Anime like AURA: Maryuuinkouga Saigo no Tatakai

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!

Also known as Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions.

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

Everybody has had that stage in their life where they have thought themselves to be special, different from the masses of ordinary humans. They might go as far as seeing themselves capable of wielding mystical powers, or maybe even believe themselves to have descended from a fantasy realm. This "disease" is known as "chuunibyou" and is often the source of some of the most embarrassing moments of a person's life.

For Yuuta Togashi, the scars that his chuunibyou has left behind are still fresh. Having posed as the "Dark Flame Master" during his middle school years, he looks back at those times with extreme embarrassment, so much so that he decides to attend a high school far away where nobody will recognize him. Putting his dark history behind him, he longs to live a normal high school life.

Unfortunately, he hasn't escaped his past yet: enter Rikka Takanashi, Yuuta's new classmate and self-declared vessel of the "Wicked Eye." As this eccentric young girl crashes into Yuuta's life, his dream of an ordinary, chuunibyou-free life quickly crumbles away. In this hilarious and heartwarming story of a boy who just wants to leave his embarrassing memories behind, the delusions of old are far from a thing of the past.



Tags: Chuunibyou , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Heterosexual , Disability , School Club , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , CGI , Primarily Female Cast , Parody

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

Koe no Katachi

Also known as A Silent Voice.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , ABC Animation , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

After transferring into a new school, a deaf girl, Shouko Nishimiya, is bullied by the popular Shouya Ishida. As Shouya continues to bully Shouko, the class turns its back on him. Shouko transfers and Shouya grows up as an outcast. Alone and depressed, the regretful Shouya finds Shouko to make amends.



Tags: Disability , Bullying , Rehabilitation , Language Barrier , Coming of Age , Suicide , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Time Skip , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Urban , Shounen

Nazo no Kanojo X

Also known as Mysterious Girlfriend X.

Studio: Starchild Records , Kodansha , Hoods Entertainment , Sentai Filmworks , Yomiuri Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Mystery , Romance

When the oddly peculiar Mikoto Urabe transfers into Akira Tsubaki's class, he finds that life has thrown him the weirdest curve ball ever. Because while Urabe may be an anti-social loner who sleeps on her desk, carries a pair of scissors in her underwear and breaks out in sudden fits of insane laughter, there's something about her that Tsubaki just can't quite put his finger on. Until he accidentally puts his finger in it, and suddenly the phrase "sharing spit with a girl" takes on an entirely new meaning! Before he can wipe her drool off his face, Tsubaki is mysteriously addicted to Urabe, which isn't half as strange as the fact that she not only finds this normal, but already seems to have plans for her new drooling boyfriend.



Tags: Coming of Age , School , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Seinen , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Nudity , Unrequited Love

Kagami no Kojou

Also known as Lonely Castle in the Mirror.

Studio: Shouchiku , A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

Kokoro is a junior high school student who doesn’t fit in at school and has secluded herself in her room. One day, the mirror in her room begins to suddenly shine and she is sucked inside. There, she finds a fairy tale castle and six unknown junior high students. Then a girl wearing a wolf mask appears and tells the seven of them that they have been chosen to have any one wish they want granted. Why were they chosen? What do the seven of them have in common? What is the wish that they each hold but can’t tell anyone about? When all is revealed, a miracle beyond their wildest dreams awaits.



Tags: Coming of Age , Found Family , Time Manipulation , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , Hikikomori , Female Protagonist , Fairy Tale , Isekai , Age Regression , Age Gap , Suicide , Video Games

Charlotte

Studio: P.A. Works , Aniplex , Visual Arts , TOKYO MX , KADOKAWA , ASCII Media Works , Mainichi Broadcasting System , BS11 , Movic , Key
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The story centers around the special abilities that occur among a small percentage of boys and girls in puberty. Yuu Otosaka uses his power without others knowing, and lives a fairly normal, average school life. Before him suddenly appears a girl, Nao Tomori. Due to his meeting with her, the fate of special power-users will be exposed.



Tags: Super Power , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , School Club , School , Body Swapping , Amnesia , Dissociative Identities , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Memory Manipulation , Survival , Urban , Anti-Hero , Primarily Female Cast , Slapstick , Delinquents , Heterosexual , Tomboy , Yandere , Family Life , Band , Bullying , Baseball , CGI , Torture , Mahjong

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai

Also known as Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , ABC Animation , KADOKAWA , TOKYO MX , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , BS11
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

There's a rumor about a mysterious phenomenon called "puberty syndrome." For example, Sakuta Azusagawa is a high school student who suddenly sees a bunny girl appear in front of him. The girl is actually a girl named Mai Sakurajima, who is Sakuta's upperclassman who is also a famous actress who has gone on hiatus from the entertainment industry. For some reason, the people around Mai cannot see her bunny-girl figure. Sakuta sets out to solve this mystery, and as he spends time with Mai, he learns her secret feelings. Other heroines who have "puberty syndrome" start to appear in front of Sakuta.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Memory Manipulation , Rehabilitation , Dissociative Identities , School , Amnesia , Bullying , Time Manipulation , Hikikomori , Urban , Body Swapping , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Acting , Female Harem , Idol , Tragedy

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

Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo

Also known as Yamada and the Seven Witches.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Dentsu , Frontier Works , Kodansha , Rakuonsha , Crunchyroll , A-Sketch , Memory-Tech , Amuse , Ultra Super Pictures , Lawson Entertainment , Daiichi Kosho Company , Funimation , Animatic
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

Ryu Yamada is a second year student at Suzaku High. Ryu is always late for school, naps in class and gets abysmal grades. His life is a dead bore. The beautiful Urara Shiraishi, on the other hand, is Suzaku High's brightest student. One day, without explanation, their bodies are swapped! Ryu ends up in Urara's body, and Urara in Ryu's.

Tags: Witch , Body Swapping , School , School Club , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Gender Bending , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Mixed Gender Harem , Episodic

Kyoukai no Kanata

Also known as Beyond the Boundary.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Pony Canyon , TBS , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

They should never have met. They shouldn't even exist. But when they come together, the entire world will change. The last surviving member of her clan, Mirai Kuriyama is cursed with the terrifying ability to control and manipulate blood, a power so heretical that she is shunned even by those with the ability to understand her "gift". Akihito Kanbara is only half human, but while the monstrous other half of his lineage seems to have doomed him to a life alone, it has also given him near invulnerability in the form of rapid healing. Alone, their futures seem bleak, but when a chance encounter brings them together, it becomes clear that they share more than just an unexpected bond. Together they share a destiny and a mission that only the two of them together may be strong enough to survive.



Tags: Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Demons , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Magic , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Swordplay , Tragedy , Amnesia , Conspiracy , School Club , Revenge , Kuudere , Idol