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Majo no Tabitabi

Also known as Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina.

Studio: C2C , Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , Movic , Bandai Namco Arts , AT-X , SB Creative , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Inspired by her favorite book, Elaina ventures out to see the world she's read so much about. Like a leaf on the wind, she travels from one country to another, looking to sate her inquisitiveness and searching for new experiences. She's confronted by humanity in all its forms, whether strange, bizarre, or emotional. Exploration and curiosity drive her journey. Where to next, Elaina?



Tags: Witch , Episodic , Magic , Female Protagonist , Travel , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Time Skip , Primarily Female Cast , Achronological Order , Medieval , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Anti-Hero , Foreign , Yuri , Gore , Time Manipulation , Philosophy , Dragons , Alternate Universe , Body Swapping , Gangs , Slavery , Suicide , Amnesia

MINKY MOMO in Yume ni Kakeru Hashi

Studio: Starchild Records , Asahi Production , Yomiuri Advertising , Studio Junio
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A bridge's legend tells that when two people meet on it, they will surely meet again. Momo meets a boy who doesn't believe the legend, and promises that she will meet him again to prove it. As the year passes, she comes every day to wait for him, and becomes a small part of many people's lives.



Tags: Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Magic

Aru Majo ga Shinu Made

Also known as Once Upon a Witch's Death.

Studio: KADOKAWA , EMT Squared , flying DOG , AT-X , EMT Squared
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

On Meg’s seventeenth birthday, she learns that she only has one year left to live. Her mentor—the Eternal Witch, Faust—explains that she is cursed and the only way to save herself is to grow a seed of life using one thousand tears of joy. Of course, such tears aren’t easy to come by. As Meg begins her quest, she finds herself drawn into the lives of her friends and neighbors in ways she never imagined. By sharing their burdens and using her magic to comfort them, she learns how precious those moments of connection can be even in the face of death.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Curses , Witch , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Foreign , Urban Fantasy , Iyashikei , Coming of Age , Orphan , Found Family , Environmental , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Post-Apocalyptic , Episodic

Mushishi: Hihamukage

Also known as MUSHI-SHI OVA.

Studio: Artland , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

When an eclipse occurs, the sun remains dark in one area. The mushi expert Ginko must come and determine how to return the sun to the village before their crops die. The secret seems connected to twin girls who live nearby.



Tags: Environmental , Youkai , Rural , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Twins , Mythology , Demons , Exorcism , Urban Fantasy , Historical , Travel , Denpa

Rolling☆Girls

Also known as The Rolling Girls.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Dentsu , Shouchiku , Pony Canyon , Movic , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

Ten years after the Great Tokyo War, each prefecture in Japan has split up into independent nations. Each nation is ruled by a prophet called "Mosa" and an army called "Mob" as they start to compete to take over other countries. Four "Mob" girls from the Saitama clan, Nozomi, Yukina, Ai, and Chiaya, are ordered by their "Mosa" to travel around Japan riding their motorcycles to mediate multiple battles between nations and clans as they emerge.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Super Power , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Motorcycles , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Aliens , Superhero , Politics , Mopeds , Rural , Meta , Lost Civilization , Idol , Family Life , Space , Super Robot , Drawing

Rolling☆Girls: Chibi☆Rolling☆Girls Korokoro Gekijou

Studio: WIT STUDIO
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Short specials included with the Blu-rays and DVDs.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast

Super Cub

Also known as Super Cub.

Studio: Studio KAI , Bandai Namco Arts , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

There’s freedom in loneliness, and Koguma finds hers on a motorcycle. A Honda Super Cub motorcycle, to be exact. With no parents, friends, or plans for the future, Koguma’s daily detours on her way to school become her sole source of excitement. Until one day, she learns a classmate, Reiko, shares her passion. Together, they’ll discover friendship, fun, and the adventure of the open road.



Tags: Motorcycles , Iyashikei , Mopeds , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Outdoor Activities , Kuudere , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Rural , CGI

Bakuon!!

Also known as Bakuon!!.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Slice of Life , Sports

Riding a bicycle may be better than walking, but when another girl zips past her on the way to class, Sakura Hane realizes that there’s an even better option: motorcycles! Fortunately, Sakura’s all-girl school just happens to have a motorcycle club! It only has one member though: the mysterious Raimu Kawasaki, who’s never been seen without her face-obscuring helmet. But that changes immediately once Sakura and the girl who passed her, Onsa Amano, sign up and start recruiting! It won’t all be easy riding… Sakura still has to earn her license, and there are problems like the club’s official status having slipped, and the need to recruit a faculty sponsor.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Motorcycles , School Club , Female Protagonist , School , Ojou-sama , Butler , Seinen

Bakuon!! no Kobeya

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Sports

Short specials included with the Bakuon!! BD/DVD volumes.

Tags: Seinen

one off

Studio: Dentsu , TYO Animations , Shouchiku
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

A slice of life of high school girls in the early summer. Shiozaki Haruno is a 17-year-old girl who loves her motor cycle, HONDA's Giorno. She lives in remote highlands and longs for a vivid life in a city.

Encounters with people staying at Haruno's parents' boardinghouse encourage her to step forward to her dream.

Tags: Iyashikei , Mopeds , Motorcycles , Rural , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Musical Theater , CGI , Memory Manipulation , Coming of Age , Foreign