Top Vertical Video Anime Recommendations

Caramel Honey

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Ayato transfers into a new school hoping for a fresh start. Sadly for him, the school turns up to be filled with delinquents, and the most feared of them all has his eye set on him. And it doesn't help, that whenever Ayato accidentally takes off his glasses, everyone around him suddenly becomes completely smitten by him.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Delinquents , School , Bullying , Primarily Male Cast , Time Skip , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Vertical Video

Koisuru ONE PIECE

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

The premise of this spinoff is about three high school students: a young male student, his girlfriend and a third wheel who is a One Piece fanatic. Their names are similar to the Straw Hat Pirates and the group form a fan club dedicated to One Piece.


Tags: Meta , Vertical Video , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast

Hitorigurashi no Shougakusei

Also known as Hitorigurashi no Shougakusei.

Studio: Signal.MD
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The full colored 4-koma web manga follows a nine-year old girl who lives alone in Enoshima in the 1980s.

One of eight series streamed through the smartphone app Tate Anime.



Tags: Orphan , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Child Cast , Vertical Video , Food

Karada Sagashi

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery

Asuka and her friends have to search the school to find the eight body parts of a girl that appeared before her. If she fails, the red being will kill another and the day will be repeated.

Tags: Vertical Video

POKÉTOON (2024)

Also known as POKÉTOON (2024).

Studio: Studio Nanahoshi , Studio Colorido , ZEXCS , Nagomi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Short episodes released on the Pokémon Official YouTube Channel.

Episodes:
#1: Pawmi, Pawmo, Pawmot! / Pamo, Pamotto, Parmot! (パモパモットパーモット), released September 18, 2024.
#2: Angry Primeape Observation Diary / Ikari no Okorizaru Kansatsu Nikki (怒りのオコリザル観察日記), released September 25, 2024.
#3: Is there a mass outbreak of Clodsire? / Dooh Tairyou Hasseichuu? (ドオー大量発生ちゅう？), released October 2, 2024.
#4: Riding on Gogoat / Gougouto ni Notte (ゴーゴートに乗って), released October 9, 2024.
#5: I Love Ducklett! / Koaruhii Daisuki! (コアルヒーだいすき！), released October 16, 2024.
#6: Lucky Safari Tag!? / Lucky Safari de o ni go Kko!? (ラッキーなサファリでおにごっこ！？), released October 23, 2024.
#7: Romantic Spice - Capsakid Legend / Romantic Spice - Capsaiji Densetsu (Romanticスパイス カプサイジ伝説). released October 30, 2024.
#8: Childhood Friend Charcadet / Childhood Friend Carbou (幼なじみのカルボウ), released November 20, 2024
#9: Midnight Adventure with Murkrow / Yamikarasu to Mayonaka no Bouken (ヤミカラスと真夜中のぼうけん), released February 14, 2025


Tags: Animals , Episodic , Anthology , Kids , Primarily Animal Cast , Vertical Video , Parody

Zannen Onna Kanbu Black General-san

Also known as Precarious woman executive miss BLACK GENERAL.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Miss Black General is the villainous leader of RX, a secret organization bent on world-domination. Unfortunately, Miss Black General also has a huge crush on Brave Man, a costumed superhero dedicated to foiling RX's evil schemes, and she often mistakes his violent heroics for an overly enthusiastic form of flirtation. So how exactly is she going to to conquer the world when she can't even conquer her own feelings? And how will Brave Man respond to this odd twist?



Tags: Vertical Video , Superhero

Akogare Ranraran

Status: Finished
Genres:

Music video for the song Akogare Ranraran by Hanamaru Kunikida.

Tags: Idol , Female Protagonist , Vertical Video

Meshinuma.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The culinary daily of an office worker named Iinuma.

Tags: Food , Vertical Video , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist

Gift±

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

With the growing demand for high-quality organ transplants in Japan, many underground organizations have carried out kidnapping and murder operations to obtain organs for sale; surgeon doctors also started practicing. It even began to intervene in outside countries like China.

Our protagonist, Tamaki Suzuhara, a beautiful but mysterious high school girl, tries to find someone very important to her who is currently missing. She joined an illegal organ trafficking network, which kidnapped those who were judged "morally cure" for morphological, surgical removal of organs.

Let's see where this bloody journey and Tamaki Suzuhara's moral dilemma will lead. Can she find what she wants?

Note: This show is only available on Anime Beans, a vertical anime streaming app by Production IG.

Tags: Vertical Video

Musunde Hiraite

Studio: Creators in Pack
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Named after a Japanese children's song meaning "Closed Hands, Open Hands", Musunde Hiraite is an ensemble story that primarily follows Hiroshi Furuya, a high school student who falls head over heals for Himari Asaki, a beautiful high school senior, on the day of his high school entrance. Although Hiroshi constantly tries to confess his feelings, Himari studiously avoids him, because she's secretly afraid of men.



Tags: School , Vertical Video

Monkey Peak

Studio: Tomovies
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery

The story centers on a group of pharmaceutical company employees who embark on a mountain-climbing trip together and who encounter tragedy at the hands of mysterious monkeys when they reach the top.



Tags: Mountaineering , Animals , Vertical Video , Survival

Jouyatou

Also known as Joyato.

Status: Finished
Genres:

Music video animated by coalowl for the song Jouyatou by PEOPLE 1.

Tags: Rotoscoping , Vertical Video

Coffee Ikaga Deshou

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The story follows a coffee food truck shop, where the barista makes an individual cup for each customer. The coffee brewed conscientiously, sincerely, and wholeheartedly helps customers unwind.



Tags: Food , Episodic , Vertical Video

Kuruneko (2017)

Also known as Kuruneko (2017).

Studio: Studio PuYUKAI
Status: Finished
Genres:

Based on a blog-based manga series about cats.

One of eight series streamed through the smartphone app Tate Anime, and later Anime Beans.

Tags: Animals , Vertical Video

Kodoku no Gourmet

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Inogashira Gorou eats and indulges at restaurants or ramen shops found on any street corners. He has become a liberal foodie removed from social obligations for a fleeting moment to satisfy his hunger. Solitary Gourmet... That's the solitary process of eating without interruption or worry that gives the most comfort to people equally.



Tags: Food , Male Protagonist , Restaurant , Vertical Video

Gravity (Vertical Video)

Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological

The vertical music video directed by Kousuke Sugimoto for the song Gravity by The Charm Park that was included on his album "Reverse & Rebirth".

Tags: Vertical Video

Yuuwaku Office LOVER 2

Status: Finished
Genres:

A young woman who works as a CM director at an advertising agency is removed from her dream project at the whim of a capricious new company president whom she has never met. Determined not to let this set-back bring her down, she undergoes a "Cinderella"-style makeover and meets a handsome man at a company party, only to learn that he is the president that demoted her...



Tags: Vertical Video

Shiro no Kanga"roo" no Uta

Status: Finished
Genres: Music

A musical web short by Asami Ike made in honor of Roo-kun, an albino kangaroo born this year at the Kanazawa Zoo. Two versions of the video were posted. One in a normal horizontal video streaming format, and a second in a vertical streaming format meant to accommodate phone users.

Tags: Vertical Video

Dekiru kana

Status: Finished
Genres:

A group of children find a kit to a Geiger counter at Akihabara one day. It leads to Natrium leak incident with a nuclear power Monju. They have the spirit of “let’s do anything, let’s go anywhere” to try anything.

One of eight series streamed through the smartphone app Tate Anime



Tags: Vertical Video

Jingisukan no Jin-kun

Status: Finished
Genres:

The main character is a little sheep-looking mascot from Hokkaido. It is gluttonous, yet calm.

One of eight series streamed through the smartphone app Tate Anime.

(Source MAL News)

Tags: Vertical Video