Anime like Ai no Utagoe wo Kikasete

Plastic Memories

Also known as Plastic Memories.

Studio: Doga Kobo , MAGES. , Hanabee Entertainment , Aniplex of America , Aniplex , Asahi Broadcasting Corporation , ASCII Media Works , AT-X , Bushiroad
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

This story takes place in a future not too far away when androids that look exactly like humans begin to spread across the world. The android production company SA Corp. produced Giftia, a new kind of android that has the most amount of emotion and human-like qualities out of any other model ever seen. However, due to problems in technology, the androids have a service life, and once they pass that, they... Well, it gets pretty bad. For this reason, SA Corp. creates a terminal service in order to retrieve Giftia that have gone past their service life. A new employee at the terminal service named Tsukasa Mizugaki forms a team with the Giftia Isla to retrieve the other androids, but...



Tags: Robots , Tragedy , Artificial Intelligence , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Kuudere , Urban , Work , Amnesia , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Slapstick , Coming of Age , Female Harem

Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song

Also known as Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-.

Studio: Wit Studio , Aniplex of America , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Music , Sci-Fi , Thriller

An AI named Matsumoto appears before Vivy, the world’s first autonomous humanoid AI. Matsumoto’s mission is to rewrite history together with Vivy, in order to stop the war between AI and humans that will happen one century later.



Tags: Artificial Intelligence , Robots , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Time Skip , Terrorism , Philosophy , Dystopian , Musical Theater , Cyberpunk , Primarily Female Cast , Kuudere , Memory Manipulation , Anthropomorphism , Idol , Conspiracy , Politics , Dissociative Identities , Rehabilitation , Primarily Adult Cast , Amnesia , Martial Arts , Suicide , Body Swapping , Nudity , Heterosexual , Marriage , Space , CGI , Gangs

Eve no Jikan: Are you enjoying the time of EVE?

Also known as Time of Eve.

Studio: Studio Rikka , Directions , Code , Trick Block
Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

The future, probably Japan. Robots have long been put into practical use, and androids have just come into use.

Influenced by the Robot Ethics Committee, it's become common sense for people to treat androids like household appliances. Their appearance - indistinguishable from humans except for the ring over each android's head - has led some people to empathize unnecessarily with androids. Known as "android-holics", such people have become a social problem.

Rikuo, a high school student, has been taught from childhood that androids are not to be viewed as humans, and has always used them as convenient tools. One day Rikuo discovers some strange data in the behavior records of his family's household android, Sammy.

Rikuo and his friend Masaki trace Sammy's movements, only to discover a mysterious café that features a house rule that "humans and robots are to be treated the same"...



Tags: Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Philosophy , Bar , Male Protagonist , Urban , Amnesia , Surreal Comedy , CGI , Found Family , Female Protagonist

Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime

Also known as BELLE.

Studio: Studio Chizu , Cartoon Saloon
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Mystery , Sci-Fi

The protagonist of this story, Suzu, is a 17-year old high school girl living with her father in a rural town of Kochi — their town is a textbook definition of depopulation in the Japanese countryside. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world, “U,” and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U’s eyes are fixed on Belle (Suzu), when one day the mysterious and infamous Dragon-like figure appears before her.



Tags: Virtual World , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Augmented Reality , Coming of Age , CGI , Fairy Tale , Tragedy , Idol , School , Heterosexual , Anthropomorphism , Fugitive , Cyberpunk , Dragons

Eve no Jikan Movie

Also known as Time of Eve: The Movie.

Studio: Studio Rikka , Directions , Code
Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

The movie version is the complete version of the story. It includes all the OVAs and completely new scenes giving details on the background story of some characters.

Sometime in future Japan, androids have been involved in every aspect of peoples lives. One day, upon checking his android's behavioral log, Rikuo, a student, noticed his android's returning times have been odd recently. With his friend Masaki, they found out the place where his android, Sammy, have been visiting: a small cafe called Eve no Jikan where androids and human are not seen as different. Upon talking with the "people" in the cafe and discovering more of Sammy's behavior, Rikuo changed his view about androids and treat them as friends rather than tools. At the same time, elsewhere in Japan, the Ethics committee is trying to impose policies to reduce the involvement and use of androids in society.



Tags: Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Bar , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Cyberpunk , Heterosexual , Software Development , Anthropomorphism , Found Family , Memory Manipulation , CGI

Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun da.

Also known as The Anthem of the Heart.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Jun is a girl whose words have been sealed away. She was once a very happy girl, but because of a certain thing she said when she was very young, her family was torn apart. One day, the egg fairy appeared in front of her and sealed away her ability to talk in order to stop her from hurting anybody else. Since this traumatic experience, Jun lives in the shadows away from the limelight. But, one day, she is nominated to become an executive member of the "community outreach council." On top of that, Jun is also appointed to play the main lead in their musical...



Tags: Rehabilitation , School , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Musical Theater , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Family Life , Hikikomori , Chuunibyou , Baseball , Time Skip

Summer Wars

Also known as Summer Wars.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Yomiuri TV , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , Warner Bros. Japan , GKids , D.N. Dream Partners , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

When timid eleventh-grader and math genius Kenji Koiso is asked by older student and secret crush Natsuki to come with her to her family's Nagano home for a summer job, he agrees without hesitation.

Natsuki's family, the Jinnouchi clan, dates back to the Muromachi era (1336 to 1573), and they've all come together to celebrate the 90th birthday of the spunky matriarch of the family, Sakae. That’s when Kenji discovers his "summer job" is to pretend to be Natsuki's fiance and dance with her at the birthday celebration.

As Kenji attempts to keep up with Natsuki's act around her family, he receives a strange math problem on his cell phone which, being a math genius, he can't resist solving. As it turns out, the solution to the mysterious equation causes Oz, the program that controls nearly every aspect of life to be hacked into, it's up to Kenji and his new "family" to stop the hacker before it's too late.



Tags: Family Life , Virtual World , Artificial Intelligence , Ensemble Cast , Software Development , Rural , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , CGI , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Card Battle , Military , Alternate Universe , Robots , Tanned Skin , Fake Relationship , Work , War , Kemonomimi , Matriarchy , Anthropomorphism , Estranged Family , Space , Baseball , Revenge , Gods

Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara

Also known as IRODUKU: The World in Colors.

Studio: P.A. Works , Infinite
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Hitomi Tsukishiro may be the child of a family of witches, but after losing her ability to see color, she also lost her sense of magic. Nothing has been able to help her regain that gift — nothing until Hitomi’s grandmother, that is, sends Hitomi back in time to the year 2018! There Hitomi meets her grandmother’s younger self. She also discovers fascinating drawings of a young man named Yuito Aoi. The moment Hitomi lays eyes on his work, colors flood back into view. But why do his drawings have this effect on Hitomi, and for what purpose has her grandmother sent her so far back in time? As Hitomi’s feelings for Yuito grow, she finds herself poised on the cusp of personal transformation, color and magic returning as she blossoms into the young woman she’s meant to be.



Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation , School Club , Photography , Ensemble Cast , Drawing , Rehabilitation , School , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , CGI

Sakasama no Patema

Also known as Patema Inverted.

Studio: Asmik Ace , Purple Cow Studio Japan , Studio Rikka
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Romance , Sci-Fi

In an underground world where tunnels extend everywhere, even though they live in dark and confined spaces, people wear protective clothes and lead quiet and enjoyable lives. Patema, a princess in her underground village, loves to explore the tunnels. Her favorite place is a "danger zone" that her village prohibits people from entering. Even though she's scolded, Patema's curiosity can't be held back. No one ever explained what the supposed danger was. On her usual trip to the "danger zone," Patema faces unexpected events. When hidden secrets come to light, the story begins to unfold.



Tags: Lost Civilization , Post-Apocalyptic , Dystopian , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Primarily Male Cast , Environmental , Steampunk , Tragedy , Survival , Aviation , School , Guns , Philosophy

Suzume no Tojimari

Also known as Suzume.

Studio: CoMix Wave , STORY Inc. , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

The story follows Suzume, a 17-year-old girl from a quiet Kyushu town who meets a young man looking for a door. They find a door within ruins in the mountain, and Suzume opens it. Soon, more doors begin to open around Japan, bringing disasters from the other side. The film depicts Suzume's liberation and growth, as she closes the doors that are causing disaster.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Travel , Coming of Age , Magic , Shapeshifting , Orphan , Family Life , Gods , Kaiju , Animals , Age Gap , Found Family , Time Manipulation , Environmental , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Parenthood , CGI