Top Boarding School Anime Recommendations

Jujutsu Kaisen

Also known as JUJUTSU KAISEN.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

A boy fights... for "the right death."

Hardship, regret, shame: the negative feelings that humans feel become Curses that lurk in our everyday lives. The Curses run rampant throughout the world, capable of leading people to terrible misfortune and even death. What's more, the Curses can only be exorcised by another Curse.

Itadori Yuji is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a friend who has been attacked by Curses, he eats the finger of the Double-Faced Specter, taking the Curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with the Double-Faced Specter. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Gojou Satoru, Itadori is admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Technical High School of Sorcery, an organization that fights the Curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a Curse to exorcise a Curse, a life from which he could never turn back.



Note: The first episode received an early web premiere on September 19th, 2020. The regular TV broadcast started on October 3rd, 2020.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Curses , Super Power , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Exorcism , Primarily Teen Cast , Dissociative Identities , Demons , Orphan , Urban , Body Horror , Primarily Male Cast , Magic , Martial Arts , Ensemble Cast , Shapeshifting , Gore , Anthropomorphism , School , Swordplay , Boarding School , Rotoscoping , Slapstick , Mythology , Archery , Surreal Comedy , Twins , Tragedy , Baseball

Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2

Also known as Attack on Titan Season 2.

Studio: WIT STUDIO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

Eren Jaeger swore to wipe out every last Titan, but in a battle for his life he wound up becoming the thing he hates most. With his new powers, he fights for humanity's freedom facing the monsters that threaten his home. After a bittersweet victory against the Female Titan, Eren finds no time to rest—a horde of Titans is approaching Wall Rose and the battle for humanity continues!



Tags: Survival , Post-Apocalyptic , Shapeshifting , Tragedy , Espionage , Military , Kaiju , Dystopian , Primarily Teen Cast , Gore , Revenge , Politics , Henshin , Medieval , Anti-Hero , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Cult , Dissociative Identities , Coming of Age , Steampunk , Cannibalism , Kuudere , Primarily Male Cast , CGI , Swordplay , Yuri , Primarily Adult Cast , Unrequited Love , Matriarchy , Rural , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boarding School

Boku no Hero Academia 3

Also known as My Hero Academia Season 3.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama

Summer is here, and the heroes of Class 1-A and 1-B are in for the toughest training camp of their lives! A group of seasoned pros pushes everyone's Quirks to new heights as the students face one overwhelming challenge after another. Braving the elements in this secret location becomes the least of their worries when routine training turns into a critical struggle for survival.



Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Boarding School , Cultivation , Urban Fantasy , School , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Tomboy , Police , Bar , Battle Royale , Body Horror , Bisexual , CGI , Yandere , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes

Boku no Hero Academia 4

Also known as My Hero Academia Season 4.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

The villain world teeters on the brink of war now that All For One is out of the picture. Shigaraki of the League of Villains squares off with Overhaul of the yakuza, vying for total control of the shadows. Meanwhile, Deku gets tangled in another dangerous internship as he struggles to keep pace with his upperclassman—Mirio.



Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Shounen , Male Protagonist , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Crime , Ensemble Cast , Boarding School , Gangs , Urban Fantasy , Terrorism , Tragedy , Cultivation , Yakuza , Police , Drugs , Espionage , Primarily Male Cast , Delinquents , Band , Heterosexual , Bisexual , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity , Philosophy , Tomboy

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch

Also known as Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Thriller

On August 10th of the year 2010 the Holy Empire of Britannia began a campaign of conquest, its sights set on Japan. Operations were completed in one month thanks to Britannia's deployment of new mobile humanoid armor vehicles dubbed Knightmare Frames. Japan's rights and identity were stripped away, the once proud nation now referred to as Area 11. Its citizens, Elevens, are forced to scratch out a living while the Britannian aristocracy lives comfortably within their settlements. Pockets of resistance appear throughout Area 11, working towards independence for Japan.

Lelouch, an exiled Imperial Prince of Britannia posing as a student, finds himself in the heart of the ongoing conflict for the island nation. Through a chance meeting with a mysterious girl named C.C., Lelouch gains his Geass, the power of the king. Now endowed with absolute dominance over any person, Lelouch may finally realize his goal of bringing down Britannia from within!



Tags: Anti-Hero , War , Military , Politics , Class Struggle , Revenge , Super Power , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , Tragedy , Real Robot , Dystopian , Board Game , Philosophy , Super Robot , Memory Manipulation , Boarding School , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Guns , Amnesia , Urban Fantasy , Disability , Nudity , Drugs , Go , School Club , Age Gap , Kuudere , Female Harem , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Tanned Skin , CGI , Masturbation , Gambling

Angel Beats!

Also known as Angel Beats!.

Studio: P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

Otonashi wakes up in the afterlife to find out he has no memories of his life before death. Desperate to survive in a war that could yield another unfortunate fate, he joins the SSS in the battle against Angel, whose very mission is to destroy all inhabitants of this afterlife. As Otonashi struggles to recover his memory and learn more about this world, he finds that not all is as it had seemed.



Tags: Afterlife , Tragedy , School , Amnesia , Primarily Teen Cast , Kuudere , Coming of Age , Memory Manipulation , Boarding School , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , Angels , Survival , Found Family , Guns , School Club , Isekai , Politics , Band , Rock Music , Suicide , Baseball , Heterosexual , Chuunibyou , Drugs

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

Also known as Classroom of the Elite.

Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a leading school with state-of-the-art facilities. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Koudo Ikusei is like a utopia, but the truth is that only the most superior students receive favorable treatment.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its "inferior" students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyou Kushida, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka's situation begins to change.



Tags: School , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Survival , Blackmail , Kuudere , Battle Royale , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Tsundere , Nudity , Aromantic , Female Harem , Boarding School , School Club , Yuri , Wilderness , Camping

Boku no Hero Academia 5

Also known as My Hero Academia Season 5.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

The rivalry between Class 1-A and Class 1-B heats up in a joint training battle. Eager to be a part of the hero course, brainwashing buff Shinso is tasked with competing on both sides.

But as each team faces their own weaknesses and discovers new strengths, this showdown might just become a toss-up.



Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Shounen , Male Protagonist , School , Cultivation , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Crime , Anti-Hero , Boarding School , Arranged Marriage , Martial Arts , Heterosexual , Bisexual , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2

Also known as Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Thriller

A year has passed since "The Black Rebellion" and the remaining Black Knights have vanished into the shadows, their leader and figurehead, Zero, executed by the Britannian Empire. Area 11 is once more squirming under the Emperor's oppressive heel as the Britannian armies concentrate their attacks on the European front. But for the Britannians living in Area 11, life is back to normal. On one such normal day, a Britannian student, skipping his classes in the Ashford Academy, sneaks out to gamble on his chess play. But unknown to this young man, several forces are eying him from the shadows, for soon, he will experience a shocking encounter with his own obscured past, and the masked rebel mastermind Zero will return.

Tags: Anti-Hero , War , Military , Class Struggle , Revenge , Politics , Philosophy , Super Power , Tragedy , Dystopian , Guns , Terrorism , Male Protagonist , Super Robot , Urban Fantasy , Memory Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Amnesia , Fugitive , Disability , Real Robot , School , Kuudere , Foreign , Time Skip , Nudity , Yandere , Assassins , Swordplay , Female Harem , Tsundere , Boarding School , Age Gap

Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!

Also known as The Eminence in Shadow.

Studio: Nexus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

Some people just aren’t suited to playing the part of the flashy, in-your-face hero or the dastardly, mustache-twirling villain with larger-than-life panache. Instead, they operate in the shadows and pull the strings of society through wit and cleverness. That’s the role Cid wants to play when he’s transported to another world. Cid spins a yarn or three and becomes the unlikely leader of the underground Shadow Garden organization that fights against a menacing cult (which he totally made up). However, there’s a catch even his wild imagination didn’t see coming: the cult he concocted actually exists, and they’re beyond displeased that his power fantasy just got in the way of their evil plans!



Tags: Isekai , Chuunibyou , Male Protagonist , Parody , Anti-Hero , Magic , Cult , Acting , Swordplay , Reincarnation , Primarily Female Cast , Meta , Satire , Female Harem , Assassins , Espionage , Nudity , Elf , School , Politics , Terrorism , Conspiracy , Gore , Kemonomimi , Heterosexual , Seinen , Medieval , Boarding School , Age Regression

Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo

Also known as The Pet Girl of Sakurasou.

Studio: J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

The first time he saw her, it was love at first sight. Unfortunately for Sorata Kanda, "she" was a cat named Hikari and his school's rules forbid keeping pets in the regular dorms. As a result, Sorata is banished to the infamous Sakura Hall alongside other troublesome and unusual students like Jin, overzealous playboy, Ryuunosuke, the reclusive hermit, and Mashiro, a brilliant artist who's so unfocused and clueless about the real world that dorm supervisor Ms. Sengoku assigns Sorata the task of taking care of her along with his ever-growing collection of stray cats!



Tags: Kuudere , Heterosexual , School , Found Family , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Love Triangle , Work , Drawing , Yandere , Cohabitation , Disability , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Boarding School , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Software Development , Family Life , Hikikomori , Video Games , Crossdressing , Ghost

BEASTARS

Also known as BEASTARS.

Studio: Orange
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

In a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, herbivores and carnivores coexist with each other. For the adolescents of Cherryton Academy, school life is filled with hope, romance, distrust, and uneasiness.

The main character is Legoshi the wolf, a member of the drama club. Despite his menacing appearance, he has a very gentle heart. Throughout most of his life, he has always been an object of fear and hatred by other animals, and he’s been quite accustomed to that lifestyle. But soon, he finds himself becoming more involved with his fellow classmates who have their own share of insecurities and finds his life in school changing slowly.



Tags: Anthropomorphism , Coming of Age , Animals , Primarily Teen Cast , Full CGI , Cannibalism , School , Male Protagonist , Boarding School , CGI , Acting , Love Triangle , Gangs , Primarily Animal Cast , Psychosexual , Heterosexual , Philosophy , Crime , Bullying , School Club , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Slavery , Mafia , Politics , Nudity , Urban , Gore , Unrequited Love ,

Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu

Also known as Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2.

Studio: Studio Bind
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy

After his relationship with Eris Boreas Greyrat reaches new heights, Rudeus Greyrat is ecstatic. Unfortunately, his joy is short-lived, as Eris suddenly abandons him to embark on her own journey. Believing that Eris has lost all interest in him, a heartbroken and depressed Rudeus sets forth to the Northern Territories. With his sole goal being to locate his mother on the vast continent, Rudeus wonders if persisting through daily life is worth the pain, falling into a robotic routine as he endlessly ruminates on his lost love.

However, the dangers of the North soon prove that one cannot survive with a dulled mind. While on a quest with the party Counter Arrow, with whom he recently became acquainted, Rudeus has a brush with death—an experience that forces him to finally snap out of his despair. With his newfound teammates, Rudeus rediscovers the pleasure of daily adventuring and moves forward with his original goal of living his second lease on life to the fullest.



Note: Includes episode 0, Shugo Jutsushi Fitz.

Tags: Reincarnation , Isekai , Rehabilitation , Male Protagonist , Magic , Coming of Age , Medieval , Boarding School , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Found Family , School , Time Skip , Kemonomimi , Elf , Female Harem , Tomboy , Family Life , Love Triangle , Crossdressing , Super Power , Hikikomori , Gods , Slavery , Otaku Culture , Swordplay , Nudity , Religion , Survival , Nekomimi , Demons , Language Barrier , Tsundere , Dungeon , Delinquents , Suicide , Maids , Archery , Polyamorous , Snowscape , Dragons , Drugs , Curses

Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry

Also known as Chivalry of a Failed Knight.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Nexus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

The "school sword action" story revolves around Magic Knights, modern magic-users who fight with weapons converted from their souls. Ikki Kurogane goes to a school for these Magic Knights, but he is the "Failed Knight" or "Worst One" who is failing because he has no magical skills. However, one day, he is challenged to a duel by Stella, a foreign princess and the "Number One" student. In this duel, "the loser must be obedient for life."



Tags: Swordplay , Male Protagonist , School , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Magic , Boarding School , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Nudity , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Cohabitation , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bullying , Female Protagonist , Large Breasts , Class Struggle , Transgender , Politics , Archery , Estranged Family

Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Part 2

Also known as Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2 Part 2.

Studio: Studio Bind
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy

The second cour of Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu.

Following the faceless god Hitogami's advice seems to have worked wonders for Rudeus Greyrat. After enrolling into the University of Magic as he was told, Rudeus reunites with his childhood friend Sylphiette, who put a valiant effort into curing his condition. The two grow ever closer together and decide to host a wedding party, inviting the friends they have made over the years to announce and formalize their relationship.

For all his recent blessings, however, Rudeus' troubles are far from over. The research he is helping Shizuka Nanahoshi conduct hits a bottleneck, sending her into a deep slump much like he experienced in his previous life. Furthermore, a letter from his father, Paul, brings complications to Rudeus' relationships, and Sylphiette still knows next to nothing about his real background. In the face of these issues, Rudeus will have to apply the lessons he has learned in this new world to navigate through the challenges that come with living a life to its fullest.



Tags: Reincarnation , Isekai , Magic , Coming of Age , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Marriage , Female Harem , Medieval , Heterosexual , Elf , Dungeon , Polyamorous , Travel , Parenthood , Swordplay , Hikikomori , Love Triangle , College , Age Gap , Maids , Demons , Desert , Gods , Survival , Disability , Kemonomimi , Amnesia , Pregnancy , School , Super Power , Language Barrier , Body Horror , Curses , Delinquents , Gore , Boarding School

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e 3rd Season

Also known as Classroom of the Elite Season 3.

Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

The third season of Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e.

The third semester kicks off in high gear with a special boot camp deep in the mountains. Forcibly separated into groups along grade and gender lines, the first, second and third years alike must work together to survive the rugged terrain. Even worse? The leader of the group that comes in last will be expelled. Can Class D make it back to campus intact, or is this where they finally say goodbye to one of their own?



Tags: School , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Anti-Hero , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Battle Royale , Conspiracy , Coming of Age , Revenge , Politics , Survival , Bullying , Disability , Boarding School , Board Game , Female Harem , Love Triangle , Kuudere , Rehabilitation , Suicide , Tsundere , Delinquents , School Club , Crime , Dissociative Identities , Athletics , Yandere

Boku no Hero Academia 7

Also known as My Hero Academia Season 7.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

The seventh season of Boku no Hero Academia.

Following an all-out battle with the Paranormal Liberation Front, it is difficult for the people of Japan to continue placing faith in their heroes. To combat the combined power of Tomura Shigaraki and All For One, All Might calls for his ally from the West—the strongest woman on the planet, Star and Stripe.

However, All For One decides to intercept Star and her fleet to get his hands on her overpowered quirk before she can enter Japanese airspace. Although Endeavor, Hawks, and Best Jeanist are headed to the rendezvous point, Star makes a gamble in the present to save her comrades.



Note: The season was preceded by a 4-episode special titled 'Boku no Hero Academia: Memories' recapping events from the 6th season along with adding a few minutes of new material each episode.

Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Terrorism , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , War , Post-Apocalyptic , Male Protagonist , Gore , Police , Yandere , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Anti-Hero , Military , Foreign , Boarding School

Little Witch Academia (TV)

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 , Boarding School , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Episodic , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Urban Fantasy , Yuri , Heterosexual , Ojou-sama , LGBTQ+ Themes , Swordplay , Kemonomimi , Shapeshifting , Ghost , Super Robot

Mairimashita! Iruma-kun

Also known as Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun.

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Suzuki Iruma has just been abandoned and sold to a demon by his irresponsible parents! Surprisingly, the next thing he knows he's living with the demon who has adopted him as his new grandson, and has been transferred into a school in the demon world where his new "demon" grandfather works as the principal. Thus begins the cowardly Iruma-kun's extraordinary school life among the otherworldly as he faces his true self, takes on challenges, and rises to become someone great...

Tags: Demons , School , Male Protagonist , Magic , Isekai , Found Family , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Adoption , Coming of Age , Kemonomimi , Monster Girl , Monster Boy , Nekomimi , School Club , Heterosexual , Tomboy , Love Triangle , Idol , Butler , Musical Theater , Estranged Family , Crossdressing , Succubus , Boarding School

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun

Also known as A Certain Scientific Railgun.

Studio: J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Academy City is a highly developed place in terms of technology. It is said to be 20 to 30 years ahead of the rest of the world, and 80% of its 2.3 million residents are students. The focus of studies here is directed towards esper powers. Misaka Mikoto, one of the top level espers in town, shares a room with Kuroko Shirai, another high level esper who is a member of Judgement, a law enforcing agency composed of students. Both attend Tokiwadai, a private school reserved for the high-leveled and the rich. Kuroko's partner at Judgement, Kazari Uiharu, is a low level esper who studies at Sakugawa middle school. Her best friend and classmate there is Ruiko Saten, a level zero, one who has no esper powers. Together, the four encounter several adventures in the exciting scientific town.



Tags: Super Power , Urban , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Robots , Tomboy , School , Bisexual , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Superhero , Orphan , Gyaru , Tsundere , Shounen , Artificial Intelligence , Ojou-sama , Boarding School , Yuri , Gangs , Kaiju , Police , Slapstick , Super Robot , Maids , Crossdressing