Anime like CIPHER

A-Girl

Studio: MADHOUSE , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Sisters Mariko and Mayu, along with Mariko's bad-tempered boyfriend, become involved with Ichiro, an arrogant, womanizing male model.

A-Girl has very few lines of dialogue and is performed against a background of Japanese pop songs composed by Okada Tooru and sung in English! by SEIKA. Intertiles provide continuity, like in old silent films.

Tags: Acting , Female Protagonist , No Dialogue , Love Triangle , Shoujo , Heterosexual , School

NINETEEN 19

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

19-year-old Kubota is ready to find a girlfriend. The perfect chance arises when he meets Masana Fujisaka, his first love, in a club. She's just broken up with her longtime boyfriend and is surprised to run into Kubota, who sees that the perfect opportunity has just arisen.

Tags: Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Bar

Houkago no Shokuinshitsu

Also known as After School in the Teachers' Lounge.

Studio: Daiei
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Two teachers and their ups and downs of being in love with each other.

Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Teacher , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen

Bobby ni Kubittake

Studio: MADHOUSE , Kadokawa Shoten , Project Team Argos
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

The "Bobby" referred to in the title is actually 17-year-old Akihiko Nomura, an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His grades are failing, and his father – traditional and strict (but who must have also at some point gave in and allowed him to have a motorcycle) – is trying everything he can think of to get the kid to apply for college. His mother is so silent, she might as well not even exist. Really, his support system lies entirely in his twinkle-toed little sister, who's nosy but cheers him on in her own way.

Bobby really does little else but work on his bike. He cleans his bike. He tunes up his bike. He rides his bike. One would call him a motorcycle otaku. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of himself on a road trip printed in a motorcyclist hobby magazine. This leads to an unexpected result: a girl his age, who picked up that issue on a whim, decides to write him a letter. A long, rambling letter, but dreamily romantic just the same. Bobby admits to his sister that he's never gotten a letter from a girl before. He writes back, "I got your letter. I'm happy 'cause it was from a girl."

Bobby is not a well-rounded kid. He barely speaks – even to his own family – and the "letters" he writes back to the mystery girl usually consist of a single sentence or so. His motorcycle obsession is all-consuming, to the point where he happily quits school to work at a biker bar. Of course, his father, at a loss, kicks him out of the house. Staying with a friend, he's delighted when his female pen pal says she'll call him. On that day, his boss at the bar decides to take him to a motocross track. But that's a day that wouldn't end in a way that anybody would expect.



Note: Based on the novel of the same name by Yoshio Kataoka.

Tags: Motorcycles , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Foreign

BRONZE KoJI NANJo cathexis

Studio: MADHOUSE , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

A 30 minute OVA composed of 5 Koji Nanjo’s music videos, featuring never seen scenes between Takuto and him, with an original art gallery by Minami Ozaki at the end.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Boys' Love , Musical Theater , Idol , Shoujo

TO-Y

Studio: Studio Gallop , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

Two weeks before a concert at Yaon Hibiya auditorium (1987.8.26), while playing at the club Shinjuku Loft, lead vocalist To-Y (pron: to-o-i) of the band GASP is jumped by a rival, Aikawa Yoji. GASP is a upcoming band known for its violence, struggling to be noticed against the popularity of hotshot Aikawa, who's #1 on the charts and beloved by his fans. The Yaon Hibiya concert represents GASP's mainstream debut to break out of the small-time club scene, which is threatened by the schemes of Aikawa's manager, Ms. Kato of Koyama Productions. Kato wants To-Y to leave that "bunch of hoodlums," and sing independently for a major label.

Adding to the confusion is an unexplained character who manifests feline traits, named Niya. Niya presents herself as "To-Y's aijin" ("Niya, To-Y no aijin da yo!") to the consternation of Koishikawa Hiderou, who has interest in To-Y. Koishikawa, also known as "Sonoko-chan," is typed as a "okama" by Niya. A running motif is GASP, it's fans, and associates regarded as unusual by the mainstream public, as exemplified by their musical taste, dress, and Classic Coke-drinking, which only contributes to more difficulty in their struggle to be accepted.



Tags: Shounen , Band , Delinquents , Nudity , Kemonomimi

Otohime CONNECTION

Studio: Animate , ING , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Romance , Slice of Life

Special based on the manga by Ooya Kazumi, published in Betsukomi Flower Comics.

An all-male pop group doubles as a detective agency. The cute girl member of the agency is kidnapped when one of the men's past returns to trouble them all in the present.



Tags: Shoujo

Angel's Feather

Studio: Venet
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

In the Binfield Kingdom Chronicle, it is said that there was once a small, peaceful country called the Kingdom of Winfield, whose king and royal family possessed great white wings. Hamura Shou is newly enrolled at Yuusei Academy. After hearing about a student named Misonou Kai from the headmaster, Shou comes to believe that Kai is his younger twin brother, who he was separated from when he was younger. However, after a mysterious earthquake, Shou is suddenly carried into another world with two other students. It is in this new world that, after being attacked by a monster, Shou suddenly unleashes great, white wings. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Isekai , Shapeshifting , Twins , Boys' Love

Chuuhai Lemon: LOVE 30S

Studio: Tsuchida Productions , Wonder Kids
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

When Gorou Tatsumi, a burly undercover police officer at Shinjuku station is hit upon by a unsuspecting hooker, both of their lives take a totally unexpected turn.

Before long Tatsumi and the hooker fall in love with each other but a jealous former client of the girl doesn't approve and as tensions escalate, Tatsumi finds himself the victim of a vicious knife attack.

Only the girl can find out who the culprit is but, how will she do it?

Tags: Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Age Gap , Police , Prostitution ,