Anime like Otome Youkai Zakuro

Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon

Also known as My Happy Marriage.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , KADOKAWA , Square Enix , Bandai Namco Music Live , Toy's Factory
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Despite being born into a noble family, Miyo lost her birth mother at a young age and grew up being abused by her stepmother, stepsister, and father.

When she finally receives news that she's to be married off, she finds out that her husband-to-be is Kiyoka, a soldier with a reputation for being cruel and heartless. In fact, he's had numerous previous fiancées who have all fled his household; none lasting even a mere three days.

Resigned to the fact that her family had abandoned her, Miyo knocks on the gate of the Kudou household to find herself greeted by a beautiful man with pale skin. Despite the poor treatment she receives from her husband-to-be during their first meeting, Miyo is unable to return to her old home and spends her time cooking and doing chores. However, as the days pass, Miyo and Kiyoka being to slowly open their hearts to each other...



Tags: Marriage , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Bullying , Arranged Marriage , Historical , Urban Fantasy , Kuudere , Super Power , Politics , Rehabilitation , Royal Affairs , Primarily Adult Cast , Shoujo , Age Gap , Military , Coming of Age , Fairy Tale , Guns , Clone , Makeup

Kamisama Hajimemashita

Also known as Kamisama Kiss.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Dentsu , TMS Entertainment , Funimation , Pony Canyon , Sotsu , DAX Production , Hakusensha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly taken over his job as a local deity!

Nanami has all kinda of new responsibilities she doesn't understand, dangers she's unaware of, and a cranky ex-familiar who's... actually pretty hot. What's a new-fledged godling to do?



Tags: Gods , Shoujo , Youkai , Female Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Episodic , Time Manipulation , Demons , Male Harem , School , Monster Boy , Love Triangle , Meta , Tsundere , Bullying , Slavery , Anthropomorphism

Inu x Boku SS

Also known as Inu X Boku Secret Service.

Studio: Aniplex , Square Enix , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Movic , David Production , Sentai Filmworks , Inu x Boku SS Production Partners
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

The Shirakiin house's daughter, Shirakiin Ririchiyo, who has a complex about being unable to live independently and unprotected, feels the need to move out and live on her own under the condition of residing in the mansion named "Ayakashi Kan." In this mansion, only those who have cleared a very strict examination could reside in it, and for each resident, they are accompanied with one agent of the Secret Service (S.S.). Although Riricho has rejected the company of the S.S., while residing in the mansion she finds out that the agent dedicated to protecting her is actually the Fox Spirit.

Tags: Tsundere , Youkai , Reincarnation , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Age Gap , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Yandere , Coming of Age , Ojou-sama , Chibi , School , Maids , Skeleton , Afterlife , Tanned Skin , Primarily Female Cast , Amnesia , Time Manipulation

Haikara-san ga Tooru: Benio, Hana no 17-sai

Also known as Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern – Part 1.

Studio: Nippon Animation , Warner Bros. Japan , TOKYO MX , KLOCKWORX , Kodansha , Asahi Shimbun , PEERLESS GERBERA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

The first film in a duology adaptation of Haikara-san ga Tooru.

During the Taisho era of 1918, 17-year-old Benio Hanamura thrives on bucking tradition. As a boisterous and quarrelsome tomboy, Miss Hanamura leads a life of kendo and tree-climbing adventure with her best friends Tamaki and Ranmaru. Benio determines to find love on her own, though her family has other plans. Benio will encounter tests of love, independence, and friendship during wartime.



Tags: Historical , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Military , Heterosexual , War , Time Skip , Swordplay , Love Triangle , Tragedy , Crossdressing , College , Arranged Marriage

Ookami to Koushinryou

Also known as Spice and Wolf.

Studio: Imagin , Funimation , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , Victor Entertainment , Pony Canyon , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

The peddler Kraft Lawrence travels through the world selling all kinds of things. After visiting a village, he discovers a sleeping girl under the pelts in his cart. She has wolf ears and a tail. The wolf girl explains that she has been called a "god", but that her name is Holo and nothing more. Lawrence teases the girl a little, but after hearing more of her story, he is moved and decides to accompany her further north. On their travels the two have many adventures, often getting into trouble, but the bond between them grows stronger.

Tags: Economics , Male Protagonist , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Kemonomimi , Religion , Monster Girl , Female Protagonist , Agriculture , Politics , Heterosexual , Travel , Rural , Foreign , Gods , Nudity

Inuyasha

Also known as InuYasha.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Sunrise , Yomiuri TV , Viz Media , Selecta Visión
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Kagome Higurashi, an average ninth grader, gets pulled into an ancient well by a demon, bringing her 500 years in the past to the feudal era. There, she meets Inuyasha, a half-demon who seeks the Shikon Jewel to make himself a full-fledged demon. With Inuyasha and new friends, Kagome's search for the Jewel of Four Souls begins...



Tags: Reincarnation , Youkai , Historical , Demons , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Rural , Revenge , Magic , Swordplay , Isekai , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Shounen , Time Manipulation , Kemonomimi , Male Protagonist , Monster Boy , Archery , Shapeshifting , Shrine Maiden , Travel , Episodic , Orphan , Curses , Age Gap , Necromancy , Kuudere , Body Horror , Primarily Teen Cast , Monster Girl , Memory Manipulation

Haikara-san ga Tooru

Also known as Smart-san.

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

Set in the 1920s, Haikara-san ga Tooru is the story of the high-spirited tomboy Benio and her relationship with a handsome half-German soldier named Shinobu. Benio is a very outgoing and athletic girl with firm ideas about being able to live her life as she wants to. When she first meets Shinobu, she dislikes him intensely, even though he manages to help her out of a series of embarrassing mishaps. She is therefore surprised when she finds out that she has been forced into an arranged marriage and that her husband-to-be is none other than Shinobu! The story then has many twists and turns, as Shinobu has to fight in the war, Benio has to wrangle with the idea of getting married, and getting along with her future in-laws and employer. Meanwhile, the great Kanto earthquake looms in the future...

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , War , Tomboy , Femboy , School , Marriage , Military , Crossdressing , Arranged Marriage , Coming of Age

Sakura Taisen

Also known as Sakura Wars.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Sega Games , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Sakura travels to the capital with aspirations of defending the city from the demonic forces of the Black Sanctum Council like her father before her. However, things are not as she imagined as in addition to using her great spiritual energy to pilot a mech called a Kobu, she must also perform on stage as an actor as The Imperial Flower Division's cover is an art theater. Making a fool of herself and ruining a production gets her on everyone's bad side and somehow she must learn to work with them as well as prevent the enemy from destroying several shrines which protect the city.



Tags: Musical Theater , Female Protagonist , Acting , Primarily Female Cast , Super Robot , Urban , Ojou-sama , Criminal Organization

Haikara-san ga Tooru: Tokyo Dai Roman

Also known as Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern – Part 2.

Studio: Nippon Animation , Kodansha , Warner Bros. Japan , Asahi Shimbun , TOKYO MX , KLOCKWORX , PEERLESS GERBERA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

The second film in a duology adaptation of Haikara-san ga Tooru.

In turn of the 20th Century Japan, a period characterized by widespread innovation and social restructuring, Benio Hanamura endeavors to take modernization to new heights. With a tomboy nature, Benio rails against traditional ideas that women should take care of the home—serving their husbands rather than pursuing their own dreams. Her values as a modern woman come under fire as the one man who supports her independence, Lieutenant Shinobu Ijuin, goes missing in action. Resurfacing back in Japan, Shinobu has lost all memory of his true identity. In this stunning sequel, will Benio be able to reconnect with Shinobu before she is married off to a new man?



Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Female Protagonist , Work , Amnesia , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Marriage , Love Triangle , Twins , Heterosexual , Arranged Marriage

Gunjou no Magmell

Also known as Ultramarine Magmell.

Studio: Studio Signpost , Shueisha , Netflix , Studio Pierrot , bilibili , Yomiuri TV Enterprise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The fantasy series takes place in a world where a new continent named Magmell suddenly appears in the ocean, and a new age of exploration begins. Explorers venture to the island to find previously unknown lifeforms and resources, but experience one disaster after another. The manga follows the mysterious young men who make a living as relief workers who aid the explorers.



Tags: Work , Super Power , Episodic , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Kaiju , Environmental