Anime like Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Kaguya Hime no Koibito

Kaguya-hime no Monogatari

Also known as The Tale of The Princess Kaguya.

Studio: Studio Ghibli
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Okina is a bamboo cutter in ancient rural Japan. One day in the forest, he finds a tiny baby in the folds of a bamboo shoot. He brings the creature home to his wife Ounaa and they decide to keep her and raise her as a princess. She is clearly not of this world. Kaguya grows at an unnatural rate, soon maturing into an uncommonly beautiful young woman. Since Okina has now also found a cache of gold and treasure in the forest, every suitor wants Kaguya. But this is not a fairy tale of courtship and marriage.



Tags: Tragedy , Philosophy , Classic Literature , Fairy Tale , Female Protagonist , Historical , Family Life , Rural , Religion , Gods , Amnesia , Primarily Adult Cast , Travel , Agriculture , Adoption , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual , Horticulture , Environmental , Calligraphy

Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu

Also known as A Whisker Away.

Studio: Studio Colorido , Tohokushinsha Film Corporation , BS Fuji , KDDI , KADOKAWA , Twin Engine , Dentsu Meitetsu Communications , Fuji Creative Corporation , Fuji TV , Toho , Universal Music Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Miyo Sasaki is an energetic high school girl who comes from a broken family consisting of her unconfident father and an overly invested stepmother, whose attempts at connecting with Miyo come across as bothersome. Seeing Kento Hinode as a refuge from all her personal issues, she can't help herself from forcing her unorthodox demonstrations of love onto her crush.

While Miyo is unable to get Kento's attention as herself, she manages to succeed by interacting with him in the form of a white cat, affectionately nicknamed ""Tarou"" by Kento. But Miyo soon realizes that she can't help Kento with the various problems she overhears in her cat form and is now caught between two tough choices. Will she continue her relationship with him as a cat, or will she reveal her identity and risk what they have, in order to help him as her human self?

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Note: The film was slated to open in theaters in Japan on June 5, but was postponed due to COVID-19 and received an exclusive streaming on Netflix beginning on June 18.

Tags: Shapeshifting , Animals , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Kemonomimi , Family Life , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , School , Anthropomorphism , Youkai , Bullying , Tragedy , Nekomimi , CGI , Coming of Age , Rural , Feet

Star☆Twinkle Precure: Hoshi no Uta ni Omoi wo Komete

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Mahou Shoujo

A mysterious creature named UMA (Unidentified Mysterious Animal) appears in Lala's gummy case and then uses a power to whisk the Pretty Cures to a faraway place. Though they can't communicate with words, song seems to work just fine. UMA is so precious to the universe, but alien hunters are after UMA! The whole universe is in danger if they catch UMA. UMA must be protected and the hunters defeated!

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Superhero , Aliens , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Henshin , Astronomy , Space , Magic , Kemonomimi , Super Power , Anthropomorphism , Travel , Police , Tokusatsu , Nekomimi , Archery , Kids , Mermaid

Wata no Kuni Hoshi

Also known as The Star of Cottonland.

Studio: Mushi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

After two-month-old kitten Chibi-neko is abandoned by her former owners, she is found by 18-year-old Tokio. Although his mother is allergic to cats and has a great fear of them, she agrees to let him keep the kitten because she fears he is becoming too withdrawn after failing his university entrance exams. Chibi-neko soon falls in love with Tokio.

In her own mind, Chibi-neko is a small human who speaks in human words, although people only ever seem to hear her meow, and she believes that all humans were once kittens like her. A stray cat tells Chibi-neko of a paradise called Cottonland, where dreams can come true.



Tags: Nekomimi , Shoujo , Kemonomimi , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Family Life , Urban , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Homeless

Wonderful Precure!

Also known as Wonderful Precure!.

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

The 21st installment in the Precure series.

Animal Town is a town where animals and people live together. Iroha loves animals and is good friends with her dog, Komugi! One day, a mysterious creature, Garugaru, wreaks havoc in the town! However, in order to protect Iroha, Komugi transformed into human form and became a Precure...! I have to save the child animal whose heart is being garugaru-ed...! Let's join forces and return the animals to Niko Garden!



Tags: Animals , Magic , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Kids , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Revenge , Shapeshifting , Environmental , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Tokusatsu , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Animal Cast , Superhero , Urban , Heterosexual , School , Educational , Coastal , Veterinarian , Isekai , Makeup , Creature Taming , Dinosaurs , Yuri