Anime like Maria-sama ga Miteru

Strawberry Panic

Also known as Strawberry Panic.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Lantis , Media Blasters , Dwango
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Aoi Nagisa transfers to one of the three affiliated all-girl Catholic schools on Astraea Hill, St. Miator's Girls' Academy. There, she discovers a community of fellow students entwined in an intricate hierarchy, in which two Etoiles represent the three schools. In order to fit in, Nagisa must go to class, join clubs, and make new friends. Meanwhile, Shizuma Hanazono, the sole Etoile of Astraea Hill, finds herself drawn to this new, exciting transfer student. As Shizuma and Nagisa get to know each other, Shizuma finally decides it is time to face her troubled past.

Tags: Yuri , Love Triangle , School , Boarding School , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Amnesia , Archery , Nudity , Ensemble Cast , Unrequited Love

Onii-sama e...

Also known as Dear Brother.

Studio: NHK , NHK Enterprises , Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Before leaving her cram school, Nanako Misonō asks one of the teachers if they can become pen-pals. The teacher, Takehiko Henmi, is reluctant at first, but eventually accepts the offer. The story is narrated through the letters sent from Nanako as she enters Seiran, a renowned private high school for girls only. There she encounters many difficulties as an ordinary middle-class girl invited to the prestigious Sorority, the most traditional and sophisticated club on campus..



Tags: Shoujo , Tragedy , School , Ojou-sama , Coming of Age , Bullying , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Boarding School , Tomboy , Yandere , Heterosexual , Suicide , Drugs , Villainess , Basketball , Trains

Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu!

Also known as Yuri Is My Job!.

Studio: Passione , Happinet Phantom Studios , Asmik Ace , Ichijinsha , Nippon Columbia , arma bianca , Sotsu , Frontier Works , BS Fuji , AT-X , TOKYO MX , KLOCKWORX , BS Nittele , Studio Lings
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Worried about her reputation, Hime covers shifts for a cafe manager she accidentally injures to maintain her picture-perfect princess image. But this cafe has a peculiar theme—private school. To put on her best barista schoolgirl act, she’ll be trained by the most graceful girl there, Mitsuki. Under her guidance, Hime’s feelings start to brew, but there’s just one problem—Mitsuki can’t stand her!



Tags: Work , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Acting , Love Triangle , Restaurant , Bullying , Ojou-sama , Meta , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Gyaru , Tsundere , School , Ensemble Cast , Aromantic , Yandere , Parody

Yagate Kimi ni Naru

Also known as Bloom Into You.

Studio: TROYCA , AT-X , Sony Music Entertainment , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Yuu Koito thought love would be something amazing and magical, but when a male friend asks her to date, she feels nothing. She doesn't even know how to respond until she overhears the student council president of her new high school, Touko Nanami, turning down a similar request. With Touko's help, Yuu manages to let her friend down gracefully, but then Touko confesses that she, herself, is starting to have feelings for Yuu, leaving Yuu in a quandary. Yuu doesn't think that she's in love with Touko, but she does feel something. As Yuu joins the Student Council, and she and Touko become closer, her confusion about her feelings only continues to grow. Because you can't control who you love, or who falls in love with you.



Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , School , Aromantic , School Club , Asexual , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Bisexual , Acting , Shounen , POV , Meta , Trains , Writing , Athletics , Restaurant , Tragedy

Aoi Hana

Also known as Sweet Blue Flowers.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , The Right Stuf International , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Fumi and Akira were close childhood friends until Fumi had to move away. Ten years after losing touch with each other, the two girls meet again as high school freshmen. The two struggle to reconnect after so much has changed, and both deal with the trials and tribulations of high school — sometimes independently and sometimes with each other’s help.



Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Love Triangle , Josei , Bisexual , Tomboy , Acting , Basketball , Rural

Rock wa Lady no Tashinami Deshite

Also known as Rock is a Lady’s Modesty.

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures , TBS , Rakuten , Bandai Namco Pictures , Hakusensha , Movic , Pony Canyon , Shouchiku , Bandai Namco Music Live
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

At an elite all-girls' academy where refined young ladies gather, Lilisa Suzunomiya, now the daughter of a real estate tycoon after her mother remarried, is forced to abandon her guitar and rock music to fit in. However, her passion is reignited by sounds from the old school building, where she meets a skilled drummer who shares her love for rock. Together, they embrace their inner rockstars, elegantly clashing and shouting their way through the academy in this captivating tale of grace and rebellion.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Rock Music , Band , Ojou-sama , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , CGI , Seinen , Yuri , Urban , Sweat , Inseki

Asagao to Kase-san.

Also known as Kase-san and Morning Glories.

Studio: ZEXCS , Pony Canyon Enterprise , Sentai Filmworks , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

A relationship is like a garden. It's hard, really hard, to plant the initial seeds. Once you've gone through the agonizing process of wondering if the other person even likes you, fought the fear that telling her could destroy everything, and made your confession, the most difficult part begins. Because you have to keep nurturing this wonderful new feeling to keep it growing. Not just in your own heart, but in hers. And since even the most beautiful rose can cut you to the bone with its thorns, who can you talk to for advice? Especially when you're both girls in high school? For shy Yamada and boyish Kase, time is running out.



Tags: Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tomboy , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Coming of Age , School , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Horticulture , Agriculture , Rural

Maria†Holic

Also known as Maria†Holic.

Studio: Shaft , Frontier Works , Genco , Media Factory , AT-X , Omnibus Japan , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

It’s not easy to find the perfect girl, even when you’re the same sex! Kanako thought attending an all girls school would be the perfect way to meet the girl of her dreams, but after her hot new roommate turns out to be a guy in drag, and catching the eye of the most popular girl in school only brings down the wrath of all the OTHER similarly obsessed girls, she’s not so sure! Complicate things with a cat-eared dorm leader, her roommate’s rude-mannered maid and identical twin sister (who attends an all boys school, of course,) and WAY too many attractive girls of questionable persuasions and the question becomes whether Kanako can die from frustrated nosebleeds! (Life would be SO much easier if guys didn’t literally give her the hives!) Will Kanako ever find a non-polar opposite of a compatible non-opposing polarity?



Tags: Parody , School , Crossdressing , Femboy , Female Protagonist , Maids , Ojou-sama , Bullying , Twins , Yuri , Meta , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Tsundere , Nekomimi , Religion , Seinen , Boarding School , Archery , Bisexual , Kuudere

Awajima Hyakkei

Also known as A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA.

Studio: MADHOUSE , KADOKAWA , MADHOUSE , Fuji TV , Rakuten , BS Fuji
Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

At Awajima Opera School, girls from across Japan strive to earn a place on stage. Wakana is driven by her love of musical theater, while Kinue studies with quiet discipline. Scholarship student Emi draws attention from all—but especially from Keiko, who struggles with admiration and comparison. Through shifting perspectives, their intertwined days explore ambition, friendship, and self-discovery.



Tags: Achronological Order , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , School , Boarding School , Josei , Musical Theater , Episodic , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Acting , Tragedy , Family Life , Bullying , Suicide , Heterosexual , CGI , Religion , Male Protagonist

Go! Princess Precure

Also known as Go! Princess Precure.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Haruka Haruno is a first-year student at Noble Academy who dreams of becoming a princess, just like the one from her favorite picture book. Long ago, she made a promise with a boy named Kanata to never give up the dream, and he gifted her a dress-shaped key. On her first day at the academy, Haruka runs into the fairies Pafu and Aroma who came from the mystical Hope Kingdom in search of the Princess Precures to save their world from the dark witch Dyspear. Now, with the help of Princess Perfume and the Dress Up Key from Hope Kingdom's Prince Kanata, Haruka transforms into Cure Flora to protect everyone's dreams from being locked away by Dys Dark's minions.

With her friends Cure Mermaid and Cure Twinkle by her side, the three princesses join forces in battle to protect dreams, collect the 12 Dress Up Keys, and stop Dyspear's plot to turn everyone to despair.

Tags: Magic , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , School , Female Protagonist , Kids , Coming of Age , Primarily Child Cast , Fairy , Urban Fantasy , Boarding School , Amnesia , Coastal , Superhero , Episodic , CGI , Ojou-sama , Tokusatsu