Anime like Nerawareta Gakuen

Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo

Also known as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Kadokawa Shoten , Bandai , Memory-Tech , Happinet Pictures , Selecta Visión , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

The power to travel through time... It can be used for the good of humanity, or just selfishly abused. While many may fantasize about obtaining such a power, it has become nothing less than reality for otherwise-normal schoolgirl Konno Makoto.

After a fated event, her life takes a turn for the extraordinary. Though she initially uses her power to literally "leap" into the past and change little things in order to make her life easier, she soon has to face the fact that changing the past can have drastic consequences.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , School , Tomboy , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Baseball

true tears

Also known as True Tears.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Lantis , P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Shinichiro is a student living in what would be a dream come true for most high school boys, but for him is mostly a frustration. A well liked girl in school named Hiromi has lived in his house for a year along with his family. Her father was a close friend of the family, and when he died they immediately took her in. She is popular and well liked, always smiles, is talented in sports- but Shinichiro knows there must be tears inside her. Having an artistic tendency, he makes watercolours of her and thinks about wishing to ease her tears. Yet he cannot bring up the nerve to talk to her even in his own home. She, too, is quiet and withdrawn in their house, quite unlike at school. Shinichiro is also distracted by teasing from his friend Nobuse for watching Hiromi from afar, a curse of bad luck from a strange girl named Noe, and being forced to perform Muhiga dancing. By helping Noe he hopes to ease his own problems, yet he seems to have difficulty helping himself.



Tags: Love Triangle , School , Heterosexual , Drawing , Basketball , Suicide , Dancing

Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho

Also known as The Place Promised in Our Early Days.

Studio: ADV Films , CoMix Wave
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

In an alternate timeline, Japan was divided after losing World War II: Hokkaido was annexed by "Union" while Honshu and other southern islands were under US sovereignty. A gigantic yet mysterious tower was constructed at Hokkaido and could be seen clearly from Aomori (the northernmost prefecture of Honshu) across Tsugaru Strait. In the summer of 1996, three 9th-graders had made a promise that one day they'll build an aircraft and unravel the tower's mystery, but their project was abandoned after the girl, Sayuri Sawatari, began experiencing sleeping sickness and transferred to Tokyo for better treatment. Three years later, Hiroki Fujisawa accidentally found out that Sayuri had been in a coma since then, and he asked Takuya Shirakawa to help him finding a way to revive her. What they don't know yet is that Sayuri's unconsciousness is somehow linked with secrets of the tower and the world.



Tags: Heterosexual , Alternate Universe , Military , Coming of Age , Aviation , Terrorism , Trains , CGI , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , School

Hoshi no Koe

Also known as Voices of a Distant Star.

Studio: ADV Films , CoMix Wave
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru waits. At first days, then months, then years for each new message that will let him know whether Mikako is still alive. And, while she barely grows older in the timelessness of space, Noboru ages. The two lovers, worlds apart, desperately strive to remain connected as the gap between them widens at a frightening pace.



Tags: Space , Age Gap , Achronological Order , Coming of Age , Robots , Aliens , CGI , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Dissociative Identities , Clone , Male Protagonist , Denpa

Ano Natsu de Matteru

Also known as Waiting in the Summer.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Genco , AT-X , Sentai Filmworks , Bushiroad , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

When a group of friends decide to make a movie over a long summer holiday, they end up learning a little about filmmaking and a lot more about each other and themselves. What begins as a simple way to avoid the summer doldrums quickly turns into something much more complex, intimate and revealing, as the maturing relationships between the members of the young cast take on new, and sometimes very unexpected, turns.



Tags: Love Triangle , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Rural , School

Rakuen Tsuihou: Expelled From Paradise

Also known as Expelled From Paradise.

Studio: Toei Animation , Nitroplus , Graphinica , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Angela Balzac is an agent at the space station DEVA, whose inhabitants have no physical bodies, their minds digitized and processed into a virtual reality environment. After failing to track down the hacker known as "Frontier Setter", she is tasked to look for him down on Earth, now a barren planet where the rest of the humans live.



Tags: Robots , Full CGI , Artificial Intelligence , Real Robot , Fugitive , Female Protagonist , Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Space , Virtual World , Detective , Nudity , Augmented Reality , Cyberpunk

Byousoku 5 Centimeter

Also known as 5 Centimeters per Second.

Studio: CoMix Wave , GKIDS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Tohno Takaki and Shinohara Akari, two very close friends and classmates, are torn apart when Akari's family is transferred to another region of Japan due to her family's job. Despite separation, they continue to keep in touch through mail. When Takaki finds out that his family is also moving, he decides to meet with Akari one last time.

As years pass by, they continue down their own paths, their distance slowly growing wider and their contact with one another fades. Yet, they keep remembering one another and the times they have shared together, wondering if they will have the chance to meet once again.

Tags: Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Time Skip , Tragedy , Denpa , Travel , Trains , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , School , Surfing , Archery , Mopeds

Kimi no Iru Machi

Also known as A Town Where You Live.

Studio: GONZO , Millepensee , TV Tokyo , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Eba Yuzuki, a girl from Tokyo moves to a countryside to attend high school. She lives together with a guy named Kirishima Haruto whose father is an apprentice of Eba's father. Haruto never agrees to let Yuzuki stay at his house and always rejects her. Another girl, Kanzaki Nanami, comes whom Haruto might be in love with. So... what will happen in this story?



Tags: Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Tragedy , Time Skip , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , School , Agriculture , Rural , Food

Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hougen Sugite Tsura Sugiru

Also known as OKITSURA: Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Know What She's Saying.

Studio: Millepensee , Happinet Phantom Studios , Asmik Ace , King Records , BS11 , Ashibi Company
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

When Teruaki Nakamura transfers to laid-back Okinawa, he falls for the lively Kyan-san—but her dialect is a complete mystery to him. With Higa-san translating, Teru’s misunderstanding-filled island life takes off...and subtle hints suggest Higa-san might want his heart too. On this serene island, love flows as freely as the ocean breeze!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Language Barrier , Episodic , Tanned Skin , Educational , Heterosexual , Seinen , Iyashikei , Coastal , Love Triangle , School , Indigenous Cultures , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Food , Slapstick , Gyaru , Primarily Teen Cast , Chibi , Baseball