In addition, a second shōjo adaptation called Escaflowne — Energist's Memories was released as a single volume in 1997.

In addition Westerners often declare that particularly violent, gory, or sexually explicit works " cannot possibly " be shōjo, or disbelieve that the producers of yaoi titles target a market of girls rather than homosexual men, although both of these claims are false, and the reason for them was most likely due to uneven translation of Japanese anime terminology.

While the anime series was in production, two very different manga retellings were also developed and released: a shōnen version of the story entitled The Vision of Escaflowne and a shōjo retelling titled Hitomi — The Vision of Escaflowne.

The single volume manga was published in January 1997 under Kadokawa's Asuka comics DX shōjo imprint.

Kaze to Ki no Uta was groundbreaking in its depictions of " openly sexual relationships ", spurring the development of the Boys Love genre in shōjo manga, and the development of sexually explicit amateur comics.

Shōnen-ai originally connoted ephebophilia or pederasty in Japan, but from the early 1970s to the late 1980s, was used to describe a new genre of shōjo manga, primarily by the Year 24 Group, about beautiful boys in love.

The English translation of the manga was favorably reviewed by Anime News Network, calling it a classic lighthearted shōjo romance that's sweet and endearing and compulsively readable.

Among her early time works, Mon Cherie CoCo, 1971, was adapted into an anime TV series, and her work, Haikara-san ga Tōru, 1975 to 1977, was very successful, winning the 1st Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo in 1977 .< ref name =" KodanshaHahn ">

The Weekly Shōnen Jump's sister publication was a manga magazine called Shōnen Book, which was originally a male version of the short-lived shōjo manga anthology Shōjo Book.

The series helped launch Toriyama's career and was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen and shōjo manga in 1981.

It was serialized in the monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum and completed its run in the August edition of 2009

* Saiyuki Gaiden, completed at 4 volumes, was published quarterly in Japanese shōjo manga magazine Zero Sum Ward.

The manga was serialized in Japan in Hakusensha's semi-monthly shōjo manga magazine, Hana to Yume.

It was serialized by Shogakukan in the shōjo manga magazine Ciao from September 1986 through March 1991, and collected in seven tankōbon volumes.

Adachi's romantic shōjo manga series, Slow Step was serialized in Ciao from 1986 to 1991, and another romantic comedy series, Rough, appeared in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1987 to 1989.

It was serialized by Shueisha the shōjo ( aimed at teenage girls ) manga magazine Ribon from April 2002 to January 2005.

The series was serialized by Hakusensha in the monthly shōjo ( aimed at teenage girls ) manga magazine Hana to Yume from 1987 to 1994.

In 1998, Animerica Extra was launched as a manga anthology which eventually focused specifically on shōjo titles.

Animerica Extra is a monthly shōjo manga magazine that was published in North America by Viz Media from 1998 until 2004.

It has since been licensed by Vertical Inc. A preview of the manga was released in the July issue of Viz Media's shōjo magazine, Shojo Beat.

Like the manga, it was amongst the first shōjo anime, aimed at a young female audience.

The only known shōjo anime to precede it was Sally the Witch which began in 1966.

Ikeda has written and illustrated many shōjo manga, many of which are based on historical events, such as the French Revolution or the Russian Revolution.

is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio.

is a fantasy shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Kaori Yuki.

is a fantasy shōjo manga series written by Yuu Watase.

is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa, serialized in Cookie published by Shueisha.

Hana-Kimi or known originally as in Japan, is a shōjo manga series written by Hisaya Nakajo.

* Vampire Knight, a shōjo manga and anime series written by Matsuri Hino

It is based on Japanese shōjo manga series,, written by Yoko Kamio.

is a shōjo manga written by Yumi Tamura.

is a Japanese shōjo manga written by Yuu Watase ( creator of the popular manga series Ceres, Celestial Legend and Fushigi Yūgi ).

is a Japanese detective action shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Wada and serialized on Hana to Yume.

It is the sequel to 2001 Meteor Garden and is based on Japanese shōjo manga series,, written by Yoko Kamio.

is a fantasy shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Arina Tanemura.

is a shōjo manga written and illustrated by Mihona Fujii.

A Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat manga series is written by Hina, published by Shogakukan and serialized in the shōjo Ciao magazine.

Unearthly is an shōjo Original English-language manga series written by Ted Naifeh, with art by Elmer Damaso and is published by Seven Seas Entertainment.

X-Day was written and illustrted by Setona Mizushiro and serialzied in the monthly shōjo manga magazine Princess in 2002 and 2003.

* Canon ( manga ), a shōjo manga by Chika Shiomi

Fans in the West have adopted a wide range of Japanese anime and manga terminology, however the strong stylistic and thematic similarities between a sector of shōjo works has led to regarding them as a genre or style, sometimes with an attempt to assign it by degrees.

is a shōjo manga by Wataru Yoshizumi.

is a Japanese shōjo manga series created by Clamp.

* Monthly Comic Zero Sum, a monthly shōjo manga published by Ichijinsha

The lolicon style borrows from shōjo manga designs and has also been influenced by women creating pornographic materials for men.

* From Eroica with Love a long-running shōjo manga by Yasuko Aoike

is a sports shōjo manga by Sumika Yamamoto begun in 1972 and serialized in Margaret.

is a shōjo manga by Marimo Ragawa.

is a shōjo and romance manga created by Ai Yazawa.

, also known as X / 1999, is a Japanese shōjo manga series created by Clamp, a creative team made up by Satsuki Igarashi, Nanase Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Mokona.

, also known as Lady Oscar or La Rose de Versailles, is one of the best-known titles in shōjo manga and a media franchise created by Riyoko Ikeda.