Hm... How about Shonen? Okay, I know that's a demographic, but there's usually a clear genre in there. Like, an naive hero who struggles to be strong, his rival who is too cool for school, a big villain who wants to (you guessed it) take over the world (OF COURSE!), that one girly character that does nothing if she isn't fulfilling the role of the love interest, side characters that are usually pushed to the sidelines because they're not the hero, the mentor who is usually doomed to die because he's both badass and old, the inevitable tournament arc that usually serves to introduce strong and powerful opponents for the heroes to fight, etc. 

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