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Kodomo no Omocha

Also known as Kodocha.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Studio Gallop , NAS , Pony Canyon , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Sana Kurata has a charmed life. Not only is her mother is a famous, award-winning writer, but she's the star of the hit TV comedy "Child's Toy" while still in the fifth grade. But Sana's biggest concern is Akito Hayama, a pint-sized hellion who's organized the boys in their grade-school class into a mass of unending noise and violence. With the help of Rei, her manager, chauffeur and "pimp," Sana is determined to win back control of the classroom from her new arch-enemy. But as her crusade continues, Sana moves further into Akito's life, and finds that he might not be entirely bad...or entirely safe.



Tags: Work , Primarily Child Cast , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Foreign , Adoption , Meta , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Surreal Comedy , School , Acting , Rehabilitation , Bullying , Urban , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Tragedy

Cardcaptor Sakura

Also known as Cardcaptor Sakura.

Studio: MADHOUSE , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , NHK , Kodansha , Sogo Vision , YTV , NHK Enterprises , NIS America Inc.
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

One day, Kinomoto Sakura, a 4th grader stumbles upon the mysterious book of Clow. Upon opening it and reading the name of The Windy aloud, Sakura scatters the cards to the winds. Sakura is elected and appointed by Keroberos, Guardian of the Cards to capture the remaining cards. With her friend Tomoyo and rival Syaoran, Sakura begins an adventure that will forever change her.

Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Child Cast , Coming of Age , Episodic , Family Life , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Henshin , School , Dissociative Identities , Reincarnation , Love Triangle , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fashion , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Bisexual , Age Gap , Agender , Martial Arts , Boys' Love , Fairy , Amnesia , Time Manipulation , Kaiju , Time Skip , Transgender

Fruits Basket: The Final

Also known as Fruits Basket The Final Season.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , TMS Music , Funimation , Avex Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

After last season’s revelations, the Soma family moves forward, but the emotional chains that bind them are not easily broken. Unable to admit why she wants the cure, Tohru wrestles with the truth, aware that time is running out for someone close.

And a secret still lurks that could break another’s heart. But hope is not lost—a clue to the curse is found. Could their imprisonment’s end be near?



Note: This season premiered on Funimation and AnimeLab on March 20, 2021. The Japanese broadcast started two weeks later on April 6, 2021.

Tags: Shoujo , Found Family , Coming of Age , Rehabilitation , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Family Life , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Urban Fantasy , Mythology , Animals , Heterosexual , Orphan , Shapeshifting , Gods , Revenge , Bullying , School , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Yandere , Curses , Cohabitation , Reincarnation , Age Gap , Tsundere , Suicide , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , School Club , Gender Bending , Kuudere , Crossdressing , Femboy , Chibi , Time Skip , Marriage

Fruits Basket: 1st Season

Also known as Fruits Basket (2019).

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Funimation , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Tohru Honda thought her life was headed for misfortune when a family tragedy left her living in a tent. When her small home is discovered by the mysterious Soma clan, she suddenly finds herself living with Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Soma. But she quickly learns their family has a bizarre secret of their own: when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Zodiac!



Tags: Found Family , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Shoujo , Fairy Tale , Mythology , Coming of Age , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Orphan , Shapeshifting , Homeless , Rehabilitation , Curses , Animals , School Club , Delinquents , Primarily Male Cast , Kuudere , Yandere , Cohabitation , Slapstick , School , Male Harem , Bullying , Episodic , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Suicide , Unrequited Love , Denpa , Memory Manipulation , Love Triangle , Femboy , Agriculture , Gender Bending , Crossdressing , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , Nudity , Body Horror , Gangs , LGBTQ+ Themes , Card Battle , Amnesia , Chibi , Philosophy

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

Also known as Sailor Moon.

Studio: Toei Animation , TV Asahi , Madman Entertainment , Viz Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Usagi Tsukino is an average student and crybaby klutz who constantly scores low on her tests. Unexpectedly, her humdrum life is turned upside down when she saves a cat with a crescent moon on its head from danger. The cat, named Luna, later reveals that their meeting was not an accident: Usagi is destined to become Sailor Moon, a planetary guardian with the power to protect the Earth. Given a special brooch that allows her to transform, she must use her new powers to save the city from evil energy-stealing monsters sent by the malevolent Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom.

But getting accustomed to her powers and fighting villains are not the only things she has to worry about. She must find the lost princess of the Moon Kingdom, the other Sailor Guardians, and the Legendary Silver Crystal in order to save the planet from destruction.



Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , Superhero , Slapstick , Super Power , Demons , Found Family , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Reincarnation , Coming of Age , Amnesia , Animals , Fairy Tale , School , Space , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Episodic , War , Dissociative Identities , Urban , Revenge , Aliens , Tokusatsu , Age Gap , LGBTQ+ Themes , Mythology , Shrine Maiden , Unrequited Love , Time Manipulation , Body Horror , Suicide , Makeup , Boys' Love

Kaitou Saint Tail

Also known as Mysterious Thief Saint Tail.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Dentsu , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Meimi Haneoka, 14, is a normal girl during the daytime, but during the night, she assumes the "position" of Saint Tail, a modern-day Robin Hood who steals from thieves and gives items back to their original owners. She is aided by her friend, Seira Mimori, a nun-in-training, and she is chased by her classmate (and soon-to-be love interest), Daiki Asuka (often called "Asuka Jr.").



Tags: Crime , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Detective , Nun , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Animals , Henshin , School , Love Triangle , Primarily Child Cast

Fruits Basket: 2nd Season

Also known as Fruits Basket Season 2.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

A year has passed since Tohru Honda began living in the Souma residence, and she has since created stronger relationships with its inhabitants Shigure, Kyou, and Yuki. She has also grown closer to the rest of the Souma family and has become familiar with their ancestral secret, having helped them with many of their personal issues. The closer Tohru gets, however, the more she begins to realize that their secret holds a darker truth than she first presumed.
Summer is approaching and Tohru is invited to spend her days with the Soumas, mainly Kyou and Yuki. Tohru wishes for an easy-going vacation, but her close relationships with the two boys and the rest of the Soumas may prove to cause trouble. As they grow more intimate, their carefree time together is hindered by older hardships and feelings from the past that begin to resurface. The Eternal Banquet also dawns on the members of the zodiac, and they must tend to their duties alongside the unnerving head of the family, Akito Souma.
With the banquet approaching and a plethora of feelings to be solved, will Tohru's life with the Soumas remain peaceful, or will she find herself in a situation from which she cannot escape?

Tags: Family Life , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Coming of Age , Mythology , Found Family , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Animals , Rehabilitation , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Femboy , Bullying , Curses , School , Primarily Male Cast , Love Triangle , Orphan , School Club , Shapeshifting , Yandere , Cohabitation , Memory Manipulation , Tsundere , Kuudere , Gender Bending , Body Horror , Age Gap , Unrequited Love , Crossdressing , Bisexual , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , Suicide , Work

Yumeiro Pâtissière

Also known as Yumeiro Patissiere.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , DAX Production , Studio Hibari
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Middle schooler Ichigo Amano has never excelled at anything (other than eating cakes, of course), but a chance encounter with famed pâtissier Henri Lucas changes everything! Henri immediately recognizes Ichigo’s extraordinary palate, offering her a spot at the prestigious pastry school known as St. Marie Academy. There Ichigo meets the Sweet Princes and their fairy guardians, the Sweets Spirits — and together they are determined to become the most acclaimed pastry chefs around!



Tags: Food , School , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Shoujo , Primarily Child Cast , Fairy , Kids , Fairy Tale

Kamichama Karin

Studio: Satelight , Broccoli , NAS , Pony Canyon , Studio Kelmadick
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Karin Hanazono is an orphan, living with her relatives. Her life has never been easy, her studies are not well, she is not the best in sports and technically she is miserable. Left with only a ring as a memento from her departed mother, she suddenly finds her life changed, as she was mourning her pet cat, Shii-chan. On that night she met a strange boy, Kazune Kujyou. After that event, she experiences several mysterious incidences that soon led her to find out that she is a little goddess. Finding others like her she soon sets out to understand herself better as her mysterious powers grow and she becomes beset by opponents.



Tags: Magic , Gods , Shoujo , Primarily Child Cast , Henshin , Love Triangle , School , Super Power , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Orphan , Found Family , Boys' Love , Urban Fantasy , Time Manipulation , Gender Bending , Transgender , Age Regression , Butler , Kuudere , Idol , Anthropomorphism , Crossdressing , Amnesia , Bisexual , Body Swapping , Tsundere , Musical Theater

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen

Also known as Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card.

Studio: MADHOUSE , NHK , NHK Enterprises , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

The power of the Clow is back! As Sakura settles into a normal routine, she prepares to face her newest challenge - junior high! While her classes are challenging, things start looking up when Xiaolang Li reappears and says he'll be staying for good. But when she has a strange dream about a mysterious figure and wakes to find her Clow Cards completely clear, she must return to her duty as Cardcaptor.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , School , Shoujo , Magic , Primarily Teen Cast , Food , Henshin , Bisexual , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Time Manipulation , Dissociative Identities , Heterosexual , Cheerleading , Kemonomimi