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Plot Summary:
Being in love with your straight sempai isn't easy, but being in love with your straight, homophobic, and (to top it off) tyrannical sempai can be hell. And that's something Tetsuhiro Morinaga can relate to... especially now that he's had a taste of the forbidden fruit.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, josei
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Blue Thermal (2022)
Plot Summary:
Arriving from Nagasaki with her wishful mantra is Tamaki Tsuru, who in high school could think only about volleyball. Things don’t begin well, however, when she looks for an extracurricular club to join and proceeds to immediately ding a glider at aviation club tryouts ending up having to work it off. She is initially disillusioned with campus life. Then Kuramochi, the club leader and glider pilot, takes Tamaki under his wing, and from the moment he takes her up for a flight in a glider, Tamaki becomes a captive of the vast beauty of the skies.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime
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Hybrid Child (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Hybrid Child is an amazing doll that can grow if it is lavished with enough love and care from its owner. Neither fully machine nor fully human, the various Hybrid Child models develop strong emotional bonds with their owners.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, sentimental, touching, disturbing
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Ai no Kusabi (2012)
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This futuristic tale is set in a world where men are assigned various social classes based on their hair color. Iason Mink, a high-class Blondie, runs into Riki, a black-haired Mongrel, and makes him his "Pet." As Riki learns of the dangers Iason faces by keeping him, he finds himself developing feelings for his master. This is a remake of the 1992 OVA of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, erotic, futuristic, josei
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Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather (2020)
Plot Summary:
The sexually masochistic yakuza boss, Yashiro, isn't the type to warm up to others easily. But when Chikara Doumeki, his newly hired bodyguard, catches his interest, he reconsiders his "hands-off" policy with subordinates. As Yashiro's invitations fail, the yakuza boss finds out his bodyguard has a very personal reason for staying at arm's length.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, manga, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, controversial, intense, poignant, adult animation, gay cinema
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Kase-san and Morning Glories (2018)
Plot Summary:
Yamada may be shy and rather clumsy, but the flower gardens at her school have always brought her happiness. Suddenly, a different sort of beauty catches her eye—the vivacious track star, Kase-san. Although the two girls don't seem to have much in common, they soon start a romance where each must learn an important lesson in tending their budding relationship. Can the two girls, so different from each other, learn how to make their first love blossom?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: yuri, anime, sentimental, touching, captivating, emotional, yaoi, adult anime
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Sekaiichi Hatsukoi Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Yokozawa meets a man (Kirishima) and his life is turned around. Kirishima starts to blackmail and tease Yokozawa, but Kirishima might actually be trying to help him recover from an emotional period of his life in the process.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 502
Genere: Animation, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, light, romantic, feel good, humorous
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Yes, No, or Maybe? (2020)
Plot Summary:
Kunieda Kei is a popular, young TV announcer whose public and private personas are so different, they might be called extreme. On the outside, he is the picture of perfection, affectionately nicknamed "The Prince," while on the inside he is constantly cursing at all of the incompetence around him. Of course, no one knows this secret of his. One day, Kei meets animation artist Tsuzuki Ushio for a work assignment. While Kei is in "inside mode," he later runs into Tsuzuki, who doesn't recognize him in his worn-out sweats and a facemask, but as compensation for injuring Tsuzuki's arm, Kei gets roped into helping out with his work.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: yaoi, melancholic, sentimental, sincere, anime, sexy, touching, humorous, captivating, adult animation
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Fake (1996)
Plot Summary:
Meet Dee Laytner and his half-Japanese partner, Ryo McLane, a pair of detectives from New York. Not only are these two always chasing down criminals, but Dee can't stop himself from trying to chase down Ryo. While on a trip to England, the pair become involved in the local crime scene when Japanese Americans start turning up dead. Will Ryo be in danger?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, detective, exciting, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, hentai, queer cinema
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Given (2020)
Plot Summary:
The film centers on the love relationship among the band's bassist Haruki Nakayama, drummer Akihiko Kaji, and Akihiko's roommate and ex-boyfriend Ugetsu Murata.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, psychological, sexy, touching, captivating, melancholic, contemplative, feel good, 2d animation
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Wagnaria!! (2010)
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Set in a family restaurant in Hokkaido, the northern prefecture of Japan, 16-year-old high school student Sōta Takanashi works part-time along with his strange co-workers: Popura Taneshima, a high school girl who—despite being a year older than Sōta—is easily mistaken for a elementary/middle schooler, and Kyoko Shirafuji, the 28-year-old store manager who does not bother to do any work at all.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, absurd
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Gravitation (1999)
Plot Summary:
Gravitation follows goofy, wannabe pop star Shuichi Shindo, on his journey to fame with his best friend Hiroshi Nakano and their band, Bad Luck. Along the way, Shuichi meets famous (male) author, playboy Eiri Yuki, and falls in love. Bad Luck is signed to a major record label, and Shuichi must learn how to deal with stardom, jealousy, interference in his band, meeting his musical icon, and dealing with his first romantic relationship - a same-sex celebrity one, at that.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 965
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, shoujo, sentimental, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast
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Given (2019)
Plot Summary:
The played chord made the rusty air and both our eardrums vibrate smoothly. From that moment... our music was born.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, captivating, unusual plot structure, feel good, josei, queer cinema, 2d animation
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Junjou Romantica (2008)
Plot Summary:
Junjou Romantica: Pure Romance, stylized as Junjou Romantica ~Pure Romance~, is a yaoi series by Shungiku Nakamura. It focuses on three storylines; the main couple, which comprises the bulk of the books, and two other male couples that provide ongoing side stories. It has expanded into several cd-dramas, a manga series running in Asuka Ciel, a light novel series titled "Junai Romantica" running in The Ruby magazine and a 24-episode anime series. Shungiku Nakamura has written a spin-off to Junjou Romantica, titled Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi focusing on a shōjo manga editor and his first love, which was also animated by Studio Deen in 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, sexy, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, tsundere, erotic, josei
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Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
After marrying the head of the military, Benio hears her husband died in Siberia during a war. However after finding out he's alive and fighting against his home land, Benio starts looking for her first love. Wondering why he didn't return and wanting to welcome him back. Hardships will happen and hearts may be broken, as he might have moved on.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Happy-Go-Lucky Days (2020)
Plot Summary:
Love is love. Someday, the pain of being in love will be an endearing memory. No matter who the feelings are towards, no matter what form it takes, all love and lifestyles have the same value. An omnibus anime tells the stories of “The wedding of an ex”, “a student and a teacher at an all-boys’ school” and “childhood friends whose bodies and hearts change with adolescence.”.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, yuri
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Sukisho (2005)
Plot Summary:
Hashiba has an accident and has lost all of his memories. When Fujimori comes to his school as his new roommate, He tells Hashiba that he is called Ran. He and Hashiba both have a split personality which they developed in their youth.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, humorous, sentimental, captivating, psychological, light, touching, realistic, semi serious
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The Quintessential Quintuplets (2019)
Plot Summary:
Fuutarou Uesugi is a poor, antisocial ace student who one day meets the rich transfer student Itsuki Nakano. They argue but when Uesugi realizes he is to be her tutor, he tries to get on better terms. While trying to do so he meets four other girls.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic, sweet, captivating, tsundere, entertaining, uplifting, shounen, hentai
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Our Love Has Always Been 10 Centimeters Apart. (2017)
Plot Summary:
Miou Aida and Haruki Serizawa might seem like polar opposites to those around them, but as the two third-years prepare to end their high school experience, they couldn't have been been closer. While Miou is a shy and reserved member of the school art club that prefers to stay out of the limelight, Haruki is the boisterous and confident ace of the movie club, already winning awards for his directing prowess. However, after a previous chance encounter during their school entrance ceremony, they quickly become friends despite their stark differences in personality. But although their closeness might be growing, they've never become anything more than just that, much to the bewilderment of their friends. As their time in high school draws to a close, Miou and Haruki, along with their friends in the art and movie clubs, have just one year left to face their hidden feelings and the daunting task of deciding their future careers. The two might always be only an arm's reach away, but as Haruki chases his dream of becoming a professional movie director and Miou struggles with choosing a path for herself, they'll learn just how hard it is to get past those last 10 centimeters.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie (2022)
Plot Summary:
When five lovely young girls who hate studying hire part-time tutor Futaro, he guides not only their education but also their hearts. Time spent has brought them all closer, with feelings growing within the girls and Futaro. As they finish their third year of high school and their last school festival approaches, they set their sights on what’s next. Is there a future with one of them and Futaro?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Dakaichi: I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year (2018)
Plot Summary:
"I'll make it so your body's unable to forget mine." Saijou Takato's 5 year reign as the 'Most Huggable No. 1' has been snatched. Stealing his thunder is the newbie actor with a 3-year debut, Azumaya! Towards the stuffy hostile Takato, Azumaya's sincere sparkling smile starts to become effective. Even as Takato sets his alert level on MAX, Azumaya catches Takato in his shameful drunken state and uses it to blackmail him! In exchange for Azumaya's silence, Azumaya states, "Please let me hold you…?! Embrace me, who was the Most Huggable No.1?" What the heck is he saying! Includes a large quantity of other high suspense erotic stories.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, erotic, psychological, humorous, captivating, yuri, tsundere
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Sasaki and Miyano (2022)
Plot Summary:
It all started like a typical old-school boys' love plotline—bad-boy senior meets adorably awkward underclassman, one of them falls in love, and so on and so forth. But although Miyano is a self-proclaimed boys' love expert, he hasn't quite realized…he's in one himself. Which means it's up to Sasaki to make sure their story has a happily ever after…!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, disturbing, semi serious, iyashikei, feel good, meta, psychological, teen comedy
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Love Stage!! (2014)
Plot Summary:
Izumi was born in a family of celebrities. His father is a singer, his mother an artist, his older brother the lead vocalist for the popular band Crashers. Izumi himself, however, is just a nerdy college student. He loves the manga "Magical Girl Lala Lulu" and dreams of becoming a manga writer himself. One day he is roped into filming a commercial where he wears a dress. Another actor on the set, Ryoma Ichijo, mistakes him for a woman and falls in love at first sight. As it turns out, though, they met ten years in the past. And Ryoma feelings don't change when he finds out Izumi is a boy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy, super sentai
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The World's Greatest First Love (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sekai-Ichi Hatsukoi: Onodera Ritsu no Baai is a Japanese boys-love manga series written and illustrated by Shungiku Nakamura. In 2011, the manga was adapted into an anime television series under the title Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi. Produced by Studio DEEN under the direction of Chiaki Kon, the anime series began its broadcast run on April 9, 2011. An original animation DVD was bundled with the fifth and sixth volumes of the manga series, released in March and September 2011. Sekaiichi Hatsukoi follows three couples that are interconnected within the manga industry, with each being subject to the budding of first love.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, erotic, touching, realistic, josei
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Love Me, Love Me Not (2020)
Plot Summary:
Yuna and Akari are two high school girls with very different views on love: Yuna dreams about romance through rose-coloured glasses, while Akari is down-to-earth and practical. Meanwhile, high school boys Kazuomi and Rio also have different views on love: Kazuomi is an airhead who can't grasp the concept of love, while Rio grabs onto any confession as an opportunity—so long as the girl looks cute. Will these four classmates end up leading a youthful romance that meets their expectations?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, light, romantic, shoujo, entertaining, humorous
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A Foreign Love Affair (2007)
Plot Summary:
The young leader of the Oomi group, Ranmaru, was forced to marry Kaoru, the daughter from another group. The couple went to Italy, and had their wedding on a ship. However, neither of them actually liked the marriage, and Ranmaru was kicked out by his newlywed wife Kaoru on their first night. Al (Alberto), an Italian man on the ship, took an interest in Ranmaru, and the story revolves around the romance between the two men, Ranmaru and Al.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Animation, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, captivating, disturbing, erotic, romantic comedy
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Horimiya (2021)
Plot Summary:
A secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she’s a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a gentle heart, along with piercings and tattoos. In a chance meeting, they both reveal a side they’ve never shown. Could this blossom into something new?.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, light, romantic comedy, shounen
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Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie (2022)
Plot Summary:
Shikimori seems like the perfect girlfriend: cute, fun to be around, sweet when she wants to be… but she has a cool dark side that comes out under the right circumstances. And her boyfriend Izumi loves to be around when that happens!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, romantic comedy, 2d animation
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Papa datte, Shitai (2019)
Plot Summary:
"There are Times I Cannot Hold It, Even If I'm a Father" University student Asumi came to Naruse household to be a housekeeper for his part-time job. The family consists of a single-father and a son Ichika. Among them, the father Naruse is too sexy for Asumi!! Even if he is not gay, Asumi gets conscious of Keiichi, and when he noticed that Keiichi is sexually unsatisfied by noticing him watching adult video in his room, he would unconsciously get tempted to attack him…! "Naruse-san, you're too sexy for a father with a child...!".
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Animation, Short, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 5 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, erotic, touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, adult animation, sex comedy, hentai
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The Stranger by the Beach (2020)
Plot Summary:
On an island off the coast of Okinawa, two young men meet on a beach: Shun Hashimoto, a gay novelist and Mio Chibana, a somber high school student. Day by day, the two of them grow closer, but then, suddenly, Mio decides to leave the island. They reunite three years later, and Mio says he is ready to be with Shun, but will Shun make the commitment?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, romantic, touching, scenic, sentimental, manga, queer cinema, 2d animation
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Hey, Class President! (2009)
Plot Summary:
High-strung Chiga finds himself questioning the results when his judo team partner, Kokusai, is elected class president of their all-boys school. A president, of course, needs a running mate - and just like that, Kokusai appoints Chiga to be his vice-president! How did a slowpoke like Kokusai win an election, anyway?! It quickly becomes clear that Chiga's major vice-presidential duty will be to keep Kokusai out of harm's way, but is he up to the task?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing, yaoi