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Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished

Based on the children's story by Hans Christian Andersen.

Gerda and Kai have been neighbors and best friends since childhood. Gerda is eleven, Kai twelve. They were happy children who worked and played as they should. All that changed when the Snow Queen's mirror broke. The shards spread all through the world, each containing evil. If a shard went inside your eye, it would turn your heart to ice. A shard went into Kai's eye. After that, he grew cold to those he loved.

One night, the Snow Queen came in her carriage and took Kai back to her ice castle at the farthest north point of the world. Everyone in Kai and Gerda's village didn't know where he went and believed he died from drowning in the frozen-over lake. Gerda doesn't believe this, for she dreamed of seeing Kai enter the carriage. When a drunk man admits that he also saw this, Gerda starts realizing that maybe what she saw wasn't a dream. She packs her things and goes on a journey to save Kai and bring him back home.

Tags: Classic Literature , Travel , Fairy Tale , Snowscape , Animals , Female Protagonist

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Ie Naki Ko

Also known as Nobody's Boy Remi.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Slice of Life

Remi is a boy living happily with his mother in the French countryside. But everything changes when his estranged father comes home and, in desperate need of money, reveals that Remi is adopted, and sells him. Heartbroken, Remi ends up with Vitalis, a traveling musician, and his troupe of animal entertainers. Together, they travel the country trying to make a living, along the way learning the harsh lessons of life. A deeply moving story about friendship, loss and the pursuit of happiness.

Tags: Coming of Age , Tragedy , Survival , Classic Literature , Foreign , Musical Theater , Philosophy , Rural , Agriculture , Family Life , Travel , Homeless , Male Protagonist , Historical , Animals , Band , Outdoor Activities , Teacher , Urban , Dancing , Guns , Crime , Adoption , Disability , Acting , Orphan

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YouTube

Amazon Prime Video

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Haha wo Tazunete Sanzenri

Also known as 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother.

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama

Based on a short section of the novel Cuore by the Italian Edmondo de Amicis, Marco is a young boy living in Genoa, Italy, together with his father Pietro. But the family is not complete, for Marcos mother left for Argentina around a year earlier in order to find work. Letters from her arrive regularly until one day they suddenly stop. Worry for his mother and what might have happened to her overcomes the young boy. Marco thus decides to embark upon a journey to Argentina in the hope of being reunited with his mother. At first, Pietro is opposed to Marcos plan, but moved by his sons enthusiasm, he eventually allows the boy to go. So begins Marcos long journey of the heart. Marco encounters many people throughout his travels, and finds maturity and self-acceptance as a result of his experiences.

Tags: Classic Literature , Historical , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Kids , Travel , Coming of Age , Tragedy

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Gankutsuou

Also known as Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo.

Studio: GONZO , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , GDH , Funimation , Media Factory
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Supernatural , Thriller

Gankutsuou is an anime loosely based on the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. It tells the story of Albert Morcerf, a young aristocrat who happens to befriend a wealthy nobleman, The Count of Monte Cristo, through a series of bizarre events. Fascinated by the Count's charm, Albert invites him to meet his friends and family, all of whom happen to be part of the upper class society of Paris, France. Unfortunately, little does Albert realize that the Count has ulterior motives in mind.

Tags: Revenge , Classic Literature , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Space , Love Triangle , Anachronism , Transgender , Space Opera , LGBTQ+ Themes , CGI , Military , Vampire , Dissociative Identities , Boys' Love , Bisexual , Aliens , Tanned Skin , Incest , Crossdressing

Where to watch?

Crunchyroll

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Andersen Douwa Ningyo Hime

Also known as Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Marina, the most beautiful mermaid in the royal Merman family, is curious about the human world. One day, she sees a handsome prince on a boat. Suddenly, a storm comes up, throwing him into the sea. Marina saves her handsome prince and guides him to the shore. Marina falls deeply in love and desperately wants to become a human. Despite the hazards, she is willing to risk it all for love.

Tags: Fairy Tale , Foreign , Mermaid , Classic Literature , Royal Affairs , Tragedy , Magic , Female Protagonist , Kids , Coastal , Medieval

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No streaming links available

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Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou

Also known as His and Her Circumstances.

Studio: Gainax , J.C.STAFF , The Right Stuf International , GANSIS , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Miyazawa Yukino is the perfect student. Kind, intelligent, pretty and modest, it's unbelievable that such a person could exist. Little did everyone know Yukino's perfection was just a facade. An act to fulfill her desire for praise and admiration. Her life took a turn however, as a newcomer to their school Arima Soichiro topped the exam rankings. Arima is more than just intelligent, he's also kind, handsome and modest, an unbelievable person who can actually exist. Even worse luck, Arima found out Yukino's secret, blackmailing her to help him out. Their odd relationship soon develops into friendship and eventually into love. But can their love prevail through the many problems that come their way?

Tags: Coming of Age , Heterosexual , School , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Chibi , Surreal Comedy , Philosophy , Adoption , Mixed Media , Tomboy , Tanned Skin , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tragedy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Where to watch?

YouTube

Bilibili

YouTube

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Versailles no Bara

Also known as Lady Oscar: The Rose of Versailles.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , The Right Stuf International
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Romance

Raised from birth as a man, the Lady Oscar commands the palace guards at Versailles in the years before the French Revolution. Her beauty and noble spirit make her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and women but she is torn between her chosen life of service and duty to class and country and her own heart and desires. She lives as a noble amidst the opulence of Versailles but her keen senses and compassion are not blinded to the poverty of the French people.

Tags: Historical , Class Struggle , Tragedy , Royal Affairs , Foreign , Military , Politics , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Ojou-sama , Crossdressing , Primarily Adult Cast , Gender Bending , Tomboy , Swordplay , Time Skip , War , Philosophy , Guns , Heterosexual , Maids , LGBTQ+ Themes , Religion , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle

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Crackle

Amazon Prime Video

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Onii-sama e...

Also known as Dear Brother.

Studio: NHK , NHK Enterprises , Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Before leaving her cram school, Nanako Misonō asks one of the teachers if they can become pen-pals. The teacher, Takehiko Henmi, is reluctant at first, but eventually accepts the offer. The story is narrated through the letters sent from Nanako as she enters Seiran, a renowned private high school for girls only. There she encounters many difficulties as an ordinary middle-class girl invited to the prestigious Sorority, the most traditional and sophisticated club on campus..

Tags: Shoujo , Tragedy , School , Ojou-sama , Coming of Age , Bullying , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Boarding School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Suicide , Tomboy , Yandere , Drugs , Villainess , Heterosexual , Basketball , Trains

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RetroCrush

Tubi TV

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Porfy no Nagai Tabi

Also known as The Orphans of Simitra.

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

Porfy, his younger sister Mina, and their parents live a humble but happy life in the Grecian countryside. They've just started running a gas station, much to Porphy's joy, and it seems like only good things are in store for their future. However, a huge earthquake changes all that, leaving Porfy without a home or a family -- sans Mina, who seems to have disappeared in the commotion. Now, Porfy is determined to find his sister and be able to live together happily again.

Tags: Kids , Historical , Foreign , Cars , Rural

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Violet Evergarden

Also known as Violet Evergarden.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Pony Canyon , Rakuonsha , Madman Entertainment , ABC Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life

A certain point in time, in the continent of Telesis. The great war which divided the continent into North and South has ended after four years, and the people are welcoming a new generation. Violet Evergarden, a young girl formerly known as “the weapon”, has left the battlefield to start a new life at CH Postal Service. There, she is deeply moved by the work of “Auto Memories Dolls”, who carry people's thoughts and convert them into words. Violet begins her journey as an Auto Memories Doll, and comes face to face with various people's emotions and differing shapes of love. There are words Violet heard on the battlefield, which she cannot forget. These words were given to her by someone she holds dear, more than anyone else. She does not yet know their meaning but she searches to find it.

Tags: Rehabilitation , Writing , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Work , War , Disability , Episodic , Military , Orphan , Travel , Philosophy , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Steampunk , Heterosexual , Foreign , Age Gap , Trains , Guns , Assassins

Where to watch?

Netflix

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Yume Tsukai

Studio: MADHOUSE , Pony Canyon , Happinet Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

When people dream, they express their utmost desires and emotions within the confines of their mind; but when their strong emotions cross the border into reality, the dream can turn into an uncontrollable nightmare.

Touko and Rinko are sisters known as "yume tsukai" (dream users), and their job is to take care of these nightmares. Using toys as weapons, the girls must both destroy the nightmare and return the dream to its rightful owner before the nightmare does any sort of serious damage.

Have no fear, Touko and Rinko are here!

Tags: Shrine Maiden , Seinen , Magic , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Tragedy , Incest

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