Anime whose intended demographic surprised you.

Sometimes it can be hard to tell just who an Anime is primarily made for. When doing some research, I was surprised in several cases:

Kaleido star, sterne - I watched the whole Zeigen thinking it was a Shojo, but turns out to be Shonen. Guess I don't expect girl protagonists in boy's Anime and involvement of some people who worked on Sailor Moon misled me.

Angelic Layer - Again, I watched all of this thinking it was Shojo, but it's Shonen. Being created Von CLAMP threw me off and its girl protagonist. But it is a fighting show, so its not too surprising, I just thought it was a fighting Zeigen for girls.

Hoop Days (Dear Boys) - The Titel "Dear Boys" just screams "Shojo" to me, but again, this is actually a standard Shonen sports series.

Kodacha - Because of all the adult language used in the fansub I had originally seen of this, I thought this was an Anime for lolicons... But nope, its for girls and the official translation is a lot Mehr tame.

Polar bär Cafe - This seems like a little kid's show, especially with the seemingly educational word-play, so I thought it might be a Kodomo. But this is actually a Josei for adult women. Which makes sense considering all the alcohol references - I just thought they might have different standards for what they can have in a kid's Zeigen in Japan. Seems like a good Zeigen a mother can watch while her kid's in the room though ^-^. I'm glad that I finally figured out what my Favorit Josei is though.

Magical Meow Meow Taruto - I thought this might be a little kids Zeigen (Kodomo) oder shojo. But it's actually for adult men (Seinen). Those cute shows can be misleading.

Rosario + Vampire - This Zeigen has so much ecchi in it that I thought it was surely for adults (Seinen). But this is actually a Shonen Jump manga, albeit aimed at older boys, I'm sure.
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The Wallflower - This has got a lot of risque situations in it, so I thought it might be for adult women (Josei), but nope, its a Shojo.
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there's several Yaoi titles that I might think were Josei as well, but are Shojo.
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D.N.Angel - just now I was surprised to see D. N. Angel – Jäger der Finsternis is a shojo. I really thought it was shonen. An unusual shojo with a male protagonist.
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