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Love Hina

Also known as Love Hina.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Xebec , Funimation , Yomiko Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Keitaro Urashima promised a girl when he was young that they would meet up again at Tokyo University in the future. Sadly, in the National Practice Exam, Keitaro ranked 27th from the bottom. Knowing his grandmother owned a hotel, Keitaro intended to stay there while continuing his studies for Tokyo U, only to find out the hotel had long been transformed into an all-girls dormitory. Through an odd twist of fate, Keitaro eventually became the manager of the dorm, beginning his life of living with 5 other girls.

Tags: Female Harem , Heterosexual , Cohabitation , Love Triangle , College , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Primarily Female Cast , Slapstick , Swordplay , Henshin , Shrine Maiden , Idol , Crossdressing , Tokusatsu , Martial Arts , Ghost

Nisekoi

Also known as Nisekoi.

Studio: Aniplex , Shaft , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

As a child, Raku Ichijo made a secret promise with his childhood sweetheart, keeping a pendant as a memento while his love took the key. He dreams of one day meeting his past love, but years later, reality smashes his hopes when Chitoge Kirisaki accidentally knees him in the face...

Though Raku's a normal high schooler, his family heads the notorious yakuza gang the Shuei-Gumi faction! And he's dragged into family affairs when he's forced into a relationship with Chitoge, the daughter of a rival gang's boss!

Despite their constant spats, the two somehow fool everyone with their false relationship. Raku then discovers that Chitoge has a mysterious key from her past, which she can't remember... Plus, two other girls appear with keys as well—Kosaki Onodera and Marika Tachibana!

Caught in the midst of this love maelstrom, even more complications arise for Raku when his class decides on Romeo and Juliet as the class's play for the school festival. Can the two false lovebirds pull off the impossible and make the play a success?



Tags: Love Triangle , Primarily Female Cast , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Slapstick , School , Heterosexual , Fake Relationship , Coming of Age , Yakuza , Mafia , Kuudere , Shounen , Arranged Marriage , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , Gangs , Crossdressing

Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria

Also known as Wistoria: Wand and Sword.

Studio: Actas , Bandai Namco Pictures , Bandai Namco Filmworks , Kodansha , TBS , Crunchyroll , Bandai Namco Music Live
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

A hard-working boy named Will enters a magic academy in hopes of becoming a great sorcerer. Unfortunately, there's a fatal flaw in his plan: he lacks the ability to use magic. Amid the cold stares of his classmates and instructors, Will feels discouraged at times, but he presses forward with unwavering determination. He can't use a wand, but he can wield a sword in his battle to reach the top of a magic-dominated world. He just needs to believe in his own unique strengths and remember the promise he made with someone precious to him...



Tags: Male Protagonist , Magic , Swordplay , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Shounen , Dungeon , Bullying , Heterosexual , Elf , Gore , CGI , LGBTQ+ Themes , Mixed Gender Harem , Unrequited Love , Medieval

Zero no Tsukaima

Also known as The Familiar of Zero.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Genco , Funimation , Media Factory , Shouchiku , Bushiroad , Happinet Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

Louise is a magician at the Tristein Academy, dubbed with the nickname "Zero Louise" due to her inability to effectively use her magic properly, resulting in zero successes. An upcoming test at her academy requires her to summon a familiar, a servant and partner to support her as a magician. Despite desiring a familiar that would be superior to her constantly mocking classmates, Louise ends up summoning Hiraga Saito, your average Japanese boy. Even with Louise and Saito both unwilling to accept each other, they have no choice. Louise cannot attempt another summoning and Saito cannot return to Japan, and so their life together begins. Based on the novel by Noboru Yamaguchi.

Tags: Isekai , Magic , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , School , Slavery , Female Protagonist , Ojou-sama , Bullying , War , Maids , Dragons , Aviation , Language Barrier , Kuudere , Tanned Skin , Anachronism

Paniponi Dash!

Also known as Pani Poni Dash!.

Studio: Shaft , Square Enix , Starchild Records , Funimation , GANSIS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

The 11 year old Miyamoto Rebecca becomes the new teacher of a classroom which is full of weirdos. Despite her cute looks she's a little beast and can be pretty sarcastic and offensive. The school is not safe anymore now that she's in charge of a class and her students, Himeko, Ichijou, Rei and a white rabbit who took a liking to Rebecca help her to rough up the school and the neighbour-class with its teacher "ojii-chan".



Tags: Parody , School , Surreal Comedy , Teacher , Meta , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Aliens , Shounen , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Robots , Twins , Anachronism , Kuudere , Card Battle , Gods

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai

Also known as The World God Only Knows.

Studio: TV Tokyo , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Manglobe , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

Keima is a dating sim champion. Cute girls are rendered powerless by his irresistible game playing techniques. Too bad things aren't that way in the real world. That is, until his tempting game playing causes a real live—and very bubbly-cute—demon hunter named Elsie to materialize! Now Elsie wants Keima to help her free hot girls from sneaky demons who secretly possess them.



Tags: Video Games , Episodic , Meta , Otaku Culture , Male Protagonist , Parody , Kuudere , Shounen , School , Ojou-sama , Idol , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , Hikikomori , Tsundere , Slapstick , Anti-Hero , Memory Manipulation , Female Harem , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Gods , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Athletics , Butler , Surreal Comedy , Nudity , Teacher

Mahoromatic

Also known as Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden.

Studio: Gainax , Shaft , TBS , Pioneer LDC , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Sci-Fi

Vesper is a secret agency fighting an army of alien invaders by using super-powerful battle androids. Mahoro is Vesper's most powerful battle android and has won many battles, but she has little operating time left and soon will cease to function. However, if she lays down her arms and conserves her remaining power, the time she has left can be prolonged to just over a year. Mahoro is given an opportunity to live the remaining time she has as a normal human. She chooses to live as a maid for Suguru, a phenomenally messy high school student who lives by himself after his family passed away.



Tags: Maids , Robots , Heterosexual , Found Family , Military , Aliens , Nudity , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Teacher , School , Family Life , Go

Love Hina Again

Also known as Love Hina Again.

Studio: Xebec , Starchild Records , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Keitaro needs some time to evaluate himself and his goals, so he goes onto a trip with Seta to attempt the life of an archaeologist. However, not all is safe at the Hinata Inn while he is gone. A woman claiming to be Keitaro's sister comes and claims right to being the manager of the inn. Life gets complicated when Keitaro returns, and attempts to deal with his sister of yesteryear.



Tags: Nudity , Heterosexual , Incest , Female Harem , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , College , Mahjong , Dullahan , Swordplay , Magic , Robots

St. Luminous Mission High School

Also known as St. Luminous Mission High School.

Studio: Genco , Triangle Staff , Pioneer LDC
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Kaihei is a rather normal high school student but soon discovers that his deceased grandfather has left him the chairman position of his all-girls high school, St. Luminous Mission High School. Besides being the only male student on campus, he is also now the young chairman in charge of campus rules, happenings and punishments. When Kaihei arrives however, it seems a student has gone missing. Kaihei, along with his closest friends, are now determined to solve this mystery (without getting the local police involved) before graduation.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , School , Dissociative Identities , Amnesia , Crossdressing , Age Regression

Hidamari Sketch x 365

Also known as Hidamari Sketch x 365.

Studio: Aniplex , Shaft , Lantis , TBS , Movic , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The second season of Hidamari Sketch.

Yuno, Miyako, Hiro, Sae and the rest of the denizens of the most fascinating piece of surreal estate in Japan are back. And they're still spurning the "A happens after B, happens after C" pattern so prevalent in the rest of the world. In fact, instead of just taking place after Yuno's first year at Yamabuki High, this season of Hidamari Sketch continues on both sides, around the edges and in-between. Filling in the details in an ever-expanding collage that's both avant-garde and slice of life!



Tags: Seinen , Iyashikei , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Achronological Order , Drawing , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Food , Yuri , Educational