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K-ON!!

Also known as K-ON! Season 2.

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

It is the new year, which means that the senior members of the Light Music Club are now third-years, with Azusa Nakano being the only second-year. The seniors soon realize that Azusa will be the only member left once they graduate and decide to recruit new members. Despite trying many methods of attracting underclassmen—handing out fliers, bringing people into the clubroom, and performing at the welcoming ceremony—there are no signs of anyone that plans to join.

While heading to the clubroom, Azusa overhears Yui Hirasawa say that the club is fine with only five people and that they can do many fun things together. Changing her mind, she decides that they do not need to recruit any members for the time being.

K-On!! revolves around the members of the Light Music Club as they experience their daily high school life. From rehearsing for concerts to just messing around, they are ready to make their last year together an exciting one!



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

Bocchi the Rock!

Also known as BOCCHI THE ROCK!.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Houbunsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Hitori Gotou, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who’s so introverted and shy around people that she’d always start her conversations with “Ah...”

During her middle school years, she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she thought it could be an opportunity for even someone shy like her to also shine. But because she had no friends, she ended up practicing guitar for six hours every day all by herself. After becoming a skilled guitar player, she uploaded videos of herself playing the guitar to the internet under the name “Guitar Hero” and fantasized about performing at her school’s cultural festival concert. But not only could she not find any bandmates, before she knew it, she was in high school and still wasn’t able to make a single friend!

She was really close to becoming a shut-in, but one day, Nijika Ijichi, the drummer in Kessoku Band, reached out to her. And because of that, her everyday life started to change little by little...



Tags: Band , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Rock Music , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , Hikikomori , Rehabilitation , Surreal Comedy , Meta , Mixed Media , Slapstick , Seinen , Work , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rotoscoping , Chibi , Yuri

K-ON! Movie

Also known as K-ON!: The Movie.

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

With graduation right around the corner, every member of the Light Music Club except for Azusa will be leaving for good. But the girls aren’t going to let something as silly as graduation tear them apart! For their final hurrah, the girls are going on the ultimate vacation tour— all the way to London! Their overseas journey will lead them on a trip of discovery and friendship as they take the stage one last time for their final encore together.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Band , Foreign , Coming of Age , School Club , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Travel , Rock Music , Seinen , Iyashikei , Ensemble Cast , Language Barrier , School , Tomboy , Tsundere

BanG Dream!

Also known as BanG Dream!.

Studio: Xebec , Issen
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music , Slice of Life

Kasumi Toyama was enthralled by the stars as a young girl, so when she discovers a trail of star-shaped signs one day after transferring to a new school, she can't help but follow them. They lead her to a shop run by the grandmother of one of her new classmates, and Kasumi finds something that will change her life forever: a star-shaped guitar! And just like that, Kasumi knows that forming a band is her destiny.

Of course, convincing Arisa and her grandmother to sell her the guitar won't be easy, and finding a group of other girls who want to become musicians will be even harder. But when a girl has stars in her eyes and a starbeat in her heart, there's nothing that will stop Kasumi from making her fantasies come true!



Tags: Band , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Rock Music , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , CGI , Urban , Tsundere , Chuunibyou , Swimming

BanG Dream! 2nd Season

Also known as BanG Dream! 2nd Season.

Studio: SANZIGEN , Passione , Creators in Pack
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music , Slice of Life

The second season of BanG Dream!.

It's a new school year and Kasumi, Arisa, Saaya, Tae, and Rimi are thrilled to finally be second-year students. Even more exciting than becoming upperclassmen, however, is the fun they have while performing in their band Poppin' Party… until things get out of control when the girls publicly announce that they're going to do their own concert before they've really studied the issue.

Suddenly they're committed to doing something that's a lot more difficult than it seemed, and the pressure is doubled since their musical rivals in Roselia, who've also announced a live concert, are way ahead of them in planning! But you can't stop the music, and with a little hard work and help from other groups and some talented newcomers, Poppin' Party fever will soon be popping up all over!



Tags: Band , Female Protagonist , Full CGI , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , Rock Music , School , Tsundere , Twins , Chuunibyou , Idol , Gyaru , Ensemble Cast , Urban

Hidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆ Specials

Also known as Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu Specials.

Studio: Shaft , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Special episodes announced at Comic Market 78.

Tags: Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , School , Drawing , Primarily Teen Cast , Seinen , Female Protagonist

Pon no Michi

Also known as Pon no Michi.

Studio: OLM , Kodansha , DMM.com , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Good Smile Company , Myrica Music , SUPA LOVE , OLM , SANKYO , Yostar , AQUA ARIS , Bit Grooove Promotion
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The anime is set in Hiroshima Prefecture's Onomichi City, where a high school student Nashiko Jippensha was kicked out of her house. Without a place to play with her friends, she learns that the mahjong parlor that her father used to run is now vacant. She fixes the mahjong parlor and turns it into a place where she and her friends can have fun, cook, have tea, and sometimes play mahjong.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Mahjong , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Food , Primarily Teen Cast , Advertisement , CGI , Board Game

Yuru Camp△ SEASON 3

Also known as Laid-Back Camp Season 3.

Studio: 8-bit , FuRyu , Houbunsha , AT-X , BS11 , MAGES. , KLOCKWORX , Sony Music Solutions , enish , 8-bit , Sotsu , 81 Produce
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Within the narrow walls of the Outdoor Activities Club room, the few but lively members carry on the camping spirit as they have fun with DIY club experiments. Exciting experiences such as these have brought Nadeshiko Kagamihara deep into the world of camping, making her want to once again go on a solo trip. However, other plans come first, as Ayano Toki and Rin Shima invite Nadeshiko to camp near Ooi River. Eager to go on their first journey together, the girls set off to forge precious memories that will stick with their hearts for years to come.

Tags: Outdoor Activities , Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Camping , Travel , Trains , Seinen , School Club , Food , Primarily Teen Cast , Educational , Mopeds , Ensemble Cast , Motorcycles , CGI , Time Manipulation

Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau

Also known as Whisper Me a Love Song.

Studio: CLOUDHEARTS , Yokohama Animation Lab , Ichijinsha , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

After performing a song at her school’s opening ceremony, musician Yori Asanagi receives an apparent love confession from freshman Himari Kino. But just as Yori decides she wants to return Himari’s feelings, Himari reveals that she did not “love” her, but “admires” her! But you can’t unring a bell once struck, and Yori is determined to make Himari fall for her, not just her music. Will their hearts ever beat as one, or will their love fall out of tune?



Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Band , School , Love Triangle , School Club , Coming of Age , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Rock Music , Aromantic , CGI , Tragedy

Non Non Biyori: Repeat - Hotaru ga Tanoshinda

Studio: SILVER LINK.
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

An unaired episode bundle with the tenth volume of the manga.

Life in rural Asahigaoka moves at its own pace. Devoid of the pleasures and worries of a bustling metropolis, this small village might seem painfully dull at first glance. However, despite living this far from her hometown of Tokyo, Hotaru Ichijou manages to find a group of friends whom she can spend quality time with. No matter whether it's winter, spring, summer, or fall, they make full use of everything the nature around them has to offer.

Tags: Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Rural , Primarily Child Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere