Anime like Genjitsu no Yohane: SUNSHINE in the MIRROR

also known as YOHANE THE PARHELION -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR-

What is YOHANE THE PARHELION -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR- about?

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished

The story reimagines Yoshiko Tsushima, the school idol afflicted with chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur), as a magical girl. The story is set in Numazu, a scenic harbor town surrounded by the sea and mountains. Ever since she was little, the girl Yohane has never fit in, and has always felt apart from everyone in town. Her aspirations and true place in this world lie elsewhere. The story follows this girl who can't follow rules as she journeys into the mysterious world.



Note: The project was initially teased as an April Fools' Day joke in 2022, and later formally announced in June during Day 2 of the "Aqours 6th LoveLive! ~KU-RU-KU-RU Rock 'n' Roll TOUR~" Tokyo dome concert.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Rural , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Animals , Coming of Age , Idol , Chuunibyou , Iyashikei , Fairy , Anachronism , Tokusatsu , CGI , Demons , Motorcycles , Ninja
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Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club

Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai

Also known as Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Namco Arts , Bushiroad , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

Nijigasaki High School is known for their diverse subjects and the freedom they give to students. Second-year student Yuu Takasaki has been turned on to the charms of school idols, so she knocks on the door of the School Idol Club with her friend, Ayumu Uehara. Sometimes friends, sometimes rivals, the members of this club each contribute their own thoughts and motivations to the group.



Tags: Idol , School Club , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Dancing , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , Kuudere , Episodic , CGI
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!

Also known as Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Pony Canyon , TBS , Rakuonsha , Sentai Filmworks , Animation Do
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Everybody has had that stage in their life where they have thought themselves to be special, different from the masses of ordinary humans. They might go as far as seeing themselves capable of wielding mystical powers, or maybe even believe themselves to have descended from a fantasy realm. This "disease" is known as "chuunibyou" and is often the source of some of the most embarrassing moments of a person's life.

For Yuuta Togashi, the scars that his chuunibyou has left behind are still fresh. Having posed as the "Dark Flame Master" during his middle school years, he looks back at those times with extreme embarrassment, so much so that he decides to attend a high school far away where nobody will recognize him. Putting his dark history behind him, he longs to live a normal high school life.

Unfortunately, he hasn't escaped his past yet: enter Rikka Takanashi, Yuuta's new classmate and self-declared vessel of the "Wicked Eye." As this eccentric young girl crashes into Yuuta's life, his dream of an ordinary, chuunibyou-free life quickly crumbles away. In this hilarious and heartwarming story of a boy who just wants to leave his embarrassing memories behind, the delusions of old are far from a thing of the past.



Tags: Chuunibyou , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Heterosexual , School Club , Disability , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Parody
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady

Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei

Also known as The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady.

Studio: diomedéa , KADOKAWA , CTW , AT-X , Kansai TV , TVAadvance
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Despite her supposed ineptitude with regular magic, Princess Anisphia defies the aristocracy’s expectations by developing “magicology,” a unique magical theory based on memories from her past life. One day, she witnesses the brilliant noblewoman Euphyllia unjustly stripped of her title as the kingdom’s next monarch. That’s when Anisphia concocts a plan to help Euphyllia regain her good name-which somehow involves them living together and researching magic! Little do these two ladies know, however, that their chance encounter will alter not only their own futures, but those of the kingdom...and the entire world!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Magic , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Politics , Conspiracy , Royal Affairs , LGBTQ+ Themes , Vampire , Maids , Swordplay , Isekai , Religion , Reincarnation , Dragons , Drugs
KONOSUBA -An Explosion on This Wonderful World!

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo!

Also known as KONOSUBA -An Explosion on This Wonderful World!.

Studio: KADOKAWA , Drive , Sammy , Nippon Columbia , 81 Produce
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

This feisty young wizard will stop at nothing to master the spell that saved her life: Explosion! Megumin, the “Greatest Genius of the Crimson Magic Clan,” has chosen to devote her studies to the powerful offensive magic used by her mysterious savior. Then one day, her little sister finds a black kitten in the woods. But this cat isn’t just a new furry friend—she’s the key to awakening a Dark God!



Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Chuunibyou , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick , Witch , Parody , Travel , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Rural , School , Demons , Tsundere , Religion , Unrequited Love , Nudity
IDOLM@STER: XENOGLOSSIA

Idolm@ster Xenoglossia

Also known as IDOLM@STER: XENOGLOSSIA.

Studio: Sunrise , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

107 years ago, the Moon was destroyed in a massive cataclysm that shattered Earth's former satellite into 81 quintillion tons of orbital debris. However, thanks to super-science, the Earth itself was saved and today no one really thinks much about that century-past disaster. Which is why when teenage Haruka Amami auditions for something called the Idolmaster Project, she THINKS she's trying out to be a singing idol. Instead, Haruka finds herself at a secret school run by the Mondenkind Agency, living with a group of other girls who have also been selected as candidates to pilot an iDOL - an advanced robot specifically designed to intercept falling chunks of moon rock. Except, the people who run the Mondenkind Agency aren't exactly knights in shining armor. And then there's the question of whether the iDOLs are really JUST robots. Because from almost the first moment, Haruka starts to feel emotions resonating from within the iDOL called Imber.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Super Robot , Twins , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Idol , Love Triangle , Kuudere
Witchy Precure!

Mahoutsukai Precure!

Also known as Witchy Precure!.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Slice of Life

Mirai Asahina, a 13-year-old girl who's going into her second year of middle school, witnesses a mysterious object fall in to the park. Excitedly, she brings her stuffed bear Mofurun with her to see what it was. When she gets there she sees a girl named Riko flying on a broom. Mirai has a lot of questions, and Riko explains that she's searching for something. The two of them are wearing similar pendants. Then Batti, an ally of the dark magic user Dokurokushi, appears before them and demands the "Link Stone Emerald." Batti creates a monster called a "Yokubaru" and drives them into a corner. Mirai, Riko, and Mofurun join hands and speak the magic words "Cure-Up Rapapa," their pendants glow, and they become the legendary Precure.



Tags: Magic , Witch , Isekai , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Kids , Superhero , Episodic , Found Family , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Space , Fairy , Tokusatsu , Family Life , CGI , Mermaid
Lapis Re:LiGHTs

Lapis Re:LiGHTs

Also known as Lapis Re:LiGHTs.

Studio: Yokohama Animation Lab , Studio Mausu
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Music

Tiara has just been accepted to the Flora Girls Academy for young witches. Her lifelong dream of becoming a powerful “light” to cleanse the world of magical beasts is now possible. But not before she hits the magical music books! Oh, and little did Tiara know that she’s about to take center stage in a classroom full of potential dropouts. Challenge accepted.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , School , Magic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ojou-sama , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Idol , Primarily Teen Cast , Ghost , LGBTQ+ Themes , CGI , Witch , Athletics
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Also known as Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear.

Studio: EMT Squared , KADOKAWA , Shufu to Seikatsusha , Nippon Columbia , AT-X , Kadokawa Media House , TOKYO MX , Good Smile Company , CREST , Kanon , Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyuujo
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Yuna's not your typical 15-year-old. First, she's crazy rich from playing the stock market. Second, she's a recluse obsessed with a VRMMO game, and she's really good at that too. Her life is pretty much perfect—until she wakes up one day inside the game she loves and back at level one. She has to start over, but this time, she has a powerful bear suit that's guaranteed to take her places!



Note: The first episode was streamed on Abema TV on September 19, 2020. The regular TV broadcast started on October 7, 2020.

Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Food , Video Games , Henshin , Virtual World , Animals , Augmented Reality , Iyashikei
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Also known as Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear - Punch!.

Studio: EMT Squared , KADOKAWA , Shufu to Seikatsusha , Nippon Columbia , AT-X , TOKYO MX , Good Smile Company , HIKE , Kanon , Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyuujo
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

The second season of Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear.

Yuna finds new friends and adventures in the world of her favorite MMO!



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Animals , Isekai , Iyashikei , Magic , Food , Politics , Female Harem , Video Games , Virtual World
Little Witch Academia (TV)

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Also known as Little Witch Academia (TV).

Studio: Trigger
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

In a time when magic is on the decline amid society, Atsuko Kagari is a cheerful girl who enters Luna Nova Academy in order to accomplish her dream of becoming a witch like her idol, Shiny Chariot. Shiny is a famous witch who disappeared from public view many years ago. On her way to school, Kagari meets the kind Lotte Yanson and the mischevious Sucy Manbavaran and the three become friends as they share a bedroom in campus. At the academy, Atsuko soon discovers she is in serious disadvantage compared to the other girls since she doesn`t come from a magical family and is required to learn the magical curriculum from scratch. Having found an item that once belonged to Chariot, Atsuko must discover how to activate and properly use the mysterious Shiny Rod as she hopes it might lead to finding out what has truly happened to her vanished idol.



Tags: Magic , Witch , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Boarding School , Episodic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Ojou-sama , Super Robot , Swordplay , Kemonomimi

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