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 , Foreign , Family Life , Shoujo

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: Rural , Kids , Historical , Foreign , Cars

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 , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Coming of Age , CGI , Rural , Crime , Kids , Classic Literature , Historical , Mythology , Foreign , Travel , Gangs

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 condamns 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 , Male Harem , Coming of Age , Historical , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Suicide , Crossdressing , Adoption

Alps no Shoujo Heidi

Also known as Heidi, Girl of the Alps.

Studio: Fuji TV , Nippon Animation
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 , Rehabilitation , Female Protagonist , Historical , Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Coming of Age , Animals , Urban , Family Life , Agriculture , Orphan , 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: Outdoor , Family Life , Rural , Classic Literature , Anthropomorphism , Episodic , Kids , Tomboy , Iyashikei , Philosophy , Travel , Witch , Amnesia , Pirates , Dragons , Mermaid , Ships , Writing , Aliens , Drawing , Monster Boy , Police , Acting , Aviation , Fishing , Coastal , Ghost

Akage no Anne

Also known as Anne of Green Gables.

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

Anne is an orphan full of imagination. When she arrives at her new home she learns that sometimes you have to be a sensible person too; at the same time her unique character changes, or at least attracts, the people around her. The story covers Anne's growth from about eleven to seventeen years old as she makes friends, goes to school and studies. At a difficult point in her life, Anne will have to make a hard choice and perhaps find a new dream.

Tags: Coming of Age , Classic Literature , Female Protagonist , Historical , Family Life , Rural , Adoption , Orphan , Time Skip , Foreign , Tragedy , School , Iyashikei , Religion , Kids , Primarily Female Cast , Agriculture , Primarily Child Cast , School Club , Musical Theater , Tsundere , Trains , College , Elderly Protagonist