A genre is a particular type of literature, painting, music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics.
Though, of course, genres are not necessarily mutually exclusive, and many series do straddle multiple genres. The items on this list attempt to define these characteristics.
See also Works by Subject.
Universal genres:
Also see:
Sub-genres: (multiple media)
- Action Horror
- Actual Play
- Alternate History
- Bad Girl Comic
- Christian Fiction
- Cosmic Horror Story
- Criminal Procedural
- Coming of Age Story
- Cooking Stories
- Costume Drama
- Conspiracy Thriller
- The Epic
- Fable
- Fairy Tale
- Fantasy
- Film Noir
- Gangster Fiction
- Genius Thriller
- Harem Genre
- Heroic Pet Story
- Historical Detective Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Jidaigeki
- Jungle Opera
- Magical Girl Genre
- Mecha Show
- Military and Warfare
- Military Science Fiction
- Mons Series
- Music Stories
- New Queer Cinema
- New Weird
- Non-Fiction
- Professional Wrestling
- Psychological Thriller
- Queer Media
- Queer Romance
- Pirate Stories
- Police Procedural
- Realistic Fiction
- Religious Edutainment
- Romantic Comedy
- Satire/Parody/Pastiche
- School Stories
- Science Fiction
- Sea Stories
- Sex Comedy
- Slipstream Genre
- Space Opera
- Speculative Fiction
- Spirit Cultivation Genre
- Sports Stories
- Superhero Stories
- True Crime
- The Western
- Wuxia
- Xenofiction
Genres by medium:
- Animation Genres
- Anime Genres
- Dead Horse Genre
- Demoscene
- Film Genres
- Literature Genres
- Show Genres
- Video Game Genres
