Anime like Summer Pockets

AIR

Also known as Air.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Pony Canyon , TBS , Key
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Yukito Kunisaki is on a journey in search of the Winged Maiden who was bound to the sky centuries ago, after hearing an old childhood tale from his mother. As Yukito shows his puppet show to people in an attempt to make some money, he finds himself in a small town in which he did not expect to stay very long. However, when he meets an unusual girl named Misuzu, things take a drastic turn as he is invited to stay with her.

By staying in the quaint town, Yukito soon becomes friends with the locals. As he gets to know them better, he learns of their problems and decides to help, putting his search for the Winged Maiden on hold. With his search on hold, and his growing attachment to Misuzu and the small town, will Yukito ever find the Winged Maiden, or is she closer than he thought?

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Note: Includes episode 13, Soushuuhen (Summary).

Tags: Tragedy , Reincarnation , Historical , Magic , Homeless , Family Life , Rural , Cohabitation , Amnesia , Male Protagonist , Achronological Order , Kuudere , Samurai , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Tsundere , Wilderness , Female Harem , Dinosaurs , Time Skip , Slapstick , Work , Female Protagonist

CLANNAD

Also known as Clannad.

Studio: Sentai Filmworks , Animation Do , Kyoto Animation , Pony Canyon , TBS , Movic , Key
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Tomoya is a bitter, third year high school student. His mother passed away, causing his father to resort to alcohol and gambling. Tomoya is distant with his father and has become a delinquent in the years since his mother's death. Walking to school, he meets Nagisa Furukawa who is a year older but is repeating the grade due to illness. She is alone, as most of her friends have moved on. The two begin hanging out, and as time goes by, Tomoya finds his life shifting in a new direction.



Tags: School , Coming of Age , Family Life , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Ghost , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , School Club , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Primarily Female Cast , Amnesia , Slapstick , Female Harem , Gangs , Kuudere , Baseball , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Twins , Basketball , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

ATRI: My Dear Moments

Also known as ATRI -My Dear Moments-.

Studio: TROYCA , Aniplex , bilibili
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. Ikaruga Natsuki, a boy who lost his mother and one of his legs in an accident some years earlier, returns disillusioned from a harsh life in the big city to find his old countryside home half-swallowed by the sea. Left without a family, all he has to his name is the ship and submarine left to him by his oceanologist grandmother, and her debts. His only hope to restore the dreams for the future that he has lost is to take up an opportunity presented to him by the suspicious debt collector Catherine. They set sail to search the sunken ruins of his grandmother's laboratory in order to find a treasure rumor says she left there. But what they find is not riches or jewels; it is a strange girl lying asleep in a coffin at the bottom of the sea, Atri. Atri is a robot, but her appearance and her wealth of emotions would fool anyone into thinking she's a living, breathing human being. In gratitude for being salvaged, she makes a declaration to Natsuki.



Tags: Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Environmental , Robots , Dystopian , Disability , Post-Apocalyptic , Male Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Lost Civilization , CGI , Cyberpunk , Time Skip

Little Busters!

Also known as Little Busters!.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Key , Sentai Filmworks , Warner Bros. Japan , Visual Arts
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

When tragedy struck Riki Naoe as a child, he was rescued from grief over his parent's deaths when four other kids "recruited" him for their group—the "Little Busters." Now in high school, Riki and the other Busters are still fast friends, and though their vision of being heroes for justice may have faded, they'd still do anything for each other. Which is why Riki is now on TWO special missions. The not so secret one: recruiting new members so the Busters can form a baseball team. Preferably FEMALE recruits, as the current dude/babe ratio is an inconvenient 4 to 1. The OTHER mission, though... That's the strange one. Because Riki and Rin, the group's singular girl, are receiving odd messages, delivered by cats, concerning the existence of a "secret world" and assigning them tasks they have to complete. Were their youthful dreams of being crusaders not so fanciful after all? Or is there something even more vital at stake? Between steeling his courage to talk to girls, dealing with his own narcolepsy and facing his feelings concerning Rin, Riki may just need the strength of a superhero to solve the ultimate mystery of the Little Busters!



Tags: School , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Found Family , Urban Fantasy , Orphan , Baseball , School Club , Memory Manipulation , Twins , Kuudere , Crossdressing , Foreign , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , War

Kanon (2006)

Also known as Kanon (2006).

Studio: Kyoto Animation , TBS , Pony Canyon , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

As a young child, Aizawa Yuuichi had often visited his cousin in the city. However, something drastic happened to keep him away for seven long years. Now, Yuuichi returns, his memories of those days are simply gone.

Settling into the wintry town, Yuuichi comes across several young girls, all of whom are connected to his past. As he befriends them and continues to interact with them, the long forgotten memories from his childhood begin to resurface...



Tags: Amnesia , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School , Tragedy , Female Harem , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Snowscape , Ghost , Family Life , Kuudere , Tsundere , Super Power , Ensemble Cast , Demons , Cohabitation , Unrequited Love , Incest , Suicide

Charlotte

Studio: P.A.WORKS , Aniplex , Visual Arts , TOKYO MX , KADOKAWA , ASCII Media Works , Mainichi Broadcasting System , BS11 , Movic , Key
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The story centers around the special abilities that occur among a small percentage of boys and girls in puberty. Yuu Otosaka uses his power without others knowing, and lives a fairly normal, average school life. Before him suddenly appears a girl, Nao Tomori. Due to his meeting with her, the fate of special power-users will be exposed.



Tags: Super Power , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , School Club , School , Body Swapping , Urban , Amnesia , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Dissociative Identities , Family Life , Memory Manipulation , Survival , Mahjong , Primarily Female Cast , Anti-Hero , Slapstick , Delinquents , Heterosexual , Tomboy , Yandere , Band , Baseball , Bullying , CGI , Torture

Angel Beats!

Also known as Angel Beats!.

Studio: Aniplex , ASCII Media Works , P.A.WORKS , Visual Arts , Movic , Dentsu , Mainichi Broadcasting System , CBC TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

Otonashi wakes up in the afterlife to find out he has no memories of his life before death. Desperate to survive in a war that could yield another unfortunate fate, he joins the SSS in the battle against Angel, whose very mission is to destroy all inhabitants of this afterlife. As Otonashi struggles to recover his memory and learn more about this world, he finds that not all is as it had seemed.



Tags: Afterlife , Tragedy , School , Amnesia , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Memory Manipulation , Boarding School , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , Angels , Survival , Found Family , Politics , Isekai , Guns , School Club , Band , Rock Music , Suicide , Baseball , Heterosexual , Chuunibyou , Drugs

Summer Time Render

Also known as Summer Time Rendering.

Studio: OLM , Shueisha , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , MAGES. , Toy's Factory , TOKYO MX , Movic , BANDAI SPIRITS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

A sci-fi, summer story filled with suspense set on a small island with Shinpei Aijiro, whose childhood friend Ushio Kofune died. He returns to his hometown for the first time in two years for the funeral. Sou Hishigata, his best friend, suspects something's off with Ushio's death, and that someone can die next.

A sinister omen is heard as an entire family next door suddenly disappears the following day. Furthermore, Mio implicates a "shadow" three days before Ushio's death.



Tags: Time Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Time Loop , Shapeshifting , Reincarnation , Super Power , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Mythology , Religion , Coastal , Rural , Body Swapping , Alternate Universe , Ensemble Cast , Dissociative Identities , Cosmic Horror , Survival , Gods , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Gore , Amnesia , Shounen , Aliens , Ghost , Body Horror , Guns , Unrequited Love , Denpa , Tanned Skin , Love Triangle , Nudity , Clone

sola

Studio: diomedéa , Nomad , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Sola's story revolves around Yorito Morimiya, the main protagonist, who is a young boy attending high school. He loves taking pictures of the sky at any time of day and any time of the year. One day, Yorito decides to take a picture of the sunrise overlooking the bay, but is deterred when he meets a strange girl trying to force a vending machine that stole her money to give her what she tried to buy—a can of tomato juice. Yorito helps her with forcing the machine while attempting to strike up conversation with her, despite it being four in the morning. Yorito tells her why he is here, but by the time he has forced the can out of the machine, the girl has mysteriously vanished.



Tags: Memory Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Super Power , Tragedy , Amnesia , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Coastal , Seinen , Youkai

Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm

Also known as AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue.

Studio: GONZO , AT-X , DLE , Pony Canyon , MediaNet , Crunchyroll , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi , Sports

The story is set on an archipelago of four islands far south of Japan or even the South Seas. It is all but a different world from modern Japan. From the discovery of anti-gravitons came the dream invention of anti-graviton shoes that let people fly the skies. They introduce people to a new realm by enabling flight with just one's own body strength, without feathers or engines. This led to the rise of the sport of "Flying Circus".

The protagonist who once hoped for a future in this sport suffered a setback due to an overwhelming defeat, and withdrew from the sport for this and some other reason. However, he met the transfer student Asuka Kurashina, and in teaching her to fly the skies, the old passion returned. He takes part in the Flying Circus again.



Tags: Athletics , Coastal , School Club , Aviation , School , Ojou-sama , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Kuudere , Male Protagonist , CGI