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Hibike! Euphonium

Also known as Sound! Euphonium.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Pony Canyon , Lantis , Rakuonsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Slice of Life

Spring in the first year of high school. Kumiko, a member of the brass band in junior high school, visits the high school brass band club with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire. There, she comes across Reina, her former classmate from junior high. Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko can’t make up her mind. She recollects her experience with Reina at a competition in junior high school.



Tags: Band , School Club , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Classical Music , Ensemble Cast , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , LGBTQ+ Themes

Liz to Aoi Tori

Also known as Liz and the Blue Bird.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Animation Do , Kyoto Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Slice of Life

Students and best friends Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki prepare to play a complex musical duet, Liz and the Blue Bird, for oboe and flute. Though they play beautifully together and have been friends since childhood, Mizore and Nozomi find that with graduation looming and the duet proving difficult, their friendship begins to buckle under the pressure. Interspersed with their story is the fantasy tale of Liz, drawn like a storybook, contrasting with the crisp realism of the school.



Tags: Coming of Age , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Band , Primarily Female Cast , Fairy Tale , Classical Music , Unrequited Love , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School

Hibike! Euphonium 3

Also known as Sound! Euphonium 3.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Kyoto Animation , Pony Canyon , Bandai Namco Music Live , Rakuonsha , ABC Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Slice of Life

The third season of Hibike! Euphonium.

Kumiko's third year finally begins! With the concert band at Kitauji High School over 90 members, Kumiko is now the president and does her best with her final high school club activities to try to win her long-desired gold at nationals.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Band , School Club , Coming of Age , Classical Music , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Bisexual , Yuri , Time Skip , LGBTQ+ Themes

Hibike! Euphonium 2

Also known as Sound! Euphonium 2.

Studio: Kyoto Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Slice of Life

With another tournament fast approaching, Kumiko's band is doubling down on practice and discipline, leaving little time for sleep or other recreational activities. The redoubled practice schedule brings Kumiko and Reina closer together, but elsewhere in the band, it seems like drama threatens to tear the group's unity apart. The ghost of the prior year's mass band exodus still haunts many of Kumiko's classmates, and with former band member Nozomi Kasaki now asking to return, it seems like the grudges of the past will soon be impossible to ignore.



Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Band , Coming of Age , School Club , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Classical Music , Unrequited Love , Family Life , Kuudere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Age Gap

Akebi-chan no Sailor Fuku

Also known as Akebi’s Sailor Uniform.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Shueisha , BS Asahi
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

It’s Komichi Akebi’s first year of junior high and she has her heart set on one thing: Robai Private Academy’s sailor uniform. As the next chapter of her life gets closer, she dreams of all the exciting new experiences she’ll get to have—school lunches, classes, club activities, and of course, making lots of friends! With her favorite outfit on, Komichi feels ready for anything.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , School , Iyashikei , Rural , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Family Life , Primarily Child Cast , Boarding School , School Club , Slapstick , Cheerleading , Tennis , Swimming , Tomboy , Volleyball , Fishing , Photography , Badminton , Basketball , Body Image , Dancing

Seiyuu Radio no Uraomote

Also known as The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio.

Studio: CONNECT , Nippon Columbia , KADOKAWA , Happinet Phantom Studios , Movic , BS Nittele , AT-X , Studio Mausu , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Yuuhi Yugure and Yasumi Utatane, high school classmates and co-hosts of a weekly radio program, paint a picture-perfect friendship for their listeners. Yet, in reality, they couldn’t be more different. Their off-air dynamic is a whirlwind of chaos and insults. As their tumultuous relationship unfolds, they navigate the turbulent waters of friendship and rivalry in the cutthroat realm of showbiz.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Acting , Work , Yuri , Gyaru , Otaku Culture , Idol , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Super Robot

Sorairo Utility (TV)

Also known as Sorairo Utility (TV).

Studio: Yostar Pictures , Pony Canyon , Yostar Pictures , Sotsu , Shouchiku , TOKYO MX , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Sports

"At this rate, I'll just graduate as a plain background character A!"

Minami Aoba was troubled. She had no particular strengths or things she wanted to do. Is it okay for her high school life to end as such an ordinary supporting character!?

Leaving school behind, Minami searches for her own "special uniqueness." She stumbles upon the nearby golf practice range by chance. Approached by part-time worker Haruka Akane, Minami grasps the golf club—the "utility."

And thus, it was the encounter between Minami and golf.

Winning is not the only thing in golf! Everything related to golf is enjoyable!

Together with the genius golfer Haruka and Ayaka Hoshimi, who aspires to be an influencer, they seek the moment when they can become the "protagonist"! As a super beginner, Minami swings her club once again today.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Golf , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Outdoor Activities , Primarily Female Cast , Urban , Iyashikei , Otaku Culture , Work , School , Shogi , CGI , Maids

K-ON!

Also known as K-ON!.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Pony Canyon , TBS , Movic , Rakuonsha , Animation Do , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Hirasawa Yui, a young, carefree girl entering high school, has her imagination instantly captured when she sees a poster advertising the ‘Light Music Club’. Being the carefree girl that she is, she quickly signs up. However, Yui has a problem, she is unable to play an instrument.

When Yui goes to the clubroom to explain, she's greeted by the other members: Ritsu, Mio and Tsumugi. Although disheartened at Yui’s lack of musical know-how, they still try to convince her to stay to prevent the club’s disbandment. After playing Yui a short piece which re-ignites her imagination, they succeed in keeping their new member and guitarist.

Along with the tasks of school and homework, Yui begins to learn the guitar with the help of the other band members, experiencing many mishaps along the way. However, with the school-festival drawing near and Yui getting stuck with her practice, will the Light Music Club be ready in time for their debut?



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School Club , Band , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Rock Music , Episodic , Iyashikei , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Food , Slapstick , Tomboy , Tsundere

Kageki Shoujo!!

Also known as Kageki Shojo!!.

Studio: PINE JAM , King Records
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The curtain rises on the Kouka School of Musical and Theatrical Arts. Spotlight on Sarasa Watanabe, a starry-eyed 5'10" student who dreams of performing as Oscar, a male lead role. She forms an unlikely friendship with her new roommate, a former idol who now also hopes to join the all-female Kouka Acting Troupe. Together, they’re in for the role of a lifetime.



Tags: Acting , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , School , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Shoujo , Primarily Teen Cast , Musical Theater , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Crossdressing , Body Image , Kabuki , Idol , Work , LGBTQ+ Themes , Otaku Culture , Twins

Nami yo Kiitekure

Also known as Wave, Listen to Me!.

Studio: Sunrise , DMM pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

On a drunken night out to complain about an ex, Minare Koda absentmindedly shares too much information with a stranger from the radio station. The next morning, she’s shocked to hear her voice on the radio. Bursting into the station with intentions to justify her previous night’s rant quickly turns into an interview on-air and the offer to share her chaotic life with an unsuspecting audience!



Tags: Work , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Restaurant , Urban , Educational , Food , CGI