What do the anime genres mean? 

Of course you know that the Genre "Action" has action in it but, what does action in combination with say Ecchi mean for instence? it mean's (most likely), it'll be something similiar to queen's blade or Ikkitousen, now I'm not saying these series are bad or anything, they're just not my kind of anime.

I however prefer an anime like Code Geass with it's genres being, action, drama, psychological, science fiction, supernatural, mecha now let me explane these genre a bit more.

Action, what it mean's is that within the series there will be fighting for instance in code geass they use there Mecha's to fight but nevertheless there are fights. So people whom like seaing fighting should go for an anime with said genre.

Drama, all deep storylines require drama or it isn't very deep or moving I mean, real life isn't all sun shine a daises, it's all over the place, one minute everything can be fine and the next, the complete opposite so when I watch anime and it's all happy 24/7 I feel like it's a lie or that it's missing something. However what  Drama means is that the story will be sad or tear jerking or that a character within the series might die, with drama you never really know.

The Psychological genre on the other hand is often thought of as a genre like horror with blood and guts, however it is quite diffrent in fact, a Psychological anime is more about the mind and how it makes some characters act certain ways or even have emotional trauma sometimes  characters will even have deep rooted issues such as depression. An example of this is shinji form Evengelion Neon Genisis, he was depressed and at times hated himself and this made him grow as a character,  because he had to overcome his faults.

So I think, that when an anime with a Psychological genre, gives characters more of a human side, how not everyone is perfect, and that the characters have problems, not just with what's around them but more of an internal struggle which, I, always find is awesome.

Moving on, Science Fiction, now sci-fi things in general have always interested me and in code geass there are a lot of sci-fi thing within the series for one they have "Nightmares" but before I continue I'll write about Mecha here to since the sci-fi and Mecha part are basically connected.
"Nightmares" are giant robotic Machines that are piloted by people and are used for war, or just to keep people in line. Other anime that use mecha in it's genre's will also have robotic units in it's series, and they'll be called something unique to there series but it'll still be a large robotic unite with a pilot inside controlling it. It's always the same, even in hentai and manga series.
However it has more then just Nightmares it also has Flying airships with powerful weapons, but flying island castle with weapons of mass destruction, now if these things aren't sci-fi I don't know what is.

Onto Supernatural, In Code geass the supernatural element plays a large part of the series since Lelouch gains the ability Geass a special power given to him by a mysterious girl named C2 or CC if you will. if an anime has the genre Supernatural in it it'll have something to do with mystical creatures or people, which could be monster ranging from demons to vampires and even super powers.

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