Anime like Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

Also known as Your lie in April.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , Dentsu , Fuji TV , Kodansha , Aniplex of America , Kansai TV , KYORAKU
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life

Piano prodigy Arima Kousei dominated the competition and all child musicians knew his name. But after his mother, who was also his instructor, passed away, he had a mental breakdown while performing at a recital. This resulted in him no longer being able to hear the sound of his piano playing. Two years later, Kousei hasn’t touched the piano and views the world without any flair or color. He was content at living out his life with his good friends Tsubaki and Watari until, one day, a girl changed everything. Miyazono Kaori is a pretty, free spirited violinist whose playing style reflects her personality. Kaori helps Kousei return to the music world and show that it should be free and mold breaking unlike the structured and rigid style Kousei was used to.

Tags: Tragedy , Disability , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Classical Music , Rehabilitation , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , School , Suicide , Tomboy , Shounen

Angel Beats!

Also known as Angel Beats!.

Studio: Aniplex , ASCII Media Works , P.A. Works , Visual Arts , Movic , Dentsu , Mainichi Broadcasting System , CBC TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

Otonashi wakes up in the afterlife to find out he has no memories of his life before death. Desperate to survive in a war that could yield another unfortunate fate, he joins the SSS in the battle against Angel, whose very mission is to destroy all inhabitants of this afterlife. As Otonashi struggles to recover his memory and learn more about this world, he finds that not all is as it had seemed.



Tags: Afterlife , Tragedy , Philosophy , School , Amnesia , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Memory Manipulation , Politics , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Ensemble Cast , Angels , Survival , Found Family , School Club , Guns , Rock Music , Isekai , Band , Baseball , Heterosexual , Suicide , Drugs , Chuunibyou

CLANNAD: After Story

Also known as Clannad: After Story.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Pony Canyon , TBS , Rakuonsha , Animation Do
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

A few months have passed since Tomoya declared his love to Nagisa, and his life keeps moving forward as he continues to meet a variety of new people, expanding his world in the process. While Tomoya's world continues to expand, his and Nagisa's relationship is entering a new phase, and neither of them is quite sure where it will take them. Through his relationship with Nagisa, Tomoya begins to understand the meaning and importance of family.

But as Tomoya and Nagisa begin a family of their own, they are faced with many hardships along the way in Clannad: After Story



Note: Includes 2 un-numbered 'extra' and 'summary' episodes that aired at the end of the series.

Tags: Family Life , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Alternate Universe , Heterosexual , Marriage , Time Skip , Rehabilitation , Afterlife , Work , Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Primarily Female Cast , Time Manipulation , Trains , School , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Baseball , Primarily Adult Cast

CLANNAD

Also known as Clannad.

Studio: Sentai Filmworks , Animation Do , Kyoto Animation , Pony Canyon , TBS , Movic , Key
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Tomoya is a bitter, third year high school student. His mother passed away, causing his father to resort to alcohol and gambling. Tomoya is distant with his father and has become a delinquent in the years since his mother's death. Walking to school, he meets Nagisa Furukawa who is a year older but is repeating the grade due to illness. She is alone, as most of her friends have moved on. The two begin hanging out, and as time goes by, Tomoya finds his life shifting in a new direction.



Tags: School , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Family Life , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , School Club , Heterosexual , Ghost , Tragedy , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , Amnesia , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Gangs , Kuudere , Female Harem , Baseball , Tsundere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Twins , Basketball

orange

Also known as Orange.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Telecom Animation Film , Toho , ABC Animation , AT-X , Dai Nippon Printing , Futabasha , Lawson , TV Aichi
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Everyone has regrets in life. So who wouldn't take the chance to change the past if given the opportunity? When sixteen-year-old Takamiya Naho receives a mysterious letter, claiming to be from her twenty-seven-year-old self, her life is suddenly thrown into flux. The letter tells her that a new transfer student by the name of Naruse Kakeru will be joining her class, and to keep her eye on him. But why? Naho must decide what to make of the letter and its cryptic warning, and what it means not only for her future, but for Kakeru's as well.



Note: The last episode aired with a runtime of ~40 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Suicide , Alternate Universe , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love , Bullying , Tsundere

Kokoro Connect

Also known as Kokoro Connect.

Studio: Starchild Records , SILVER LINK. , Sentai Filmworks , Enterbrain
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The five members of the Cultural Research Club - Taichi Yaegashi, Iori Nagase, Himeko Inaba, Yui Kiriyama, and Yoshifumi Aoki - encounter a bizarre phenomenon one day when Aoki and Yui switch bodies without warning. The same begins to happen to the other club members, throwing their daily lives into disarray.

At first the five students find some amusement amidst the confusion, but this unwarranted connection also exposes the painful scars hidden within their hearts. As their calm lives are shattered, the relationships between the five students also begin to change...



Tags: School , Coming of Age , Body Swapping , School Club , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Age Regression , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Gender Bending , Philosophy , Tsundere , Ensemble Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes

Nagi no Asukara

Also known as A Lull in the Sea (Nagi-Asu: Nagi no Asukara).

Studio: P.A. Works , Rondo Robe , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

Since long ago, human civilization had lived on the ocean floor. However, there were many humans who wanted to live above the surface and they moved to land creating a fundamental separation between the two. After their school closes down, four 14-year-old middle school students from the sea village, Shioshishio, have to attend Mihama Middle School on the surface. What follows is their struggles to adjust to a new environment and the relationships between the sea and land people, while dealing with their own newfound feelings that have just started appearing with the end of their childhood.



Tags: Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Time Skip , Heterosexual , Coastal , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Environmental , Gods , School , Age Gap , Amnesia , Lost Civilization , Swimming , Primarily Child Cast , Fishing , Male Protagonist

Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun da.

Also known as The Anthem of the Heart.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Jun is a girl whose words have been sealed away. She was once a very happy girl, but because of a certain thing she said when she was very young, her family was torn apart. One day, the egg fairy appeared in front of her and sealed away her ability to talk in order to stop her from hurting anybody else. Since this traumatic experience, Jun lives in the shadows away from the limelight. But, one day, she is nominated to become an executive member of the "community outreach council." On top of that, Jun is also appointed to play the main lead in their musical...



Tags: Rehabilitation , School , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Musical Theater , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Family Life , Hikikomori , Chuunibyou , Baseball , Time Skip

Sora no Aosa wo Shiru Hito yo

Also known as Her Blue Sky.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Toho , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The story is set in a town nestled in the mountains and centers on high school second-year student and aspiring musician Aoi Aioi, her older sister Akane Aioi, Akane's ex-boyfriend and struggling guitarist Shinnosuke Kanomura, and Shinno — who is actually Shinnosuke from 13 years ago after traveling from the past to the present. Aoi and Akane's parents passed away in an accident 13 years ago, and Akane gave up her ambition of going to Tokyo with Shinnosuke and decided to take care of Aoi. Since then, Aoi has felt indebted to her older sister. One day, she is invited to perform at a music festival as a session musician by a famous enka singer named Dankichi. At the same time, Shinnosuke returns to Aoi and Akane's town after a long time away. Then, Shinno mysteriously appears, and Aoi falls in love for the first time.



Tags: Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Band , Rural , Orphan , Heterosexual , Time Manipulation , Musical Theater , Rock Music , Unrequited Love

Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai

Also known as I Want to Eat Your Pancreas.

Studio: Studio VOLN , Half H.P Studio , Futabasha , ABC Animation , Asahi Shimbun , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , Tohan , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Spring time in April and the last of the cherry blossoms are still in bloom. The usually aloof bookworm with no interest in others comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. Handwritten on the cover are the words: "Living with Dying." He soon discovers that it is a diary kept by his very popular and genuinely cheerful classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, who reveals to him that she is secretly suffering from a pancreatic illness and only has a limited time left. It is at this moment that she gains just one more person to share her secret.

Trying to maintain a normal life as much as possible, Sakura is determined to live her life to the fullest until the very last day. As her free spirit and unpredictable actions throw him for a loop, his heart begins to gradually change.



Tags: Tragedy , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Rehabilitation , Classic Literature , Achronological Order , Unrequited Love , School