Broad list of Genres (various other classifications exists)
Age-based classification
Shounen (boys' anime)
Shoujo (girls' anime)
Jousei (young women's)
Seinen (young men's)
Content-based classification
Mahou shoujo (magical girls)
Mecha
Space Opera
Action, Sci-fi, Drama, Romance, Slice-of-life, etc...(as in live-action)
Bishoujo (pretty girls, usually erogame-based whose subfields listed here in increasing sexual content)- Visual Novels
Nakige (crying stories)
Dating Sims
Galge
Yaruge ("do it")
Furthermore, the moe factor in dating sims subfields are thus
-Junai-kei moe: loving relationship between heroines and male protagonist
-Otome-kei moe: no male presence; heroine is centerpiece of idealized world. Iyashi-kei (healing) type anime and manga often fall under this classification.
-Erokawaii-kei moe: sexualized heroines; i.e. this is lolicon
-Denpa-kei moe: 'pure exhuberant cuteness' at the expense of narrative, like Digi-charat
(special thanks to heiseidemocracy.net for the info)
Bishounen (pretty boys, usually based on
girls' dating sims)
Shounen-ai (boys' love)
- yaoi (with explicit sex)
Shoujo-ai(girls' love)
- yuri (with explicit sex)