Anime like Fruits Basket: prelude

Violet Evergarden Movie

Also known as Violet Evergarden: the Movie.

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

While writing other people’s emotions, she may have neglected her own. Violet Evergarden, the child soldier turned Auto Memory Doll, writes letters that evoke the words her clients can’t. But when a terminally ill boy requests her services for his family, her own feelings about love and loss resurface. Now she must confront her past and the death of the Major.



Tags: Writing , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Age Gap , Work , Foreign , Travel , Rehabilitation , Historical , Military , War , Time Skip , Steampunk , Disability , Family Life , Achronological Order , Ships , Primarily Adult Cast , Agriculture

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 , Parenthood , Alternate Universe , Heterosexual , Marriage , Time Skip , Rehabilitation , Afterlife , Work , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Slapstick , Primarily Female Cast , Trains , Primarily Adult Cast , School , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Baseball

Koi wa Ameagari no You ni

Also known as After the Rain.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Dentsu , Aniplex , Fuji TV , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Akira Tachibana was once the ace of a track club, but an injury forced her to quell her passion for sports. Masami Kondou, a divorced father, had ambitions of being a writer and now manages a restaurant, where Akira works. It is the intersection of Akira and Masami’s seemingly disconnected lives that makes each of them reconsider and redefine everything about themselves.



Tags: Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Seinen , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Work , Restaurant , Urban , Athletics , Writing , Martial Arts , Classic Literature , School , Twins , Tanned Skin , Love Triangle

IDOLiSH7 Vibrato

Also known as IDOLiSH7 Vibrato.

Studio: Bandai Visual , TROYCA , Bandai Namco Online , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music , Slice of Life

A spin-off series of the IDOLiSH7 TV series streamed exclusively on YouTube.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Idol , Shoujo , Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Time Skip , Twins , Dancing , Terrorism , Police , Primarily Adult Cast , Transgender , CGI , Male Protagonist

Summer Ghost

Also known as Summer Ghost.

Studio: FLAT STUDIO , FLAGSHIP LINE , Avex Pictures , GKids
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryou are high school students who met online. An urban legend speaks of a "summer ghost," a spirit girl who appears when fireworks are set off.

Tomoya cannot live the life he envisioned for himself. Aoi cannot find her place in the world. Ryou has his once shining future suddenly pulled away. Each has their own reason for needing to meet the summer ghost. On a summer night when life and death cross paths, where will each of their emotions take them?

Tags: Ghost , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Afterlife , Found Family , Bullying , Suicide , Denpa , Heterosexual

Wonder Egg Priority

Also known as WONDER EGG PRIORITY.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , D.N. Dream Partners , NTV Music , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

This is the story of Ai, an introverted girl whose fate is forever changed when she acquires a mysterious “Wonder Egg” from a deserted arcade. That night, her dreams blend into reality, and as other girls obtain their own Wonder Eggs, Ai discovers new friends—and the magic within herself.



Tags: Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , Suicide , Bullying , Coming of Age , Alternate Universe , Primarily Teen Cast , Denpa , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Hikikomori , Afterlife , LGBTQ+ Themes , Artificial Intelligence , Body Horror , Transgender , School , CGI , Tomboy , Age Gap , Episodic , Gore , Kuudere , Isekai , Guns , Idol

Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui

Also known as Koikimo.

Studio: Nomad , Sonilude , BloomZ , Kanetsuu Investment , Ichijinsha , Amusement Media Academy , BS Fuji , Touyou Recording , C-one , AMG Entertainment , MediaNet Pictures , Hokkaidou Bunka Housou , Miyazaki Broadcasting , Christmas Holly
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

One rainy day, salaryman Amakusa Ryou is saved by a high school girl he doesn't know at the station. He later finds out that the girl is Arima Ichika. Ryou is somewhat of a womanizer and to repay her for saving him, he suggests giving her a kiss or going out on a date with her, in which Ichika tells him he's creepy. This, however, opens a new door for Ryou and he falls madly in love with her. Ever since then, Ryou tries to overly express his feelings to Ichika. Ichika just keeps insulting him and says he's being creepy, but he just seems to take it as her way of showing affection towards him...



Note: The show streamed in advance on Amazon Prime Video on March 29, 2021. Regular broadcast started on April 5, 2021.

Tags: Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Josei , Urban , School , Yandere , Otaku Culture , Ensemble Cast

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen - Prologue Sakura to Futatsu no Kuma

Also known as Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Prologue – Sakura and the Two Bears.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Bundled with the limited edition of the 3rd manga volume.

Retelling of events from episode 70 of the original Cardcaptor Sakura.

Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Bisexual , Primarily Child Cast , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , School , Time Skip

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 , Ghost , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Primarily Female Cast , Amnesia , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Female Harem , Gangs , Kuudere , Baseball , Tsundere , Twins , Basketball , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

Kotonoha no Niwa

Also known as The Garden of Words.

Studio: CoMix Wave , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

Some people revel and play in the rain; others dread it and hide at the first drop. For high school student Takao, a summer shower is a source of artistic inspiration… but when he skips school in order to sketch in a rainy garden, Takao finds an even greater muse in Yukino, an older woman who seems adrift in the world. Despite the difference in their ages and lives, they strike up a comfortable relationship that slowly evolves as they randomly meet in the same garden whenever it rains. But with the rainy season coming to a close, Takao wonders if there's enough time left to put his feelings into actions and words.



Tags: Coming of Age , Age Gap , Feet , Teacher , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Urban , Bullying , Drawing , Psychosexual , School , CGI