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 , School , CGI , Seinen , Sweat , Urban , LGBTQ+ Themes , 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 , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Acting , Love Triangle , Restaurant , Bullying , LGBTQ+ Themes , Ojou-sama , Meta , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Gyaru , Tsundere , School , Ensemble Cast , Aromantic , Yandere , Parody

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

Strawberry Panic

Also known as Strawberry Panic.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Lantis , Media Blasters , Dwango
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Aoi Nagisa transfers to one of the three affiliated all-girl Catholic schools on Astraea Hill, St. Miator's Girls' Academy. There, she discovers a community of fellow students entwined in an intricate hierarchy, in which two Etoiles represent the three schools. In order to fit in, Nagisa must go to class, join clubs, and make new friends. Meanwhile, Shizuma Hanazono, the sole Etoile of Astraea Hill, finds herself drawn to this new, exciting transfer student. As Shizuma and Nagisa get to know each other, Shizuma finally decides it is time to face her troubled past.

Tags: Yuri , Love Triangle , School , Primarily Female Cast , Boarding School , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , Amnesia , Archery , Nudity , Ensemble Cast

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 , Seinen , Age Regression

Maria-sama ga Miteru

Also known as Maria Watches Over Us.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Rondo Robe , TV Tokyo Music , Maiden Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

At Lillian Girls’ Academy, a renowned all-girls Catholic school, pairs of girls become soeurs, or “sisters”, in order to support and guide each other during their time at school. The shy Yumi Fukuzawa thought she was far too ordinary to attract a soeur as popular and beautiful as Sachiko Ogasawara, but for some reason, Sachiko has set her sights on Yumi — but why does she want to become Yumi’s soeur, anyway, and just what will become Sachiko’s soeur entail?



Tags: School , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Boarding School , Yuri , Ojou-sama , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Shoujo , LGBTQ+ Themes

Sakura Trick

Also known as Sakura Trick.

Studio: Studio DEEN , TBS , Sentai Filmworks , Hanabee Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Haruka and Yuu have been best friends forever and they've always sat next to each other in class since… well, since they were just girls in junior high anyway. But on their first day of high school, they're stunned to learn that the new seating plan has them on opposite sides of the classroom! So, since everyone knows that long distance relationships won't work unless the parties involved put extra effort into it, they decide they need to do something extra special to permanently seal their friendship. However, deciding to kiss each other awakens a whole new level of feelings, and it doesn't help that some of their classmates seem to be 'involved" in similar circumstances. So what's a girl to do when her best girl friend suddenly seems more like a girlfriend? It's a life lesson that the school curriculum isn't normally prepared to teach, except maybe in French class, and our two young heroines are about to get a private education you'll never forget!



Tags: Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Seinen

Kamiina Botan, Yoeru Sugata wa Yuri no Hana

Also known as Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk.

Studio: Soigne , Aniplex , TOKYO MX , Futabasha , AbemaTV , SANKYO , Seibu Tetsudou , Soigne , BS11 , Movic , Yostar
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

New university life, new dormmates…and a whole new world of drinks! Botan Kamiina takes her first sip of alcohol after spotting the quiet dorm leader, Ibuki Tonami, enjoying a highball alone. From shochu to whisky, Botan shares the joy of drinking with friends, while Ibuki slowly learns that some pleasures are better when shared.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Cohabitation , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Primarily Adult Cast , Iyashikei , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bar , Unrequited Love , College , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Outdoor Activities , Food , Love Triangle , Travel , Found Family , Episodic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Rock Music , Video Games

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 , Unrequited Love , School Club , Love Triangle , Asexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Acting , Bisexual , Shounen , POV , Meta , Trains , Writing , Athletics , Restaurant , Tragedy