Anime or manga art styles that were popular during the 2000s. This tag should not be used for images created in the 2000s that do not fall into this specific art style.
Western artists with a fondness for this style tend to tag their artwork as animecore, a term coined in Tumblr aesthetic communities in the late 2010s to refer to the imagery and culture surrounding anime in the 2000s.
Shoujo art is typically traditional media, particularly colored pencil or watercolor. Eyes are more rounded and detailed. Sparkles are frequently used.
Examples
A 2000s style commonly seen in shoujo manga
A 2000s style commonly seen in anime and visual novels
