Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
Also known as Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku. Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life
Later that night, the pair go out for drinks so that they can catch up after all the years apart. After Narumi complains about her previous boyfriend breaking up with her because he refused to date a fujoshi, Hirotaka suggests that she try dating a fellow otaku, specifically himself. He makes a solemn promise to always be there for her, to support her, and to help her farm for rare drops in Monster Hunter. Blown away by the proposal, Narumi agrees immediately. Thus the two otaku start dating, and their adorably awkward romance begins.
Tags: Otaku Culture , Primarily Adult Cast , Josei , Office Lady , Female Protagonist , Video Games , Work , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Urban , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Cosplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tsundere , Office , Athletics , Tomboy , Bisexual , Classic Literature
Given
Also known as given. Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life
Satou's voice is strikingly beautiful, filling Uenoyama with the determination to make Satou the lead singer of the band. Though reticent at first, Satou takes the offer after an emotional meeting with an old friend. With the support of his new friends, Satou must not only learn how to play guitar, but also come to terms with the mysterious circumstances that led him to be its owner.
Tags: Band , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Suicide , Rehabilitation , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , School , Urban , Josei , Bisexual , Rock Music , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Basketball
Josee to Tora to Sakanatachi
Also known as Josee, the Tiger and the Fish. Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life
Tags: Disability , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Rehabilitation , Tragedy , Drawing , Scuba Diving , Coastal , Josei , College , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Mermaid , CGI , Time Skip
Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta…
Also known as My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!. Studio: SILVER LINK.
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life
Tags: Mixed Gender Harem , Isekai , Female Protagonist , Reincarnation , Villainess , Ensemble Cast , Josei , Ojou-sama , Bisexual , Parody , Time Skip , LGBTQ+ Themes , Magic , Horticulture , Royal Affairs , Agriculture , Bullying , Tsundere , Adoption , Twins
Net-juu no Susume
Also known as Recovery of an MMO Junkie. Studio: Signal.MD
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life
Tags: Video Games , Virtual World , Hikikomori , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Otaku Culture , Heterosexual , Gender Bending , Josei , Parody , Konbini , Love Triangle
Chihayafuru
Also known as Chihayafuru. Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Sports
Tags: Karuta , Female Protagonist , School Club , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , School , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Josei , Athletics , Bullying , Slapstick , Tomboy , CGI
Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi
Also known as My Senpai is Annoying. Studio: Doga Kobo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life
Tags: Office Lady , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Work , Office , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Josei , Tomboy , Age Gap , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Tanned Skin , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Basketball , Video Games , Cosplay
Usagi Drop
Also known as Bunny Drop. Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life
Tags: Iyashikei , Found Family , Family Life , Adoption , Orphan , Parenthood , Josei , Male Protagonist , Work
Given Movie
Also known as Given The Movie. Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance
Tags: Love Triangle , Band , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , Bisexual , Josei , Rock Music , Tragedy , CGI
Sakamichi no Apollon
Also known as Kids on the Slope. Studio: Tezuka Productions , MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life
Because of his father's job situation, freshman high school student Kaoru Nishimi moves by himself from Yokosuka to Kyushu to live with relatives. Until then, Kaoru was an honor roll student who tended to keep to himself, but meeting notorious bad boy Sentaro Kawabuchi starts to change him. Through his devil-may-care classmate, Kaoru learns the attractions of jazz and finds the first person he can call a "friend". He also discovers how much fun it is to play music with a pal.
Other characters include Sentaro's kind childhood chum, Ritsuko, who is the daughter of a record shop owner; the mysterious upperclassman, Yurika; and Brother Jun, the much-admired leader among their peers. Set against the backdrop of a seaside town with a scent of American culture, this series is a drama about young people coming into their own, crossing each other's paths, and finding friendship, love, and music!
Tags: Coming of Age , Band , Love Triangle , Josei , Male Protagonist , Jazz Music , Heterosexual , Found Family , School , Rural , Historical , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Age Gap , Religion , Time Skip
Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
Also known as Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju. Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama
Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of 48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.
Tags: Rakugo , Acting , Tragedy , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Josei , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Time Skip , Disability , Meta , War , Suicide , Elderly Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast
Uramichi Oniisan
Also known as Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan. Studio: Studio Blanc
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life
Tags: Work , Satire , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Acting , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Meta , Josei , Musical Theater , Primarily Male Cast , Acrobatics
Koori Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Douryou Joshi
Also known as The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague. Studio: Zero-G , Liber
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural
Himuro is a descendant of yuki-onnas living in modern times and a newbie office worker. When he gets emotionally overwhelmed, he ends up causing blizzards or starts building snowmen and igloos. Whenever his secret romantic feelings for his unique yet kind coworker Fuyutsuki intensify, he sometimes ends up freezing those around him. Then, there's Fuyutsuki. Everyone always sees her as the cool type, but Fuyutsuki is actually also pretty curious about her mysterious coworker, Himuro.
Their relationship continues to gradually evolve daily through work and work events. Eventually, they start to spend time with each other outside of work, but they're both a bit awkward when it comes to love, so they just can't seem to get closer...
A heartwarming workplace fantasy romcom starring a seemingly cool couple is about to begin!
Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Work , Youkai , Kuudere , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Josei , Kemonomimi , Office , Episodic , Tsundere , Age Regression , Shrine Maiden
Kumichou Musume to Sewagakari
Also known as The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting. Studio: feel. , Gaina
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life
Tags: Family Life , Yakuza , Josei , Female Protagonist , Parenthood , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Anti-Hero , Iyashikei , Delinquents , Food , Guns , Tragedy , Suicide , Episodic , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast
Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta… X
Also known as My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X. Studio: SILVER LINK.
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life
Katarina Claes, the daughter of a duke, regains her memories from a previous life after hitting her head on a rock. The world she lives in now is the world of Fortune Lover, the otome game she was hooked on in her previous life, and she is now the villainess who interferes with the heroine's love story! The happy ending prepared for Katarina in the game is being exiled from the country, and the bad ending, she gets killed... but she's determined to avoid all destruction flags and claim a happy future for herself! And after she succeeds in avoiding those flags, a new crisis awaits?! The curtain rises once again on this flirtatious romantic comedy!
Tags: Female Protagonist , Mixed Gender Harem , Isekai , Ojou-sama , Royal Affairs , Male Harem , Reincarnation , Villainess , Female Harem , Magic , Parody , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Video Games , Episodic , Virtual World , Ensemble Cast , Josei , Heterosexual , School , Tsundere , Agriculture , Inseki , Twins , Dissociative Identities , Torture , Gender Bending
DIABOLIK LOVERS
Also known as Diabolik Lovers. Studio: ZEXCS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Romance , Supernatural
Tags: Vampire , Female Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Bullying , Yandere , Ensemble Cast , Male Harem , Tsundere , Josei , Gore , Magic
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii OVA
Studio: A-1 Pictures , Lapin Track
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life
The second OVA titled Tomodachi no Kyori was released on February 26, 2021.
The third OVA titled Shain Ryokou to Negaigoto was released on October 14, 2021.
Note: Unaired episodes bundled with the special edition of the 7th, 10th and 11th manga volumes.
Tags: Otaku Culture , Primarily Adult Cast , Josei , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Work , Episodic , Volleyball , School , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Tomboy , Athletics , Chibi , Virtual World , Gender Bending
Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui
Also known as Koikimo. Studio: Nomad
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life
Note: The show streamed in advance on Amazon Prime Video on March 29, 2021. Regular broadcast started on April 5, 2021.
Tags: Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Josei , Urban , School , Yandere , Otaku Culture , Ensemble Cast
Nodame Cantabile
Studio: J.C. Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life
During his 4th year at Japan's top music university, Chiaki happens to meet Noda Megumi; or as she refers to herself, Nodame. On the surface, she seems to be an unkempt girl with no direction in life. However, when Chiaki hears Nodame play the piano for the first time, he is in awe at the kind of music she plays. To Chiaki's dismay, Nodame moves into the apartment next to his and finds out that she is head over heels in love with him.
Nodame Cantabile tells the story of Chiaki and Nodame, as they not only learn to deal with each other, but learn lessons from one another as they strive for the top of the musical world.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Tags: Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , College , Classical Music , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Band , Slapstick , Tsundere , CGI , LGBTQ+ Themes
Kuragehime
Also known as Princess Jellyfish. Studio: Brain's Base
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life
When the threat of losing their cozy convent inspires this glamour boy to turn the neurotic entourage into a portrait of success, will Tsukimi take her chance to bloom, or will she end up a hot mess?
Tags: Josei , Crossdressing , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Otaku Culture , Makeup , Slapstick , Primarily Female Cast , Found Family , Gender Bending , Femboy , Fashion , Ensemble Cast , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Urban , LGBTQ+ Themes , Politics , Drawing
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