Animated films can be found in every genre of film, but we feel that they belong in a world of their own specifically because these types of films are either drawn or computer-generated. The widest known types of animated films are Disney films. Anime films are Japanese animated productions featuring hand-drawn or computer animation. As a visual medium, it can emphasize visual styles. The styles can vary from artist to artist or from studio to studio. More notably though, while different titles and different artists have their own artistic styles, many stylistic elements have become so common that describe them as definitive of anime in general.

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An art film (also known as art movie, specialty film, art house film, or in the collective sense as art cinema) is the result of filmmaking which is typically a serious, independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience. An art film is "intended to be a serious artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal";they are "made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit" and they contain "unconventional or highly symbolic content." Furthermore, a certain degree of experience and knowledge are required to understand or appreciate such films; one mid-1990s art film was called "largely a cerebral experience" which you enjoy "because of what you know about film". This contrasts sharply with mainstream "blockbuster" films, which are geared more towards escapism and pure entertainment.

While "experimental" covers a wide range of practice, an experimental film is often characterized by the absence of linear narrative, the use of various abstracting techniques—out-of-focus, painting or scratching on film, rapid editing—the use of asynchronous (non-diegetic) sound or even the absence of any sound track. The goal is often to place the viewer in a more active and more thoughtful relationship to the film. Many of its more typical features—such as a non-narrative, impressionistic, or poetic approaches to the film's construction—define what is generally understood to be "experimental".

Source 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_film

Source 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_film

Sub-boards: David Lynch, Stan Brakhage

A genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. These films are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are generally light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences. The comedy genre often humorously exaggerates situations, ways of speaking, or the action and characters. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (the black comedy being an exception). The comedy genre can be considered the oldest film genre (and one of the most prolific and popular). Comedy was ideal for the early silent films, as it was dependent on visual action and physical humour rather than sound. Slapstick, one of the earliest forms of comedy, poked fun at physical mishap, usually in practical jokes, accidents and water soakings.

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Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.

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A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following. Cult films are known for their dedicated fanbase, an elaborate subculture that engage in repeated viewings, quoting dialogue, and audience participation. Inclusive definitions allow for major Hollywood productions, especially box office bombs, while exclusive definitions focus more on obscure, transgressive films, shunned by the mainstream. The difficulty in defining the term and subjectivity of what qualifies as a cult film mirror classificatory disputes about art. Overbroad usage has resulted in controversy, as purists state it has become a meaningless term. Cult films trace their origin back to controversial and suppressed films kept alive by dedicated fans. In some cases, reclaimed or rediscovered films have acquired cult followings decades after their original release, sometimes for their camp value. Some cult films have since become well-respected or reassessed as classics.

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Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record. "Documentary" has been described as a "filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception" that is continually evolving and is without clear boundaries. Scottish documentarian John Grierson's principles of documentary were that cinema's potential for observing life could be exploited in a new art form; that the "original" actor and "original" scene are better guides than their fiction counterparts to interpreting the modern world; and that materials "thus taken from the raw" can be more real than the acted article. In this regard, Grierson's definition of documentary as "creative treatment of actuality" has gained some acceptance, with this position at variance with Soviet film-maker Dziga Vertov's provocation to present "life as it is" (that is, life filmed surreptitiously) and "life caught unawares" (life provoked or surprised by the camera).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_film

A film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, sexuality, poverty, class divisions, violence against women and corruption put the characters in conflict with themselves, others, society and even natural phenomena.[1] Drama is the most broad of movies genres and includes subgenres as romantic drama, sport films, period drama, courtroom drama and crime. At the center of a drama is usually a character or characters who are in conflict at a crucial moment in their lives. Dramas often, but not always, have tragic or at least painful resolutions and concern the survival of some tragic crisis. Some of the greatest screen performances come from dramas, as there is ample opportunity for actors to stretch into a role that most other genres cannot afford. Drama films have been nominated frequently for the Academy Award (particularly Best Picture) - more than any other film genre.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_film

An epic film is an epic genre that emphasizes human drama on a grand scale. Epics are more ambitious in scope than other film genres. Epic historical films often take a historical or imagined event, or a mythic, legendary, or heroic figure and add an extravagant, spectacular setting and lavish costumes, accompanied by a sweeping musical score, and an ensemble cast of bankable stars, making them among the most expensive of films to produce. Some of the most common subjects of epics are royalty, superheroes, great military leaders, or leading personalities or figures from various periods in world history. Epics tend to focus on events that will affect the lives of many people, such as cataclysmic events, natural disasters, war, or political upheaval. Sometimes referred to as costume dramas, they depict the world of a period setting, often incorporating historical pageantry, specially designed costuming and wardrobes, exotic locales, spectacle, lavish decor and a sweeping visual style. They often transport viewers to other worlds or eras, such as classical antiquity, biblical settings, the Middle Ages, the Victorian era, the American Frontier, or the Gilded Age. Films involving modern battle sequences (war films) are also common settings in the epic film genre, as are westerns, and science fiction films set in space, on earth or other planets, with science fiction-oriented battle scenes on a massive scale or with a futuristic backdrop.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_film

Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap. Fantasy films often have an element of magic, myth, wonder, escapism, and the extraordinary. In fantasy films, the hero often undergoes some kind of mystical experience and must ask for assistance from powerful, superhuman forces. Ancient Greek mythological figures or Arabian Nights-type narratives are the typical storylines. Flying carpets, magic swords and spells, dragons, and ancient religious relics or objects are common elements. Bizarre and imaginary, invented lands include sci-fi worlds, fairy tale settings or other whimsical locales are common settings. Usually, the main characters in fantasies are princes or princesses. Some fantasy-type films might also include quasi-religious or supernatural characters such as angels, lesser gods, fairies or in the case of live action/animation hybrids cartoon characters. Or they include gnomes, dwarves and elves. Strange phenomena and incredible characters (like monstrous characters that are divine or evil spirits or magicians and sorcerers) are put into fantasy films, and often overlap with supernatural films.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_film

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classical film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography. Many of the prototypical stories and much of the attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Great Depression. The term film noir is French for "black film".

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A film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Horror films often feature scenes that startle the viewer; the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural, and thriller genres. Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, curses, satanism, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serial killers. Conversely, movies about the supernatural are not necessarily always horrific.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film

A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous martial arts fights between characters, usually as the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often as a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently featured in training scenes and other sequences in addition to fights. Martial arts films commonly include other types of action, such as stuntwork, chases, and/or gunfights. Kung Fu films are a significant movie genre in themselves. Like westerns for Americans, they have become an identity of Chinese cinema. As the most prestigious movie type in Chinese film history, Kung Fu movies were among the first Chinese films produced and the wuxia period films are the original form of Chinese Kung Fu films. In Chinese-speaking world, martial arts films are commonly divided into two subcategories - the wuxia period films, and the more modern Kung fu films (best epitomized in the films of Bruce Lee).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_arts_film

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers". The musical film was a natural development of the stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology. Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater. Musical films characteristically contain elements reminiscent of theater; performers often treat their song and dance numbers as if there is a live audience watching. In a sense, the viewer becomes the deictic audience, as the performer looks directly into the camera and performs to it.

A dance film is a film in which dance is a central theme of the story. In such films, the creation of choreography typically exists only in film or video. At its best, dance films use filming and editing techniques to create twists in the plotline, multiple layers of reality, and emotional or psychological depth.

Source 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_film

Source 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_film

Pornographic films or sex films are films that depict sexual fantasies and seek to create in the viewer sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction. Such films usually include erotically stimulating material such as nudity and the explicit portrayal of sexual activity. The industry generally refers to such films as adult films, which generally fall into a number of sub-genres. Pornography is often referred to as "porn" and a pornographic work as a "porno". Older names for a pornographic movie include "adult film", "stag film", and "blue movie". In general, "softcore" refers to pornography that does not depict sexual penetration or "extreme fetish" acts, while "hardcore" refers to pornography that depicts penetration or extreme fetish acts, or both.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornographic_film

A film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic elements such as spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, interstellar space travel or other technologies. Science fiction films have often been used to focus on political or social issues, and to explore philosophical issues like the human condition. In many cases, tropes derived from written science fiction may be used by filmmakers ignorant of or at best indifferent to the standards of scientific plausibility and plot logic to which written science fiction is traditionally held. After Stanley Kubrick's 1968 landmark 2001: A Space Odyssey, the science fiction film genre was taken more seriously. In the late 1970s, big-budget science fiction films filled with special effects became popular with audiences after the success of Star Wars and paved the way for the blockbuster hits of subsequent decades. According to Vivian Sobchack: "Science fiction film is a film genre which emphasizes actual, extrapolative, or speculative science and the empirical method, interacting in a social context with the lesser emphasized, but still present, transcendentalism of magic and religion, in an attempt to reconcile man with the unknown". The visual style of science fiction film can be characterized by a clash between alien and familiar images.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_film

Teen film is a film genre targeted at teenagers and young adults in which the plot is based upon the special interests of teenagers, such as coming of age, first love, rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst or alienation. Often these normally serious subject matters are presented in a glossy, stereotyped or trivialized way. Some teen films appeal to young males while others appeal to young females. Films in this genre are often set in high schools, or contain characters that are of high school age. Sexual themes are also common, as are crude forms of humor.

A Chick-Flick is a slang term for a film genre mainly dealing with love and romance and designed to appeal to a largely female target audience. Although many types of films may be directed toward the female gender, "chick-flick" is typically used only in reference to films that are heavy with emotion or contain themes that are relationship-based (although not necessarily romantic as many other themes may be present). Chick-flicks often are released en masse around Valentine's Day. Generally, a chick-flick is a film designed to have an innate appeal to women, typically young women. Some frequent elements of chick-flicks include having a female protagonist, thematic use of the color pink (along with metaphorical allusions of the color), and romance and/or dating based storylines.

Source 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_film

Source 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_flick

Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television programming that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements. Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewer's moods giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and/or terror. Thriller films tend to be adrenaline-rushing, gritty, rousing and fast-paced. A thriller provides the sudden rush of emotions, excitement, and exhilaration that drive the narrative, sometimes subtly with peaks and lulls, sometimes at a constant, breakneck pace thrills. It keeps the audience cliff-hanging at the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax. Literary devices such as red herrings, plot twists and cliffhangers are used extensively. A thriller is usually a villain-driven plot, whereby he or she presents obstacles that the protagonist must overcome. Common subgenres are psychological thrillers, crime thrillers and mystery thrillers. The horror and action genres often overlap with the thriller genre. Thrillers tend to be psychological, threatening, mysterious and at times involve larger-scale villainy such as espionage, terrorism and conspiracy.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)

War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles. Their stories may be fiction, based on history, docudrama, biographical, or even alternate history fiction. John Belton identified four narrative elements of the war film within the context of Hollywood production: a) the suspension of civilian morality during times of war, b) primacy of collective goals over individual motivations, c) rivalry between men in predominantly male groups as well as marginalization and objectification of women, and d) depiction of the reintegration of veterans.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_film

Originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States around the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The blues form, ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll is characterized by specific chord progressions, of which the twelve-bar blues chord progression is the most common.

Associated Sub-Genres: Acid Blues, African Blues, Blues-Rock, Blues Shouter, Boogie-Woogie, British Blues, Canadian Blues, Chicago Blues, Classic Female Blues, Contemporary R&B, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Detroit Blues, Electric Blues, Gospel Blues, Hill Country Blues, Hokum Blues, Jazz Blues, Jump Blues, Kansas City Blues, Louisiana Blues, Memphis Blues, Piano Blues, Piedmont Blues, Punk Blues, Rhythm And Blues, Soul Blues, St. Louis Blues, Swamp Blues, Texas Blues, West Coast Blues

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues

The art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times. The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common practice period. Given the extremely broad variety of forms, styles, genres, and historical periods generally perceived as being described by the term "classical music," it is difficult to list characteristics that can be attributed to all works of that type. Vague descriptions are plentiful, such as describing classical music as anything that "lasts a long time," a statement made rather moot when one considers contemporary composers who are described as classical; or music that has certain instruments like violins, which are also found in other genres. However, there are characteristics that classical music contains that few or no other genres of music contain.

Associated Sub-Genres: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionist, Modern, 20th Century, Contemporary, 21st Century

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music

Sub-boards: Medieval Music (500—1400), Renaissance Music (1400—1600), Baroque (1600—1760), Classical Period (1730—1820), Romantic Music (1815—1910), Impressionist Music (1875—1925), Modernist Music (1890—1930), Contemporary Classical Music (1975—present)

Music that is comic or humorous in nature, encompassing a wide variety of music genres. Also, music that is seemingly rooted in absurdism and its philosophical school of thought.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_music

A genre of American popular music that began in the rural regions of the Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from southeastern American folk music and Western music. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, fiddles, and harmonicas.

Associated Sub-Genres: Appalachian Folk, Australian Country Music, Bush Band, Bakersfield Sound, Bluegrass, Cajun, Christian Country Music, Classic Country, Country Blues, Country Folk, Country Pop/Cosmopolitan Country, Country Rap, Country Rock, Alternative Country, Americana, Lubbock Sound, Rockabilly, Southern Rock, Tulsa Sound, Cowboy/Western Music, Dansband Music, Franco-Country, Gulf And Western, Hokum, Honky Tonk Music, Instrumental Country, Nashville Sound, Countrypolitan, Neotraditional Country, New Country, Old-Time Music, Hillbilly Music, Outlaw Country, Red Dirt, Sertanejo, Southern Soul, Texas Country, Tex-Mex/Tejano, Traditional Country Music, Truck-Driving Country, Western Swing, Zydeco

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music

Music that employs electronic electronic music technology in its production. This music spans a wide variety of styles within electronic music technology's parameters.

Associated Sub-Genres: Ambient, Breakbeat, Disco, Downtempo, Drum And Bass, Dub (Fusion Genres), Electro Music, Electronica, Electronic Rock, Hardcore, Hard Dance, Hi-NRG, House Music, IDM, Jungle, Post-Disco, Techno, Trance Music, UK Garage, Chiptune

Sub-boards: Ambient, Breakbeat, Chiptune/Video Game Music, Disco, Downtempo, Drum And Bass, Dub (Fusion Genres), Electro, Electronica, Electronic Rock, Eurodance, Hardcore/Hard Dance, Hi-NRG, House, IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), Jungle, Post-Disco, Techno, Trance, UK Garage

Includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival. The term originated in the 19th century but is often applied to music that is older than that. Some types of folk music are also called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers. Starting in the mid-20th century a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This type of folk music also includes fusion genres such as folk rock, folk metal, electric folk, and others. While contemporary folk music is a genre generally distinct from traditional folk music, in English it shares the same name, and it often shares the same performers and venues as traditional folk music. Even individual songs may be a blend of the two.

Associated Sub-Genres: Traditional Folk, Contemporary Folk, Indie Folk, Neofolk, Progressive Folk, Anti-Folk, Freak Folk, Filk Music, American Folk Revival, British Folk Revival, Industrial Folk, Techno-Folk, Psychedelic Folk, Sung Poetry

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music#Specialty_sub-genres

A music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. While often used to refer to rapping, "hip hop" more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture. It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching, break dancing, and graffiti writing. Other elements include sampling (or synthesis), and beatboxing. R&B is a music genre that combines elements of old-school rhythm and blues, pop, soul, funk, and hip hop. R&B has a polished record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, an occasional saxophone-laced beat to give a jazz feel (mostly common in contemporary R&B songs prior to the year 1995), and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic influences are becoming an increasing trend, and the use of hip hop or dance-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out.

Associated Sub-Genres: Old School, New School, Golden Age, Alternative Hip Hop, Chopped And Screwed, Chopper, Crunk, Crunkcore, Freestyle Rap, Gangsta Rap, Ghettotech, Hardcore Hip Hop, Horrorcore, Hyphy, Low Bap, Mafioso Rap, Nerdcore Hip Hop, Political Hip Hop, New Jack Swing, Reggaeton, Trap, Turntablism, Undergroup Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop, Midwest Hip Hop, Southern Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop

Source 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music
Source 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B

A music that originated at the beginning of the 20th century, or earlier, within the African-American communities of the Southern United States. Its roots lie in the African-American adoption of European harmony and form onto existing African musical elements. Its African musical basis is evident in its use of blue notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation and the swung note. As the music has developed and spread around the world it has, since its early American beginnings, drawn on many different national, regional and local musical cultures, giving rise to many distinctive styles. Jazz spans a range of music from ragtime to the present day—a period of over 100 years—and has proved to be very difficult to define. Critic, Joachim Berendt, says that jazz has a "special relationship to time defined as 'swing'", involves "a spontaneity and vitality of musical production in which improvisation plays a role" and contains a "sonority and manner of phrasing which mirror the individuality of the performing jazz musician". Travis Jackson states that "it is music that includes qualities such as swing, improvising, group interaction, developing an 'individual voice', and being open to different musical possibilities."

Associated Sub-Genres: Acid Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Asian American Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Balkan Jazz, Bebop, Big Band, Boogie-Woogie, Bossa Nova, British Dance Band, Cape Jazz, Chamber Jazz, Continental Jazz, Cool Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Cubop, Dixieland, Ethno Jazz, European Free Jazz, Folk Jazz, Free Funk, Free Improvisation, Free Jazz, Gypsy Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Blues, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rap, Jazz-Funk, Kansas City Blues, Kansas City Jazz, Latin Jazz, M-Base, Mainstream Jazz, Modal Jazz, Mini-Jazz, Neo-Bop Jazz, Neo-Swing, Novelty Ragtime, New Big Band, Nu Jazz, Orchestral Jazz, Post-Bop, Punk Jazz, Ragtime, Shibuya-Kei, Ska Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Soul Jazz, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Stride, Swing Music, Third Stream, Trad Jazz, Twelve-Bar Blues, Vocal Jazz, West Coast Gypsy Jazz, West Coast Jazz, White Ja

Heavy metal (often referred to as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and in the United States. With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are generally associated with masculinity and machismo. Heavy metal is traditionally characterized by loud distorted guitars, emphatic rhythms, dense bass-and-drum sound, and vigorous vocals. Metal subgenres variously emphasize, alter, or omit one or more of these attributes.

Associated Sub-Genres: Alternative Metal, Funk Metal, Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Viking Metal, Cello Metal, Christian Metal, White Metal, Unblack Metal, Crust Punk, Dark Metal, Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll, Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Doom Metal, Death/Doom, Drone Metal, Sludge Metal, Experimental Metal, Extreme Metal, Folk Metal, Celtic Metal, Medieval Metal, Pagan Metal, Glam Metal, Gothic Metal, Grindcore, Deathgrind, Goregrind, Industrial Metal, Latin Metal, Metalcore, Melodic Metalcore, Mathcore, Deathcore, Nintendocore, Neo-Classical Metal, Post-Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Djent, Speed Metal, Stoner Rock, Symphonic Metal, Thrash Metal, Crossover Thrash, Groove Metal, Teutonic Thrash Metal, Traditional Heavy Metal

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music

Sub-boards: Alternative Metal, Black Metal, Christian Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Experimental Metal, Folk Metal, Glam Metal, Gothic Metal, Grindcore, Industrial Metal, Latin Metal, Metalcore, Neo-Classical Metal, Post-Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Speed Metal, Symphonic Metal, Thrash Metal, Traditional Heavy Metal

The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, even though the former is a description of music which is popular (and can include any style). As a genre, pop music is very eclectic, often borrowing elements from other styles including urban, dance, rock, Latin and country; nonetheless, there are core elements which define pop. Such include generally short-to-medium length songs, written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), as well as the common employment of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and catchy hooks. The main goal is usually that of being pleasurable to listen to, rather than having much artistic depth. Pop music is generally thought of as a genre which is commercially recorded and desires to have a mass audience appeal.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music

A rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. Punk bands created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produced recordings and distributed them through informal channels. For the most part, punk took root in local scenes that tended to reject association with the mainstream. An associated punk subculture emerged, expressing youthful rebellion and characterized by distinctive styles of clothing and adornment and a variety of anti-authoritarian ideologies.

Associated Sub-Genres: Anarcho-Punk, Christian Punk, Crust Punk, Garage Punk, Glam Punk, Hardcore Punk, Horror Punk, Nazi Punk, Noise Rock, Oi!, Riot Grrrl, Skate Punk, Street Punk, Taqwacore, Trallpunk, 2 Tone, Celtic Punk, Chicano Punk, Cowpunk, Dance-Punk, Folk Punk, Gypsy Punk, Pop Punk, Psychobilly, Punk Blues, Punk Metal, Ska Punk, Synthpunk

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock

Sub-boards: 2 Tone, Anarcho-Punk, Celtic Punk, Chicano Punk, Christian Punk, Cowpunk, Crust Punk, Dance-Punk, Folk Punk, Garage Punk, Glam Punk, Gypsy Punk, Hardcore Punk, Horror Punk, Nazi Punk, Noise Rock, Oi!, Pop Punk, Psychobilly, Punk Blues, Riot Grrrl, Ska Punk, Skate Punk, Street Punk, Synthpunk, Taqwacore, Trallpunk

A music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style and sound that evolved out of the earlier genres of ska and rocksteady. Stylistically, reggae incorporates some of the musical elements of rhythm and blues (R&B), jazz, mento, calypso, African, and Latin American music, as well as other genres. One of the most easily recognizable elements is offbeat rhythms; staccato chords played by a guitar or piano (or both) on the offbeats of the measure, often referred to as the skank. The tempo of reggae is usually slower than ska and rocksteady. It is this slower tempo, the guitar/piano offbeats, the emphasis on the third beat, and the use of syncopated, melodic bass lines that differentiate reggae from other music, although other musical styles have incorporated some of these innovations. Harmonically the music is essentially the same as any other modern popular genre with a tendency to make use of simple chord progressions.

Associated Sub-Genres: Ska, Rocksteady, Dub, Dancehall, Raggamuffin, Reggaeton, Reggae Fusion

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae

A genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in 1950s America and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s' and 1950s' rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical sources. Musically, rock has centered around the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with bass guitar and drums. Typically, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature utilizing a verse-chorus form, but the genre has become extremely diverse and common musical characteristics are difficult to define. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political in emphasis.

Associated Sub-Genres: Alternative Rock, Dream Pop, Grunge, Indie, Industrial Rock, Post-Rock, Post-Punk, Shoegaze, Art Rock, Beat Music, Chinese Rock, Folk Rock, Garage Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz-Rock, Jazz Fusion, Math Rock, Pop Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Rap Rock, Southern Rock, Surf Rock

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music

Sub-boards: Alternative Rock/Indie Rock, Art Rock, Beat Music, Chinese Rock, Folk Rock, Garage Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz Fusion/Jazz-Rock, Math Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk, Pop Rock/Power Pop, Post-Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Rap Rock/Rapcore, Southern Rock, Surf Rock

Sub-board: Super Mario Bros. 3

Sub-boards: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Sub-board: Super Smash Bros. Melee