Anime like Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!: Take On Me

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai

Also known as Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , ABC Animation , KADOKAWA , TOKYO MX , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , BS11
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

There's a rumor about a mysterious phenomenon called "puberty syndrome." For example, Sakuta Azusagawa is a high school student who suddenly sees a bunny girl appear in front of him. The girl is actually a girl named Mai Sakurajima, who is Sakuta's upperclassman who is also a famous actress who has gone on hiatus from the entertainment industry. For some reason, the people around Mai cannot see her bunny-girl figure. Sakuta sets out to solve this mystery, and as he spends time with Mai, he learns her secret feelings. Other heroines who have "puberty syndrome" start to appear in front of Sakuta.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Memory Manipulation , Rehabilitation , Dissociative Identities , School , Amnesia , Bullying , Time Manipulation , Urban , Hikikomori , Body Swapping , Love Triangle , Clone , Acting , Tsundere , Female Harem , Idol , Tragedy

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Yumemiru Shoujo no Yume wo Minai

Also known as Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

In Fujisawa, where the skies are bright and the seas glisten, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. His blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted with the appearance of his first crush, Shouko Makinohara. For reasons unknown, he encounters two Shouko's: one in middle school and another who has become an adult.

As Sakuta finds himself helplessly living with the Shouko's, the adult Shouko leads him around by the nose, causing a huge rift in his relationship with Mai.

In the midst of all of this, he discovers that the middle school Shouko is suffering from a grave illness and his scar begins to throb...



Tags: Time Manipulation , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy , Alternate Universe , Primarily Teen Cast , Age Regression , Urban , Magic , Afterlife , Ensemble Cast , School , Love Triangle , Amnesia

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 , Ensemble Cast , Language Barrier , Iyashikei , School , Tomboy

Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Fine

Also known as Saekano the Movie: Finale.

Studio: CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

After Eriri and Utaha leave Blessing Software, Tomoya and Megumi work alongside Izumi, Michiru, and Hashima in order to create their next game together: "How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend." However, Tomoya is stuck when it comes to writing the main heroine Meguri's route. And to make things even more complicated, Eriri and Utaha are encountering troubles on their own after a series of complications around their work on Fields Chronicle. Can Tomoya maintain his commitments to both Megumi and Blessing Software, as well as Eriri and Utaha?



Tags: Otaku Culture , Software Development , Meta , Heterosexual , School Club , Female Harem , Video Games , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , School , Tsundere , Time Skip , Drawing , Love Triangle , Writing

Tenki no Ko

Also known as Weathering With You.

Studio: CoMix Wave , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , Toho , Lawson Entertainment , Kadokawa Shoten , STORY Inc. , GKIDS , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

High school student Hodaka leaves his home on an isolated island and moves to Tokyo, but he immediately becomes broke. He lives his days in isolation, but finally finds a job as a writer for a shady occult magazine. After he starts his job, the weather has been rainy day after day. In a corner of the crowded and busy city, Hodaka meets a young woman named Hina. Due to certain circumstances, Hina and her younger brother live together, but have a cheerful and sturdy life. Hina also has a certain power: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Urban , Environmental , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Orphan , Family Life , Heterosexual , Magic , Work , Gods , Super Power , Guns , Found Family , Crossdressing , Time Skip , Estranged Family , Restaurant

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: First Kiss wa Owaranai

Also known as Kaguya-sama: Love is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends-.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

Shuchiin Academy’s student council room: the place where Student Council Vice President Kaguya Shinomiya and President Miyuki Shirogane met. After a long battle in love, these two geniuses communicated their feelings and, at the Hoshin Festival, had their very first kiss. However, there was no clear confession of love. The relationship between these two, who assumed they would be a couple, remains ambiguous. Now, overly conscious of their feelings, they must face the biggest challenge yet: Christmas. It’s Shirogane who wants it to be perfect versus Kaguya who pursues the imperfect situation. This is the very “normal” love story of two geniuses and the first kiss that never ends.



Note: The anime first premiered in theaters across Japan on December 17, 2022. It was later split into 2 parts on TV, and 4 episodes on streaming, and Blu-Ray/DVD.

Tags: Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Ojou-sama , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Kuudere , School Club , Slapstick , Seinen , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Parody , Chibi , Parkour

Tamako Love Story

Also known as Tamako -love story-.

Studio: Kyoto Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

As she edges toward the end of her high school life, the energetic but generally clueless third-year Tamako Kitashirakawa has only one major concern: pulling off a stunning baton performance at the Usagiyama Marching Festival. But all too soon, she is confronted by the reality that all her friends have big plans for their futures; she, on the other hand, just operates with the moderate goal of continuing to work at her family's restaurant.

Under the same brilliant sky, Mochizou Ooji intends to study at a university in Tokyo, leaving behind his family, friends, and most importantly, his first and only love Tamako. Unfortunately, the shy admirer cannot bring himself to declare his love, and Tamako is yet unaware that she is the source of such anguish. With time quickly running out, Mochizou must confess his feelings to Tamako soon, or his dream of romance will never be fulfilled.

Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Food , School , School Club , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , Animals , Love Triangle , LGBTQ+ Themes

Clannad Movie

Also known as Clannad: The Motion Picture.

Studio: Toei Animation , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Clannad is set in a high-school located in some Japanese town. Okazaki Tomoya is a third-year student who doesn't take his studies seriously. Always late for class, he's seen as a delinquent by the rest of his classmates who are busy preparing for their entrance examinations. Needless to say, he hasn't too many close friends either.

Tomoya seems not to mind too - until one day he meets a girl, Furukawa Nagisa, who is left alone without friends on this school, because everybody she knew already graduated. What a clumsy girl, he thinks at first. But he can't leave her alone and so, while helping her, he meets a few other girls from his school. Although he doesn't care much about them at first, he soon opens his heart to them as they get to know each other better.



Tags: School , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Male Protagonist , Acting , Time Skip , Tragedy , Baseball , Slapstick , Kuudere

AIR (Movie)

Also known as Air: The Motion Picture.

Studio: Toei Animation , Frontier Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Centuries ago, Kanna, a princess and the last of a winged race, was held prisoner in a castle as she was feared by the rest of the world. However, when she met a soldier named Ryuuya, she fell in love with him and told him of her wishes to see the outside world and to find her mother. Ryuuya attempted to fulfill these wishes. However, his efforts were in vain as Kanna was sealed in the sky through magic and cursed to be in pain for all eternity.

Hundreds of years later, Yukito, a decendant of Ryuuya, comes to a quiet town one week before their annual festival with hopes that he can make some money. However, when he meets an unusual girl called Misuzu, he is reminded of what his mother once told him - "When you go out on your journey, if you find the winged girl's re-incarnation, you must use your power to set her free".

Yukito and Misuzu's fates soon become intertwined with each other, with each developing feelings for the other. However when Yukito realizes Misuzu's connection to the past, he must decide on whether to leave, or to attempt to break the curse that has bound Kanna in centuries of pain.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Family Life , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Nudity , Kuudere , Male Protagonist , Samurai , Coastal , Female Protagonist , Reincarnation , Female Harem

Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭

Also known as Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend ♭.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

After finally completing the first route of his visual novel, Blessing Software's producer Tomoya Aki is optimistic about the future of his team and achieving their goal of creating the best game of the season.
However, they still have a long way to go. For one, Megumi Katou still has an incredibly flat personality and is unable to fit the role of Tomoya's ideal heroine. The other members of Blessing Software, Eriri Spencer Sawamura, Utaha Kasumigaoka, and Michiru Hyoudou, often forget she is even there due to her lack of presence and character.
Throughout the development of their game, Blessing Software learns the struggles of working in an industry where deadlines must be met and edits are made constantly, and the hardships of working in a group setting.
Note: Includes episode 0.


Tags: Otaku Culture , Primarily Female Cast , Female Harem , Heterosexual , School Club , Video Games , Meta , Software Development , Tsundere , Male Protagonist , School , Writing , Kuudere , Primarily Teen Cast