Anime like Shirayuki Hime no Densetsu

Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Based on the famous classic novel Les Miserables.

Being a single mother is hard in early 19th Century France. When young Cosette was traveling with her mother trying to find a job and a place to live, they were always shunned away because very few employers hire single mothers. When she is promised with the prosperity of working in the big city, Cosette is separated from her mother in the hopes a caretaker will watch over her while her mother earns some money. Unfortunately this was a trick and the caretaker is a corrupt man who makes Cosette his indentured servant. Then the kind mayor of the town that Cosette makes her new home in sees how winds of change are so detrimental for children and families, and decides to do something about it.



Tags: Historical , Classic Literature , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Bullying , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Foreign , Time Skip , Inn , Fugitive

Cinderella Monogatari

Also known as The Story of Cinderella.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production , Marubeni
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

Cinderella is the only daughter of a fairly wealthy family. When her mother dies, his father marries a widow with 2 daughters then goes travelling for business. Cinderella eventually becomes the slave of her stepmother and stepsisters. The Prince on the other hand, lives a boring life in the castle and one day escapes and pretends to be a commoner.Cinderella meets him through an accidental bump and becomes his bestfriend not knowing that he really is the prince. There are other twists to this tale including another villain in the person of the king's right hand who is plotting to take over the throne once he eliminates the prince. After a series of events and stories told, the castle holds a Royal ball for the prince to be able to choose a wife. Every maiden in the kingdom receives an invitation. When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from her pets dog, mice, cat and birds, and from her Fairy Godmother.



Tags: Foreign , Fairy Tale , Bullying , Heterosexual , Animals , Classic Literature , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Anthropomorphism

Grimm Masterpiece Theater II

Also known as Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics.

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Every episode is a stand-alone retelling of a different fairy or folk tale. Not all of them are based on the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.

Tags: Fairy Tale , Anthology , Classic Literature , Animals , Anthropomorphism , Magic , Kids

Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou desu Season 2

Also known as The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent II.

Studio: diomedéa , KADOKAWA , Bandai Namco Music Live , NTT Docomo , AT-X , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

The second season of Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou desu.

Sei, an office worker in her twenties, was suddenly summoned to another world as a "Saint". Taking advantage of her natural love of plants, she started working at a medicinal plant research institute. In addition, Sei's evaluation explodes when she activates a tremendously powerful purification magic in monster subjugation! Being officially recognized as a "saint", she gains people's respect as the savior of the Kingdom of Saluntania. Those who watch over and support her are Johann and Jude from the research institute, Yuri from the Imperial Court Mage Division, and Albert Hawke, the "Ice Knight" who is attracted to each other but is still less than a lover. Even after becoming the most important person in the kingdom, Sei remains obsessed with research, but her relationship with Albert gradually deepens, and there is a new development in their love story!?

[Source: Official Website]

Tags: Isekai , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Iyashikei , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Magic , Royal Affairs , Alchemy , Swordplay , Marriage , Medicine , Politics , Dragons

Unnamed Memory

Also known as Unnamed Memory.

Studio: ENGI , KADOKAWA , Tencent , Sammy , AT-X , Bandai Namco Music Live
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

"My wish as champion is for you to descend the tower and be my wife."

Seeking to end a curse thwarting his lineage, Prince Oscar sets out on a quest that leads him to a powerful and beautiful witch, Tinasha, and he demands a unique bargain: marriage. Though unenthused by the proposal, she agrees to stay in his castle for a year while researching the spell cast upon him. But beneath her beauty lies a lifetime of dark secrets that soon come to light.



Tags: Witch , Royal Affairs , Magic , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Marriage , Demons , Gore , Shapeshifting , Swordplay , Archery , Time Manipulation , Curses