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Plot Summary:
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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Angel's Feather (2006)
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When Shou transfers to the Yusei Gakuen school, he makes a remarkable discovery: his long-lost twin brother, Kai. But that's just the beginning, as Shou soon learns that his school is also a gateway to a magical world of mystery, intrigue and danger. Yasuhiro Kuroda directs this vibrant supernatural anime based on the popular video game.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, erotic
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Earthian (1989)
Plot Summary:
Chihaya and Kagetsuya, two polar-opposite angels from the planet Eden, travel to Earth to track the positive and negative actions of its inhabitants, Earthians. Once 10,000 minus checks are gathered against Earth, the planet will be destroyed. One of many pairs of angels judging the planet, Chihaya and Kagetsuya quarrel vigorously at first but gradually develop a special relationship with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, stylized, shoujo, yaoi
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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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Winter Cicada (2007)
Plot Summary:
Fuyu no Semi is a Japanese anime OVA loosely based on the manga series, Embracing Love, which also aired on the Logo cable channel in the US. The story, set in historical Japan, follows two samurai from opposing political groups, one protectionist and the other globalist, who fall in love with each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Animation, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, erotic, yaoi, tension
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Destiny of the Shrine Maiden (2004)
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The highborn Himemiya Chikane is cool and aloof, the perfect young lady of good breeding. Kurusegawa Himeko is devoted to her, and secretly her friend. Their lives are undisturbed in their school, until an ancient evil suddenly rears its head. To combat it, Chikane and Himeko must take on the roles of shrine maidens of the Moon and Sun.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, yaoi, romantic, captivating, yuri, mecha, adult anime, shounen
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Loveless (2005)
Plot Summary:
Twelve year old Aoyagi Ritsuka is left with his insane mother as his only family when his brother, Seimei, is killed suddenly. After moving to a new school, he meets Agatsuma Soubi, who claims to have known his brother. Ritsuka discovers that Soubi and Seimei used to be a fighting pair, whereby Soubi was the "Fighter" and Seimei was the "Sacrifice". Now that Seimei is gone, Ritsuka has inherited Soubi, who will become his "Fighter". After learning that Seimei was killed by an organization known as the "Seven Moons", Ritsuka decides to investigate into his brother's death, with the sometimes useless help of Soubi, along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, serious, suspenseful, stylized, gloomy, shoujo, 2d animation, josei
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Norn9 (2016)
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Guided by a strange, haunting song, elementary-schooler Sorata Suzuhara from the Heisei Era is warped back in time to 1919, in a high-tech ship called Norn9. This ship, flying above towns resembling that of the Meiji or Taishō period, harbours The Gifted, a group of three girls and eight boys with special abilities. As he tries to find a way to return to his time, he discovers incredible secrets about the world and spacetime itself.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, super sentai, 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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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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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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The Tyrant Falls in Love (2010)
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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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No. 6 (2011)
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In the near future, most of mankind now lives in a handful of city states. There, for the privileged elite, life should be perfect. But for young Sion, life has become a nightmare since letting a strange boy spend the night in his apartment. Banished to the outskirts of the city, Sion now finds himself in worse danger as his inquiry into a new series of mysterious deaths results in his being arrested on suspicion of murder! Now, on the run, the two young men have only one chance at survival.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, atmospheric, bleak, stylized, exciting, serious, futuristic, psychological, josei
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True Tears (2008)
Plot Summary:
True Tears is a Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works and directed by Junji Nishimura. The anime aired in Japan on the TV Kanagawa television network between January 6, 2008 and March 30, 2008, containing thirteen episodes. The anime shares almost nothing in common with the visual novel of the same name that preceded it, using an entirely different story with different characters, and a different art style. An Internet radio show hosted by three voice actresses from the anime was also produced to promote the anime. The anime has been released by Bandai Entertainment in an English subtitle-only box set. A Blu-ray box set released in Japan contained an extra three-minute epilogue.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 547
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, psychological, sincere, captivating
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Bloom Into You (2018)
Plot Summary:
Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and hearts, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her…she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That’s when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity that she’s inspired to ask her for help. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is Nanami herself, has her shoujo romance finally begun?.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: yuri, anime, yaoi, captivating, adult anime, super sentai
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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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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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Dou Kyu Sei: Classmates (2016)
Plot Summary:
Rihito Sajo, an honor student with a perfect score on the entrance exam and Hikaru Kusakabe, in a band and popular among girls, would have never crossed paths. Until one day they started talking at the practice for their school’s upcoming chorus festival. After school, the two meet regularly, as Hikaru helps Rihito to improve his singing skills. While they listen to each other’s voice and harmonize, their hearts start to beat together.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, captivating, light, sincere, touching, lgbt cinema, psychological, melancholic, gay cinema
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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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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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Heaven Official's Blessing (2020)
Plot Summary:
"Have you heard? The rubbish Heaven Official is having an affair with the ghost realm's number one bigshot!" Eight hundred years ago, Xie Lian was the Crown Prince of the Xian Le kingdom; one who was beloved by his citizens and the darling of the world. Unsurprisingly, he ascended to the Heavens at a very young age. Now, eight hundred years later, Xie Lian ascends to the Heavens for the third time as the laughing stock of all three realms. On his first task as a god, he meets a mysterious demon who rules the ghosts and terrifies the Heavens... yet unbeknownst to Xie Lian, this demon king has been paying attention to him for a very, very long time.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, War
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, yaoi, psychological, xianxia, queer cinema, 2d animation
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Our Love Has Always Been 10 Centimeters Apart. (2017)
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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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This Boy is a Professional Wizard (2016)
Plot Summary:
Chiharu is a wizard in charge of the magic department's crisis counter-measure division. His days are hectic, but he meets a candid young man named Toyohi at his favorite bar, and the two hit it off. On their way home, Toyohi suddenly confesses to Chiharu. Chiharu is at first bewildered at his unexpected confession, but he starts to fall into Toyohi's pace, and the two begin to spend more time together. However, after a mistake at work, Chiharu decides to devote himself to his work and pushes Toyohi away.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Animation, Short, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing, yaoi
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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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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 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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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