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Plot Summary:
Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club but, due to an injury, she is no longer able to run as fast as she once could. Working part-time at a family restaurant as a recourse, she finds herself inexplicably falling love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man with a young son. Despite the age gap, Akira wholeheartedly embraces his mannerisms and kind nature, which is seen as spinelessness by the other employees, and little by little, the two begin to understand each other. Although unable to explain why exactly she is attracted to him, Akira believes that a concrete reason is not needed to truly love someone. On a rainy day, she decides to finally tell her manager about how she feels...but just how will he react?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, touching, captivating, disturbing, super sentai
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Ristorante Paradiso (2009)
Plot Summary:
When she was a child, Nicoletta was taken in by her grandmother so that her mother could remarry. Now grown up, she leaves everything in the countryside behind to visit her mother and her mother's second husband, a ristorante owner. To her surprise, her stepfather did not know his wife had a daughter! Delicious food and dreamy gentlemen await at the ristorante, casetta dell'orso. For everyone who works there, a tender connection to the hearts of each visitor is spun, and the curtain raises on a story about these first-rate Italian gentlemen in spectacles.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Rumbling Hearts (2003)
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At first, Takayuki Narumi is befriended by Mitsuki Hayase only because Mitsuki's best friend, Haruka Suzumiya has a crush on him; however since then, Takayuki, his pal Shinji Taira, and Mitsuki have grown to be the best of friends. Then one day, Haruka confesses to Takayuki her love for him. Not wanting to hurt her feelings, Takayuki agrees to go out with her. After a few incidents, their relationship gets intimate, even while Takayuki and Mitsuki begin to realize their feelings for each other. But suddenly, when tragedy strikes, things are never the same for these four friends again.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 996
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, touching, realistic, entertaining, captivating, disturbing, serious, surprise ending
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White Album (2009)
Plot Summary:
Touya Fujii is a twenty-year-old college student dating a rising singer named Yuki Morikawa. Along the way, they are faced with numerous challenges throughout the course of events at Fuji’s college. Be prepared for an exciting journey!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, disturbing
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Netsuzou Trap -NTR- (2017)
Plot Summary:
Yuma and Hotaru have been friends since childhood, so it's only natural that when Yuma is nervous about her new boyfriend, she asks Hotaru for advice. But when Hotaru starts coming onto Yuma for what feels like more than just 'practice,' what does it mean? With boyfriends in the foreground but a secret, passionate tryst in the background, will Yuma and Hotaru try to forget what happened between them or have they fallen into a trap of true love and betrayal?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Animation, Short, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 9 min
Plot tags: anime, yuri, shoujo, touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating, yaoi
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My Wife is a High School Girl (2005)
Plot Summary:
The 17-year-old Onohara Asami is a cute, second-year high school student. Nobody knows that she is actually already married to her 25-year-old physics teacher, Ichimaru Kyousuke (Danna-sama). Besides her responsibility as a student, she now has to take care of the household and keep the marriage a secret at school. Juggling these things on a daily basis is all but easy for Asami, especially with the complications introduced by her well-meaning but nosy best female friends; an overprotective very intrusive father Iwao; the kind teacher Iwasaki who of all men falls for Asami's husband; or the quite alluring next-door neighbour Sakura Mizunosaki. Against all these odds Asami tries to nurture her young love with Danna-sama.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Hi Score Girl (2018)
Plot Summary:
The year is 1991 and 6th grader Yaguchi Haruo only has video games to live for. He's not popular in school and he's neither handsome, funny, nice nor even friendly. The only thing he has going for him is that he is good at video games. One day at the local arcade, he plays Oono Akira, a fellow classmate but who's popular, smart, pretty and a rich girl that absolutely destroys him at Street Fighter II. Not only does he lose to her 30 times in a row, he can’t beat her at any game. Haruo can’t seem to shake Akira off as she follows him from arcade to arcade everyday after school and beats him every time. As weird as it sounds, the odd couple begins a strange bond and friendship.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, light, humorous, captivating, sincere, touching, feel good, mecha, seinen
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Koi Kaze (2004)
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After a 27 year old man has chance encounter with a fifteen year old girl, they discover that they are actually brother and sister. They were separated over a decade before due to their parents divorce, but now she is coming to move in with him and their father. Will they fight their desire for each other or give into incestuous desire?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, emotional, touching, sentimental, psychological, seinen, sincere, serious, realistic, sexual
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Young Black Jack (2015)
Plot Summary:
The year is 1968, and the world is swept up in the Vietnam War and student protests. In this time of turmoil, a mysterious young man with white and black hair and a scar on his face is enrolled in medical school. His genius skills with a surgical knife achieve many a medical miracle and are getting noticed. This hero origin story reveals how this young man earned his medical degree and the name of Black Jack.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing, medical drama, super sentai
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Student Council's Discretion (2009)
Plot Summary:
At Hekiyo Academy, all but one of the Student Council members are elected via popularity contests, and those seats are filled by the school's most beautiful girls! The lines between fact and fiction disappear at the STUDENT COUNCIL'S DISCRETION!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, super sentai
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Tona-gura! (2006)
Plot Summary:
Centers around four childhood friends and the romantic relationship between two of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Da Capo (2003)
Plot Summary:
Junichi Asakura lives with his adoptive sister Nemu in the crescent-shaped island of Hatsune Jima, a place where cherry blossoms bloom throughout the year. In this island, people have mysterious powers and attributes. For example, Junichi has the power to see other people's dreams, and he was also taught by his grandmother to magically create sweets. One day, Junichi's cousin and childhood friend, Sakura Yoshino came back from America all of a sudden. To Junichi's surprise, she looks exactly the same as the girl that moved away six years ago, and hasn't aged one bit. And she came back to remind Junichi of their childhood promise... It is a bittersweet tale of magic, love, hidden desires, and unattainable dreams.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 598 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, ecchi
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Just Because! (2017)
Plot Summary:
Just Because! is a Japanese original anime television series by Hajime Kamoshida, the author of The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, and Kiseki Himura, the author of Getsuyōbi no Tawawa. Pine Jam produced the animation.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 849
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky, super sentai
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Love and Lies (2017)
Plot Summary:
In a futuristic society, Japan has implemented a complex system referred to as "The Red Threads of Science" to encourage successful marriages and combat increasingly low birthrates. Based on a compatibility calculation, young people at the age of 16 are assigned marriage partners by the government, with severe repercussions awaiting those who disobey the arrangement. For Yukari Nejima, a teen that considers himself average in every way, this system might be his best shot at living a fulfilling life. However, spurred by his infatuation for his classmate and long-time crush, Misaki Takasaki, Yukari defies the system and confesses his love. After some initial reluctance, Misaki reciprocates his feelings in a moment of passion. Unfortunately, before the two can further their relationship, Yukari receives his marriage notice. He is then thrown into a confusing web of love and lies when his less-than-thrilled assigned partner, Ririna Sanada, becomes fascinated with his illicit romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 793
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, sincere, touching, suspenseful, super sentai
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The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
Plot Summary:
When a college dropout stops for a late night bite at a mysterious ramen stand, he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his not-so-glorious college days when the influence of a cruel new friend turned him from a hopeless romantic into a mischievous “black cupid.”.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 253 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, psychedelic, surreal, adult animation, mind twisting
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Love Tyrant (2017)
Plot Summary:
A Kiss Note is a powerful notebook that makes anyone who has their name written together will instantly fall in love if they kiss each other regardless of any circumstances. This magical and very familiar item belongs to an angel named Guri whose job as cupid is to create couples. However, she accidentally writes down Aino Seiji, a regular high school student, and unless he kisses someone, Guri will die. She convinces Seiji to go kiss his crush, Hiyama Akane, the school's popular girl who turns out has even stronger feelings for him, bordering on obsessive and psychotic. Eventually Akane and Seiji come together but not before Guri decides that she likes Seiji as well. What seems awesome to most guys becomes hell for Seiji who just wants a normal relationship with girls.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 897
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic, touching, sweet, ecchi, feel good, sentimental, corny
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Prétear (2001)
Plot Summary:
Prétear, also called Prétear - The New Legend of Snow White, is a manga series written by Junichi Sato and illustrated by Kaori Naruse. Spanning four volumes, the manga series was originally published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten from May 2000 through July 2001. It was published in English in North America by ADV Manga. The series was adapted into a thirteen episode anime series by Hal Film Maker, Kadokawa Shoten, and Rondo Robe. It aired in Japan on WOWOW from April 4, 2001 until June 27, 2001. Geneon released the series episodes across four volumes in Japan in both VHS video and DVD forms. ADV Films had licensed and released the anime series.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Bibliophile Princess (2022)
Plot Summary:
When book-loving Lady Elianna spots Prince Christopher—her betrothed in name only—consorting with another noble lady, she realizes the recent rumors must be true. The prince has someone he truly loves, which means the annulment of their engagement is both inevitable and fast-approaching. What she doesn't realize is that this is merely a surface ripple—one of many where the truth runs deep, in a conspiracy surpassing her imagination!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Natsuyuki Rendezvous (2012)
Plot Summary:
Natsuyuki Rendezvous is a Japanese manga series by Haruka Kawachi which serialized in Shodensha's Feel Young magazine between July 2009 and January 2012. An anime television adaptation by Dogakobo aired in Fuji TV's Noitamina block between July 6, 2012 and September 14, 2012. The anime series has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, emotional, touching, sincere, captivating, light, sentimental, serious, stylized, super sentai
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Plastic Memories (2015)
Plot Summary:
After failing his college entrance exams, 18 year-old Tsukasa Mizugaki is offered a position at the renowned SAI Corporation, known for its production and management of Giftia, androids that possess human emotions. Tsukasa’s position is in the terminal service department where the main job is to recover Giftias that are close to their expiration, a graveyard department in every sense. To make matters worse, Tsukasa is ordered to work with Isla, a female Giftia who is never given any responsibility other than serving tea to co-workers.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, exciting, sentimental, romantic, captivating, futuristic, disturbing, suspenseful
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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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Glasslip (2014)
Plot Summary:
What if you hold the power to hear the voices or see fragments of images from the future? Would that be a good thing or a bad thing? Glasslip follows the life of Touko Fukami, an aspiring glass artist born from a glass artisan family. She enjoys her worry-free life in Fukui, save for the fragments of images that she sees on occasion. On her 18th summer, she meets the transfer student Kakeru Okikura at her school, and then again at her favorite café called Kazemichi together with all four of her friends. The voices from the future lead Kakeru to Touko, and his arrival disrupts her mediocre existence. All six of the friends must face their most unforgettable summer full of hope, affection, and heartache.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, psychological, captivating, super sentai
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Nekopara (2020)
Plot Summary:
Kashou Minaduki is an aspiring chef who moves away from home to open his own confection shop. While he is unpacking in his new shop, he discovers that two of his family's Nekos, Chocola and Vanilla, came along with him by hiding in cardboard boxes. After the two Nekos convince Kashou to let them stay and live with him, the three of them work together to run his shop, La Soleil. During the story, Kashou receives a couple of visits from his younger sister Shigure and the other four Nekos owned by their family.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, adult anime
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Kiss Him, Not Me (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kae Serinuma is a second year high school student and an avid fujoshi who secretly ships her classmates, Igarashi and Nanashima. The death of her favorite anime character causes her to become stressed and lose weight rapidly. Now that Serinuma has become an attractive girl to her classmates, snarky junior Shinomiya and senior Mutsumi, how is she going to deal with them with her constant BL-filled fujoshi mind?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, humorous, captivating, light, touching, melancholic, sentimental, romantic comedy
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Bakuman (2010)
Plot Summary:
Moritaka Mashiro, a junior high school student, content to live out a relatively normal life as any other does, is persuaded by his classmate, Akito Takagi, to become an aspiring mangaka when the latter realizes his natural talent as an artist. However, Moritaka is reluctant to pursue his dream as his uncle, once a mangaka with his own serializations, died from overwork trying to regain his lost status. With Akito's help, Takagi gets another classmate and his school crush, Azuki Miho, who is an aspiring voice actress, to voice in the anime adaptation of their future manga once it is completed. However, Mashiro also proposes to Azuki, who surprisingly accepts only on the condition she will marry him when both of them have achieved their dreams. With a goal set before him, Mashiro begins a long and struggling path to become a famous mangaka. Source: AnimeNewsNetwork.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, manga, captivating, light, uplifting, semi serious, inspirational, shounen
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Lovely Complex (2007)
Plot Summary:
Risa and Otani are always being laughed at as the comedy duo. Risa, a girl, is taller than the average girl, and Otani, a boy, is shorter than the average boy. However, Risa have a feeling for Otani that make him shock.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: shoujo, anime, sincere, captivating, sweet, humorous, light, romantic comedy
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Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! (2020)
Plot Summary:
Shinichi Sakurai’s one wish is for a little peace and quiet. But Hana Uzaki — his boisterous, well-endowed underclassman — has other plans. All she wants is to hang out and poke fun at him. With the help of her chipper charm and peppy persistence, this might just be the start of a beautiful relationship!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, touching, feel good, captivating, emotional, entertaining, light, romantic
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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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A Bridge to the Starry Skies (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kazuma Hoshino moves to the beautiful countryside to take care of his little brother, Ayumu Hoshino. They ended up they getting lost on their way to the Japanese Inn.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Animation, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Uta no Prince-sama (2011)
Plot Summary:
With dreams of becoming a composer and someday writing a song for her favorite idol, Haruka enters the Saotome Academy, a prestigious performing arts school. If successful there, she’ll be able to join the Shining Agency after graduation. However, it won’t be so easy when Haruka is already surrounded by potential idols and composers. On top of that, her homeroom teacher is a current idol, the headmaster was a record-breaking singer, and the academy itself is a chaotic place where anything can happen. Which prince of song will be paired up with Haruka?! Uta no Prince Sama is an exciting, coming-of-age romantic comedy that will be like sweet music to your eyes and ears!.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: shoujo, anime, humorous, captivating, feel good, light, sincere, manga, touching, realistic
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Real Girl (2018)
Plot Summary:
Tsutsui Hikari (a.k.a "Tsuttsun") is a high school student who is content with his virtual life of anime and video games. One day, he gets stuck cleaning the pool with Iroha, a real live girl who is stylish, sassy and known to be easy with boys ... and she aggressively approaches him! Tsuttsun, who has few friends and lives in his own world, finds himself smitten by the confident and wild Iroha ... and his whole world is turned upside down!! It's the awkward and pure love story of a boy who experiences relationship for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, romantic, light, humorous, shoujo, romantic comedy, super sentai, 2d animation