Anime like Umi Monogatari: Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto

Tropical-Rouge! Precure

Also known as Tropical-Rouge! Precure.

Studio: Toei Animation , ADK Emotions , TV Asahi , ABC Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Manatsu Natsuumi is a first-year junior high school student born and raised on a small island. On the day she moves from the island, She meets Laura, a mermaid girl who has come to the earth alone in search of the legendary warrior, PreCure. Laura's hometown, Grand Ocean, is attacked by a witch who lives in the dark depths of the ocean, and all of their motivational power is taken away. It is said that if the motivational power of humans is also taken away, the world will be in deep trouble. Laura is captured by the witch's servant, and Manatsu transforms into Cure Summer to save her.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Mermaid , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Child Cast , Magic , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , School Club , Superhero , Kids , Coastal , Makeup , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Memory Manipulation , Tokusatsu , Butler , Body Swapping , Ghost , Urban

Uta∽Kata

Also known as Uta∞Kata.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Hal Film Maker , Shaft , Sentai Filmworks , gimik
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological

On the last day of the school year, 14-year-old Ichika Tachibana comes across an old, busted mirror in an unused campus building. When Manatsu, a mysterious girl from inside the mirror, steps out and offers her friendship for the summer, she also offers Ichika magical powers. Now, Manatsu must help Ichika unlock the powers of the 12 Djinn in order to complete her magic training... but perhaps this is something that will prove too difficult a task. Some offers may appear to be too good to be true and this one just may turn out to do more harm than good.



Tags: Magic , Coming of Age , Henshin , Shrine Maiden , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Episodic , School , Gods , Denpa , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Suicide , Female Protagonist , Kuudere , Coastal

Amanchu!

Also known as Amanchu!.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Production I.G , AT-X , flying DOG , Frontier Works , Shouchiku , TOKYO MX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Hikari Kohinata is an overwhelmingly cheerful and outgoing 15-year-old girl who has spent all her life in a small and beautiful seaside town on the Izu peninsula. On the first day of high school, she meets Futaba Oki, a slightly introverted girl who has just moved from Tokyo. Before she knows it, Futaba gets dragged along into Hikari's passion for scuba diving. And from there, Futaba gradually starts to come out of her shell, and learns how to take challenges and dive into the ocean of life.



Tags: Coastal , Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Scuba Diving , School Club , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Shounen

Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hougen Sugite Tsura Sugiru

Also known as OKITSURA: Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Know What She's Saying.

Studio: Millepensee , Happinet Phantom Studios , Asmik Ace , King Records , BS11 , Ashibi Company
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

When Teruaki Nakamura transfers to laid-back Okinawa, he falls for the lively Kyan-san—but her dialect is a complete mystery to him. With Higa-san translating, Teru’s misunderstanding-filled island life takes off...and subtle hints suggest Higa-san might want his heart too. On this serene island, love flows as freely as the ocean breeze!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Language Barrier , Episodic , Educational , Tanned Skin , Heterosexual , Seinen , Iyashikei , Indigenous Cultures , Coastal , Love Triangle , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Slapstick , Food , Gyaru , Primarily Teen Cast , Chibi , Baseball

Nagi no Asukara

Also known as A Lull in the Sea.

Studio: P.A.WORKS , Rondo Robe , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , NIS America Inc.
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

Since long ago, human civilization had lived on the ocean floor. However, there were many humans who wanted to live above the surface and they moved to land creating a fundamental separation between the two. After their school closes down, four 14-year-old middle school students from the sea village, Shioshishio, have to attend Mihama Middle School on the surface. What follows is their struggles to adjust to a new environment and the relationships between the sea and land people, while dealing with their own newfound feelings that have just started appearing with the end of their childhood.



Tags: Coastal , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Time Skip , Unrequited Love , Ensemble Cast , Environmental , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Gods , Female Protagonist , School , Age Gap , Amnesia , Fishing , Cohabitation , Primarily Child Cast , Swimming , Lost Civilization