Anime like Trapp Ikka Monogatari

Hello! Sandybell

Studio: Toei Animation , TV Asahi , ASATSU
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Romance

Sandybell is a playful girl from Scotland. She is happy even if her mum died when she was little. Past secrets begin to reveal after Sandybell gets a white lily from a rich lady. After a tragic act Sandybell moves to London where she is trying to find clues to her past.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Family Life , Foreign

Lady Georgie

Also known as Lady Georgie.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , ASATSU , Asahi Housou
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

An Australian farmer returns home from the woods with a baby named Georgie. The girl lives ignoring the terrible secret hidden in the golden bracelet on her hand. Her "Father" and Her "brothers", Abel and Arthur, love her dearly, but her "mother" considers her an intruder and doesn't manage to open her heart to the girl. Georgie grows up into a beautiful young girl, and both her "brothers" are deeply in love with her. Not knowing the truth, Georgie eventually falls in love with the handsome grandson of the British Governor. When Mother finally reveals the truth to her and condemns the girl for being an exile's daughter, Georgie leaves for Britain in search of her real parents - and for her love, who has also left Australia. Abel and Arthur follow her and the three are thrown into the cruel world of London aristocracy, lies and intrigues.

Tags: Shoujo , Foreign , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Male Harem , Historical , Female Protagonist , Adoption , Crossdressing , Suicide , Nudity

Porphy 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 , Coming of Age

Alps no Shoujo Heidi

Also known as Heidi, Girl of the Alps.

Studio: Fuji TV , Zuiyou Eizou
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

After becoming an orphan, Heidi is forced to live with her grandfather Öhi, who lives in the Alps. She learns he's a very bitter man who only accepted by force to take her in. But Heidi's kindness may be able to open his heart. Together with the shepherd Peter and invalid Klara, she has lots of adventures.



Tags: Classic Literature , Rural , Foreign , Kids , Rehabilitation , Female Protagonist , Historical , Primarily Child Cast , Coming of Age , Animals , Urban , Family Life , Agriculture , Orphan , Philosophy , School

Tanoshii Moomin Ikka

Also known as Moomin.

Studio: Telescreen BV , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

In the remote and mysterious Moomin Valley live the Moomin trolls, gentle and peaceful creatures. Young Moomin and his family experience many strange adventures, both magical and mundane. Based on the children's stories by Tove Jansson.



Tags: Iyashikei , Family Life , Outdoor Activities , Rural , Classic Literature , Kids , Episodic , Anthropomorphism , Tomboy , Philosophy , Travel , Witch , Pirates , Dragons , Amnesia , Coastal , Mermaid , Aliens , Drawing , Ships , Writing , Acting , Police , Monster Boy , Aviation , Fishing , Snowscape , Ghost

Anne no Nikki

Also known as The Diary of Anne Frank.

Studio: MADHOUSE , TBS , Imagica
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Amsterdam, June 12, 1942. Anne celebrates her 13th birthday and begins her diary, which she calls "Kitty". Hiding for two years from the German threat, the young girl writes about her idealistic views on the world, her ambitions, her fears and her first love, Peter.

Tags: Historical , Non-fiction , Tragedy , Foreign , Military , Female Protagonist , War , Classic Literature , Primarily Adult Cast , Coming of Age

Kaze no Shoujo Emily

Studio: TMS Entertainment , NHK , NHK Enterprises
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Based on the Emily of New Moon novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Emily is an orphan who gets sent to live with her relatives on Prince Edward Island, after her father dies. In New Moon she lives with her Aunt Elizabeth, Aunt Laura, and Cousin Jimmy, and learns to adapt with the help of her imagination and new friends.




Tags: Historical , Female Protagonist , Rural , Classic Literature , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Primarily Child Cast , Family Life , Writing , Tomboy , Foreign , Bullying , School , Time Skip , Primarily Female Cast , Love Triangle , Animals , Ojou-sama , Heterosexual , Orphan

Meiken Jolie

Also known as Belle and Sebastian.

Studio: NHK , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

After befriending a white Pyrenees dog he names Belle, Sebastian sets out on a journey to find the mother he knows is still alive.



Tags: Foreign , Animals , Male Protagonist , Classic Literature , Adoption , Travel , Historical , Rural

Konnichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables

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

The story of what happened to Anne Shirley before she was adopted.

Tags: Classic Literature , Historical , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Family Life , Travel , Kids , Bullying , Primarily Child Cast , Time Skip , Female Protagonist , Orphan , Foreign , Twins

Sanzoku no Musume Ronja

Also known as Ronja, the Robber's Daughter.

Studio: POLYGON PICTURES , Studio Ghibli , NHK , Dwango , GKIDS
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Slice of Life

The story is about a girl named Ronja who is the daughter of a chief of a tribe of bandits and lives in a huge castle in the forest with the bandits. The story follows Ronja as she encounters mystical creatures, makes friends with another young child like herself, and experiences life in the forest.

Tags: Full CGI , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Kids , Crime , Rural , CGI , Classic Literature , Historical , Mythology , Foreign , Travel , Gangs , Medieval , Criminal Organization