Top Body Image Anime Recommendations

Gegege no Kitarou (2018)

Also known as GeGeGe no Kitaro.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Supernatural

Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, people have forgotten the existence of Yokai. When a number of unexplainable phenomena plague adults of the human world with confusion and chaos, thirteen-year-old Mana writes a letter to the Yokai Post in search of answers, only to be greeted by Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro...



Tags: Youkai , Mythology , Ghost , Magic , Episodic , Witch , Kids , Politics , Vampire , Satire , Age Regression , Bullying , Rural , Family Life , Werewolf , Body Image

Anne Shirley

Also known as Anne Shirley.

Studio: The Answer Studio
Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A new adaptation of Akage no Anne (Anne of Green Gables).

On the beautiful Prince Edward Island in Canada, an orphan named Anne Shirley is mistakenly sent to Green Gables, the home of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. They choose to adopt her anyway, as Anne finds friendship, love, and happiness in her new home. Come along for the story of a purehearted and imaginative girl growing up, leaving for college, and returning home a changed woman.



Tags: Parenthood , Orphan , Female Protagonist , Classic Literature , Coming of Age , Shoujo , Historical , Family Life , Iyashikei , Rural , Foreign , POV , Adoption , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Writing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Religion , Coastal , Agriculture , Work , Body Image

Maebashi Witches

Also known as Maebashi Witches.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Music , Supernatural

Welcome to Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture. For first-year high school student Yuina Akagi, her middling life takes a wild turn the moment a mysterious frog named Keroppe shows up and asks her, “Why don’t you become a witch?” Alongside Azu Niisato, Kyouka Kitahara, Choco Mitsumata, and Mai Kamiizumi, Yuina and her friends are excited to make people’s dreams come true as the Maebashi Witches.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Magic , Witch , Primarily Female Cast , Idol , Dancing , Primarily Teen Cast , Henshin , Animals , Urban Fantasy , Urban , CGI , Body Image , Fashion , Coming of Age , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , LGBTQ+ Themes , Isekai

Gigigoegoe: Sunghyungsoo

Also known as Beauty Water.

Studio: Studio Animal
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Thriller

Beauty Water looks like a common skin cosmetic. But unlike other cosmetics, people can sculpt their skin with it like molding clay and change their appearance. An ordinary girl, Yaeji, comes across the 'Beauty Water' by chance, and her endless desire to be the most beautiful woman brings her unimaginable disaster.

Tags: Body Horror , Tragedy , Full CGI , Makeup , Body Image , CGI , Nudity , Bullying , Revenge , Female Protagonist , Monster Girl , Gore , Gender Bending