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Josei (?? meaning woman) is a category of manga marketed to women, typically 18-30 years old. (Josei manga series are rarely adapted, so there isn't really a category of josei anime.) It is one of the four main categories of manga/anime along with shounen (for boys), seinen (for men), and shoujo (for girls).
Similarly, it is asked, what does Seinen mean in manga?
???) are manga marketed toward young adult men. In Japanese, the word "seinen" literally means "youth," but the term "seinen manga" is also used to describe the target audience of comics like Weekly Manga Times and Weekly Manga Goraku which are aimed at men from their 20s to their 50s.
Similarly, you may ask, what does shounen mean in manga?
???, shōnen manga) is manga aimed at a young teen male target-demographic. Thus, the complete phrase means "young person's comic", or simply "boys' comic"; its female equivalent is shōjo manga.
? means boy or young boy. Seinen/?? means roughly young adult or adolescent. Seinen manga are generally marketed toward 'young adults' which usually means high school age and up. Seinen manga generally have no furigana attached to the kanji and themes are much more diverse than shounen (or shoujo) manga.