Anime like Tai-Ari deshita.: Ojou-sama wa Kakutou Game nante Shinai

Rock wa Lady no Tashinami Deshite

Also known as Rock is a Lady’s Modesty.

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures , TBS , Rakuten , Bandai Namco Pictures , Hakusensha , Movic , Pony Canyon , Shouchiku , Bandai Namco Music Live
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

At an elite all-girls' academy where refined young ladies gather, Lilisa Suzunomiya, now the daughter of a real estate tycoon after her mother remarried, is forced to abandon her guitar and rock music to fit in. However, her passion is reignited by sounds from the old school building, where she meets a skilled drummer who shares her love for rock. Together, they embrace their inner rockstars, elegantly clashing and shouting their way through the academy in this captivating tale of grace and rebellion.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Rock Music , Band , Ojou-sama , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Seinen , School , CGI , Sweat , LGBTQ+ Themes , Urban , Yuri , Inseki

Hi Score Girl

Also known as Hi Score Girl.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment , G-mode , Warner Bros. Japan , Real-T , Tengu Kobou , Capcom , Bandai Namco Entertainment , Picona Creative Studio , BIGLOBE , Magic Capsule , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

The year is 1991 and 6th grader Yaguchi Haruo only has video games to live for. He's not popular in school and he's neither handsome, funny, nice nor even friendly. The only thing he has going for him is that he is good at video games. One day at the local arcade, he plays Oono Akira, a fellow classmate but who's popular, smart, pretty and a rich girl that absolutely destroys him at Street Fighter II. Not only does he lose to her 30 times in a row, he can’t beat her at any game. Haruo can’t seem to shake Akira off as she follows him from arcade to arcade everyday after school and beats him every time. As weird as it sounds, the odd couple begins a strange bond and friendship.

Tags: Video Games , Full CGI , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Urban , Ojou-sama , Heterosexual , Time Skip , Seinen , CGI , School , Tsundere , Slapstick , Primarily Child Cast

Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu!

Also known as Yuri Is My Job!.

Studio: Passione , Happinet Phantom Studios , Asmik Ace , Ichijinsha , Nippon Columbia , arma bianca , Sotsu , Frontier Works , BS Fuji , AT-X , TOKYO MX , KLOCKWORX , BS Nittele , Studio Lings
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Worried about her reputation, Hime covers shifts for a cafe manager she accidentally injures to maintain her picture-perfect princess image. But this cafe has a peculiar theme—private school. To put on her best barista schoolgirl act, she’ll be trained by the most graceful girl there, Mitsuki. Under her guidance, Hime’s feelings start to brew, but there’s just one problem—Mitsuki can’t stand her!



Tags: Work , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Acting , Love Triangle , Restaurant , Bullying , Ojou-sama , Meta , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Gyaru , Tsundere , School , Ensemble Cast , Aromantic , Yandere , Parody

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensaitachi no Renai Zunousen

Also known as Kaguya-sama: Love is War.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , Shueisha , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

Known for being both brilliant and powerful, Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya lead the illustrious Shuchiin Academy as near equals. And everyone thinks they’d make a great couple. Pride and arrogance are in ample supply, so the only logical move is to trick the other into instigating a date! Who will come out on top in this psychological war where the first move is the only one that matters?



Tags: School , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Surreal Comedy , Ojou-sama , Episodic , Kuudere , Slapstick , Parody , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Meta , Ensemble Cast , Archery , Mountaineering

NEW GAME!

Also known as NEW GAME!.

Studio: Doga Kobo , MAGES. , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Fresh out of high school, 18-year-old Aoba Suzukaze is bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and ready for her first day of work at her dream job. She’s joining the character design team at Eagle Jump, the company that makes her favorite video games! But the real world of office culture can be a challenge for a total noob. From her awkward first day to her first game’s debut, she’s got a lot of skills to master. Luckily, her charming determination wins over even her quirkiest of coworkers, and before she knows it, Aoba has joined the party!



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Work , Primarily Female Cast , Software Development , Video Games , Office Lady , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Office , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Drawing , Episodic , Tomboy , Politics , Airsoft , Tanned Skin , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tsundere , College , Cosplay

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

Also known as Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun.

Studio: Doga Kobo , Sentai Filmworks , Sony Music Communications , AT-X , TV Tokyo , Frontier Works , Media Factory
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

You know how the story goes: girl crushes on guy, girl confesses feelings to guy, guy mistakes confession for a job application. Okay, maybe that's not how it usually goes, but that's what happens when Chiyo Sakura finally gets up the nerve to tell her classroom crush Nozaki how she feels. Since she doesn't know that he's secretly a manga artist who publishes under a female pen name, and he doesn't know that she doesn't know, he misunderstands and offers her a chance to work as his assistant instead of a date! But while it's not flowers and dancing, it is a chance to get closer to him, so Chiyo gamely accepts. And when Nozaki realizes how useful Chiyo can be in figuring out what girls find romantic, he'll be spending even more time with her "researching" while remaining completely clueless. Could Chiyo's romantic frustration possibly get any more drawn out of proportion?



Tags: Parody , Drawing , Slapstick , Ensemble Cast , School , Unrequited Love , Otaku Culture , Female Protagonist , Work , Gender Bending , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Tomboy , School Club , Shounen , Tsundere , Educational , Crossdressing

Kore Kaite Shine

Also known as Draw This, Then Die!.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation , Nippon Television Network , Shin-Ei Animation , Shogakukan , VAP , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Frontier Works
Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Kore Kaite Shine is set in Izu Oshima, an island 120 kilometers south of Tokyo. The story centers on Ai Yasumi, a high school girl who loves to read manga, and learns about the joy and pain of drawing her own manga



Tags: Female Protagonist , Drawing , Coastal , Otaku Culture , Primarily Female Cast , Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , Writing , Shounen , School , School Club , Rural

Yagate Kimi ni Naru

Also known as Bloom Into You.

Studio: TROYCA , AT-X , Sony Music Entertainment , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Yuu Koito thought love would be something amazing and magical, but when a male friend asks her to date, she feels nothing. She doesn't even know how to respond until she overhears the student council president of her new high school, Touko Nanami, turning down a similar request. With Touko's help, Yuu manages to let her friend down gracefully, but then Touko confesses that she, herself, is starting to have feelings for Yuu, leaving Yuu in a quandary. Yuu doesn't think that she's in love with Touko, but she does feel something. As Yuu joins the Student Council, and she and Touko become closer, her confusion about her feelings only continues to grow. Because you can't control who you love, or who falls in love with you.



Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , School , Aromantic , School Club , Asexual , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Bisexual , Acting , Shounen , POV , Meta , Trains , Writing , Athletics , Restaurant , Tragedy

Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?)

Also known as There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless….

Studio: studio MOTHER , Shueisha DeNA Projects , Shueisha , REMOW
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Renako Amaori is leaving her awkward and lonely junior high school life behind, determined to become a normal girl with normal friends in high school. Glamorous, confident Mai Ouzuka is Renako’s total opposite: wealthy, outgoing, and a literal fashion model. Against the odds, the two girls form an immediate connection. Renako thinks she may have found the best friend of her dreams…until Mai’s romantic confession sends her into a tailspin. Renako wants to prove to Mai that being BFFs is better than being girlfriends, but Mai is dead set on convincing Renako that they’re destined to be lovers. Let the love games begin!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Female Harem , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Polyamorous , Rehabilitation , Psychosexual , Nudity , Urban , Video Games , Yandere , Hikikomori , Coming of Age , Modeling , Age Regression