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As you should know, there are many types of anime, which fall under about 8 different categories.

• Audience
• Content Indicators
• Dynamics
• Elements
• Fetishes
• Origional Work
• Setting
• Themes

Every anime usually falls under at least 4 or 5 different categories....

There are 7 different audience levels for an anime. These are used to recomend the age you should be or what gender usually watches the anime.

• Josei: Josei animes are usually written by woman and are reccomended more for woman ages 18+.  (These animes are not always sexual and the age rating can sometimes be 16+)

• Kodomo: Kodomo animes are more recommended for young children, they are designed for the childs short attention span and usually try to teach a child how to act around people using daily lessons.

• Kazoku: Kazoku animes are animes that are intended for families. They have no real age range, but its most likely rated something like G or PG.

• Mina: Mina animes are more of a drama anime, its recommended for girls, but a lot of guys actually watch it as well.

• Seinen: Seinen anime are usually targeted for men ages 18+ and are written by men. (These animes are not always sexual and the age rating can sometimes be 16+)

• Shōjo: Shōjo anime is written for girls ages 10+. They are usually malodramatic stories of romance, usually with a female protaganist.

• Shōnen: Shōnen anime is often written for boys ages 13+. They usually have high action, as well as have humorous plots with male protaganists.

There are 3 different content indicators in an anime. These are here to tell you what to expect in the anime.

• Nudity
• Sex
• Violence

 These are all pretty self explanitory...

There are 3 different dynamics that are usually found in anime.

• Plot Continuity
• Stereotypes
• Twisted

There are aproximately 78 different types of elements in an anime. The elements are the usualy genres you find in the anime. They tell you exactly what to expect in it.

• Action: A class of creative works characterised by a greater emphasis on exciting action sequences than on character development or story-telling. - Action anime can break off into 6 different categories.
• Gunfight
• Martial Arts
• Ninjas
• Super Power
• Sword Play
• Samurai

• Adventure: The context of a narrative, is typically applied to works in which the protaganist or other major characters are consistantly placed in dangerous sistuations, and a fictional character who lives by their wits and their skills.

• Angst: Used to decribe intense feeling, fear, anxiety or strife. The fear of possible suffering and a behavior resulting from uncertainty and strain which is caused by pain, loss and death.

• Anthropomorphism: The attribution of uniquely human characteristics to nonhuman beings, inanimate objects, or natural or supernatural phenomena.

• Comedy: A play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion. - Comedy anime can break off into 4 different categories.
• Parody
• Slapstick
• Violent Retribution for Accidental Infringement
• Super Deformed

• Detective/Mystery: Any affair, thing, or person that presents features or qualities so obscure as to arouse curiosity or speculation.

• Ecchi: A vague sexual content (such as skimpy clothing, partial or full nudity), but does not show sexual intercourse. - Ecchi anime can break off into 6 different categories.
• Breasts
• Boing
• Gigantic Breasts
• Large Breasts
• Small Breasts
• Panstu

• Fantasy: Fiction characterized by highly fanciful or supernatural elements. Imagination unrestricted by reality. - Fantasy anime can break off into 10 different categories.
• Angels
• Contemporary Fantasy
• Dark Fantasy
• Demons
• Dragons
• Elves
• Goddesses
• High Fantasy
• Magic
• Vampires

• Harem: A single average male character is surrounded by numerous (usually 3 to 7) attractive females, most of whom are romantically interested in the main character.

• Horror: An overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear.

• Incest: Sexual intercourse or intemate relations between closely related people.

• Mahou Shojo: Mahou Shojo (magical girl) stories feature young girls with superhuman abilities who are forced to fight evil and protect the Earth.

• Romance: Ardent emotional attachment or involvement between people; love. - Romance can break off into 4 different categories.
• Love Polygon
• Shōjo Ai
• Shōunen Ai
• Sudden Girlfriend Appearence

•  SciFi: A form of fiction that draws imaginatively on scientific knowledge and speculation in its plot, setting, theme, etc. - SciFi anime can break into 14 different categories.
• Aliens
• Humanoid
• Parasites
• Human Enhancement
• Cyborgs
• Ginetic Modification
• Mecha
• Androids
• Piloted Robots
• Power Suits
• Robot Helpers
• Transforming Robots
• Space Travel
• Time Travel

• Sexual Abuse: The forcing of unwanted sexual activity by one person on another, as by the use of threats or coercion.

• Triller: A suspenseful adventure story or play or movie.

There are about 18 different kinds of fetishes in an anime. These feteshes are most common in Ecchi, Henti and Harem animes.

• Bishounen: A young man whos beauty (and sexual appeal) transends the boundary of sex.   In simpler terms Bishounen are "pretty boys".
  
• Female Students
  
• Female Teachers
  
• Housewives
  
• Juujin - Juujin anime can break off into one other category:
• Catgirls
  
• Lolicon: The attraction of child-like female characters who are depicted in a erotic manner.
  
• Maids
  
• Nurses
  
• Office Lady
  
• Shotacon: The attraction of child-like male characters who are depicted is a erotic manner.
  
• Tentacles - Tenticles anime can break off into one other category:
• Mechanical Tenticals
  
• Traps
  
• Waitresses

A lot of these are self explanitory so im not going to define al of them...

Every anime falls under at least one of the 9 origional works.

• Game - Games can break up into 4 categories:
• Action Game
• Dateing Game - Visual Novel
• Eritic Game
• RPG
  
• Manga
  
• Movie
  
• New
  
• Novel

Again, these are self explanitory...

Not only every anime, but every story needs a setting. There are about 31 available for anime.

Place

• Earth - Earth can break into any place on the earth, but the ones most common in anime are:
  
• Americas - This breaks off to 2 places:
• Canada
• United States
  
• Asia - This breaks off to 4 places:
• China
• Japan
• Korea
• Russia
  
• Europe - This breaks off to 4 places:
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• United-Kingdom
  
• Middle East
  
• Fantasy World - Fantasy World can break into 3 different places in anime:
  
• Dystopia
• Parallel Universe
• Virtual Reality
  
• Space - Space can break into 2 different places in anime:
  
• Other Planet
• Shipboard

Time

• Future - Future usually breaks off to one other category:
• Post-apacalyptic
  
• Past - Past usually breaks off into 4 other categories:
• Alternative history
• Historic - This will break off into 2 more places in time:
• Bakumatsu - Meiji Era
• WWII
  
• Present - Present usually breaks off to one other category:
• Alternative

Every good story need a Theme, anime has about 42 different themes.

• Art
  
• Comming of age
  
• Consperiacy
  
• Cooking
  
• Cyber Punk
  
• Daily Life
  
• Law and Order - under this are 2 others:
• Cops
• Special Squads
  
• Military - under this are 3 others:
• Air Force
• Fudal Warfare
• Navy
  
• Music - Under this are 2 others:
• Band
• Idol
  
• Performance
  
• Proxy Battles
  
• School Life - there are about 6 different themes that fall under this:
• Clubs
• Collage
• Delinquents
• Elementry School
• High School
• Middle School
  
• Sports - there are about 11 themes under sports:
• Baceball
• Basket Ball
• Combat - combat has 2 other themes under it:
• Boxing
• Judo
• Driving
• Football
• Golf
• Gymnastics
• Tennis
• Volleyball
  
• Tragedy
  
• Under World - under world has about 3 other themes that fall under it:
• Bounty Hunters
• Mafia - Mafia has one sub-theme for it:
• Yakuza