anime you mentioned about?
We NEED more FEMALE leads in SHONEN!!!
Luis Murillo thats what shojo is for no offense.
Luis Murillo Um you do know that Shonens have male main characters right? A shojo is the female version of a Shonen dude go watch those there are plenty........
XD (i knew people would say that!) What would you call Kill La Kill? Akame Ga Kill (as shown in this video)? *Shojo!?* :D
@Soaringfalco , @alexander minor No, the parallel to shounen anime is the mahou shoujo (Magical Girl) subgenre
Alexander Minor This video "mislead" newcomers. *Shonen* (i describe it as "characters with powers") = FOR the male demographic (but both genders view them anyways) / *Shojo* ("slice of life / romance") = FOR the female demographic (but both genders view them anyways) Any suggestions experts would want to include? :)
awesome explanation of the genre
Angst_x_Fear Not quite: [targeted demographic, age] - *Shonen* - male, 10 - 18 *Seinen* - male, 18+ *Shojo* - female, 10 - 18 *Josei* - female, 18+ The rest are genres!
Luis Murillo ah, I see, thanks for the correction.
I watched this 3 times. I already knew what shounen is, I just wanted to admire the gorgeous Victoria Holden. Pretty girl, pretty cool video, well done and good idea.
All the animes you mentioned, I pretty much love. Although the one I'm currently fixated on is Hunter X Hunter because I might have binge watched all of the 5 seasons on Netflix and more during last week. I just absolutely love it.
Shonen means teenage boys between the ages 13-19 kodomo is anime and manga and aimed at kids between the ages of 4-12 seinen 20 on up
Kodomo is for 3 Years Old (It's Literary a Manga for Babies and Toddlers Comparable to a Preschool Shows Like The Teletubbies, es Corocoro Comics Magazine) Shonen is for 7 Years Old (a Manga for Primary School Kids and Young Teenagers of Middle School Comparable to a Saturday Morning Cartoon Show Like Transformers or TMNT, es Monthly Shonen Gangan Magazine) Seinen is for 17 Years Old (Typical Manga for Older Teens and Young Adults from College To the Adulthood Comparable to a Sentimental/Romantic Tv Series, es Big Comic Spirits Magazine)
My favourite shounen (and in fact, my favourite anime period) is Soul Eater.
well, at least someone can explain this for the newbies. Wish they had this like ten years ago when I started watching!!
Man I'm looking forward to knowing the academy. My favourite is Naruto, One piece and Bleach.
I actually learned something. Thanks lady.
Gurren Lagann is my favorite of those listed. Me and my friends liked it so much we named our robotics team "Tie Gurren" to compliment our love for gurren lagann and neck ties.
JoJo's Bizzare Adventure is one of the best shounen series
Technically its a seinen series now but that doesn't stop it from being so fucking awesome.
You could call part 5 semi-seinen because of the brutal fight scenes but it still appeared in weekly shounen jump until SBR.
Katsuro Animations Couldn’t agree more
The anime sucks
@@thescaler7104 ok
Naruto shippuden is the best shounen anime i have watched so far
Nice opening episode, well thought out, one suggestion I'd have is when you show images or clips you could have some sort of annotation of the show. I know your recommendations at the end helped alleviate some of those, but you also showed images of anime like Rokka no Yuusha, Blue Exorcist, or Digimon Adventure Tri. I just think that would help considering this is a series for people who aren't deeply engrained in the community already, so they might not recognize the show and might wanna check it out! When it comes to your recommendations at the end, I'm not going to judge whether they're suitable or not, really not my choice, but I'd recommend using those shows as examples for what you're talking about more. You hardly showed any Fairy Tail, SAO, or TTGL despite being in your recommendations. Also found it strange that you mention Dragonball and FMA in your description, which are quintessential shonen, but you never mention them in the video. I'm sure that's cause of licensing conflicts, but then why mention them in the description? Looking forward to more, you're doing good work!
Well you could have mentioned the community aspect such as its overwhelming popularity, but other than that, its a good video for those who aren't familiar with the genres.
Really great video, just used the art for SAO 2 when she said SAO 1
Sword Art Online(the first half of the first season) is my all time favorite!
thanks
0:55 Erens face though "I'm going to kill all the titoons"
heres some more ideas for anime academy content. long time anime fan, been watching since I could comprehend because my dad was a big Gundam and Voltez V geek. Anyways I always wanted to know about regional dialect. The most popular one I can think of is Kansai and I could easily recognize it if I listen close enough. An example is main girls in the Keijo!!!!! anime all came from different regions of Japan and they all have different dialect when they spoke in their dorm room. Im interested to know if theres any different dialects that has been used in animes and what are those different dialects.
I know all this stuff already... but I still like watching this :D
Shounen- Shaman King Shoujo- Cardcaptor Sakura
Go Victoria-San!
I'm beyond 18 years old and I still watch it
Which animation is "the tactician" from? The art style is nice.
I love them all (all anime ) but some of them I don't know but I love anime 😍❤️
Love the Boston shirt :)
Welcome to NHK, Barakamon, Flying Witch are some great shounens.
I saw Twin Star Excorcists! YES
Ahh they had Reborn! in there!! :D
Dragon Ball Z Kai The Final Chapters? Mob Psycho 100? Jojo`s Bizarre Adventure The Animation? Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans? Hunter X Hunter? Naruto Shippuden? One Piece? One Punch Man? Samurai Jack? FLCL? Original shows, english dub, and world premieres. *Saturday Nights.* Only Toonami. On Adult Swim.
Victoria Holden Of course! (thats part of the job) Thanks for the reply and great video! Hungry for more Anime Academy! :D
Samurai Jack is not even an anime -_-
Braulio González I was promoting Toonami, if you didn't notice! XD Please spread the word and the love of anime on U.S. television! Thanks! :D
jojo I agree
definitely ether fairy tail or SAO, already love the series its a lot more informative than the wiki or another website cant wait for next Tuesday!
One Piece and Magi are my favs
Naruto, Attack on titan and Fairytail man I love those shows
Hold up, you just said Luffy, the main character of One piece, doesn’t know anything about the opposite sex, it’s more like he doesn’t care Because of these 3 reasons He sees everyone has individuals, ignoring stereotypes (even if they are true) and allow the person to be who they are truly He just doesn’t care about that kind of relationship shown with the love love beam from boa Hancock He ignores consequences and just sees them as obstacles or set backs (in this case, acting in the wrong way, even if he had no bad feelings)
growing up my fave was kenshin and right now i suppose it would be hunter
Best T-shirt, Best Band!!!!!
Asta be like I will never give up
my anime shonen favorite is 1. Dragon ball series 2.One piece 3.Naruto and Bleach 4.Aot and Sao 5.Toriko
Could there also be a "Manga Academy," Please 0.0
She soooo pretty!!
I love kekkai sensen is so dope 😊
You fail to explain that shounen is not specifically just battle or action-oriented animes. Again, it's just geared towards young boys. One of my favorite Shounen is Your Lie in April. Totally had a lot of "tense battles."
What is FMAB classified as? I'm assuming Shounen as well but can get pretty dark
My favorite shonen is uq holder. Well right now it is.
My favorite shounen is Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.
Sinistar FMA is like a Shonen/Seinen hybrid, especially 03
If only classes were like this 😤
my favorite shounen anime are fairy tail, naruto, blue exorcist, attack on titan, Tokyo ghoul, one punch man, my hero academia black butler, akame ga kill, kill LA kill, one piece, full metal alchemist, bleach, etc.
Hunter x Hunter is the best Currently love Bungou Stray Dogs
Arsenie Petrescu wow I never noticed the difference thanks !
My personal favorite is Gintama. I don't if that one qualifies as a Shonen though.
Thumbs up for Gintama. It has a high quality finish.
Patrick it is a Shonen. It’s one of the top Shonen Jump series of all time.
Eu meio que não entendi muito oq ela falou, mas deu pra entender o básico =D
please explain the difference between a trap and a hideyoshi.
neat crash course to get people into anime i approve
Hunter x Hunter is my favorite shounen animu
What does shotacon mean? does it stand in relation with shounen?
This anime is great for kids who need to stand up to bullies it gave them hope and strength STAND UP!
Usually when saying someones name they put san, chan, sensei, or nothing at all on the end of their names etc. What is the importance and differences between each and why?
MINES BLUE EXORCIST! No one said ever
ShadowKnightWolf big oof I love Blue Exorcist but it was also my first anime so that’s probably why lol
One piece, Ginatama, Naruto and Naruto Shippuden, Hunter x HUnter, Fairytail, Sword art online, Attack on titan
Inuyasha and Full metal Alchemist Brotherhood are my favorites!!
i clicked the ad on crunchyroll for reina... where is reina
She is in the next video about shoujo anime/manga :-)
Well all shonen are my favorite shows
can you tell me some other shonen anime that I may like
How accurate is this? I can't help but feel they either got some things wrong or dumbed down some details. Also, why didn't they show Kid Goku when she said that the heroes are clueless when it comes to the opposite sex. He personifies this and he's quite possibly one of the most realistic examples of it.
And the comic relief for Assassination Classroom is: Koro-Sensei! He says it himself.
How you could not mention Fullmetal Alchemist or Dragonball? While I really don't like DB it's undeniably an qiunessential shounen and FMA is wildly considerred to be among the best anime/manga (and of course it's my favorite :D ).
am i hallucinating or did i see Reina scully somewhere? O-o
These videos shouldn't be region restricted
Favorite character Himura Kenshin, Luffy, Zoro, Killua... one piece forever
yes good video series
PLEASE talk about sakuga and explain some of the background of anime production eventually. More people need to know, it is very misunderstood.
Dragon ball, Fairy Tail, SAO, FMA, Hunter x Hunter
Half of these recommendations have Hundreds of episodes!
Gurren Lagann is my favourite anime. Period. And I object putting it under the Shounen umbrella. What in the hell do you think Gurren Lagann is??
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