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Plot Summary:
In the world of Hidan no Aria AA, there are special students called Butei who are authorized to carry weapons, investigate crimes and solve various incidents. One of the best of these students is an S-rank second year at Tokyo Butei High School named Aria Kanzaki. On the opposite end of the scale is E-rank first year named Akari Mamiya.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, yuri, tsundere
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Lostorage incited WIXOSS (2016)
Plot Summary:
High school student Homura Suzuko has returned to Ikebukuro, the town where she grew up. But when she gets to school, she finds she has trouble fitting in with the rest of the class. One day, she decides that if she learns to play the card game Wixoss, she might be able to make some friends. She buys a deck set, and when she opens it, the girl on one of the cards begins to move, and speak. "Welcome, Selector." Selectors must battle for control of the five coins that hold all their memories. If they can retake all the coins, they win, and can leave the game. But if they lose, as a penalty--.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing, yaoi, yuri
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Space Patrol Luluco (2016)
Plot Summary:
The show takes place in Ogikubo, which is the name of the specially designated area in space in the Milky Way where Earthlings and aliens can live together. Luluco is a female middle school student who lives with her father, and no matter where she is, Luluco is a common, "super normal" girl. As she is living her normal life, one day the mysterious transfer student ΑΩ Nova abruptly appears before her. That meeting will change Luluco's fate.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 678
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 8 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining, parody
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Dropout Idol Fruit Tart (2020)
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Former showbiz stars Roko, Hayu, and Nina live together in a dormitory for dropout idol girls. As timing would have it, young dreamer Sakura happens to move in with the other girls just as an announcement is made to tear down the dorm due to a 100-million-yen debt! This leads to the unexpected formation of a new idol group called Fruit Tart. Their sole mission: earn some yen and stop the demolition.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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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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Moetan (2007)
Plot Summary:
Ink Nijihara is a girl in high school. Unfortunately her crush Nao Tezuka barely recognizes her. To make matters worse, she is very short. Now Ink meets a talking duck and becomes a magical girl that teaches Nao english in disguise.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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ETOTAMA (2015)
Plot Summary:
Since ancient times, Japan has upheld the tradition of the 12 Zodiac signs. Eto-musumes (Zodiac girls), who have the appearance and behavior of the animals of the Zodiac, are pure hearted messengers who act as a bridge between humans and the gods. Every 60 years, the “ETM 12” tournament takes place in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, where aspiring girls from all over Japan gather for the chance to become the next zodiac sign.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, parody, ecchi
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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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Hina Logic: From Luck & Logic (2017)
Plot Summary:
On a spring day when the cherry blossoms have started to fall, the naïve princess of a small country, Lion begins her days at a school in Hokkaido. The school houses a special facility run by ALCA that trains Logicalists who protect the peace of the world. Lion has a lot of unique classmates in Class 1-S, including Nina, a Logicalist. This is the story of the energetic and adorable days the Logicalists-in-training spend together. It’s time to Trance!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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KanColle: Kantai Collection (2015)
Plot Summary:
Set in a world where humanity has lost control of the oceans to the “deep sea fleet,” the only hope to counter this threat are the Kanmusu, a group of girls who possess the spirit of Japanese warships. The story revolves around Fubuki, a destroyer who comes to the Chinjufu base to train with other Kanmusu. Watch as their stories unfold!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Magical Pokaan (2006)
Plot Summary:
The energetic werewolf Liru, the joyful witch-in-training Uma, the motherly android Aiko, and the seductive vampire Pachira—are princesses from the netherworld who have traveled to the human world in search of a new home.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, parody, ecchi
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Lycoris Recoil (2022)
Plot Summary:
For these peaceful days――there’s a secret behind it all. A secret organization that prevents crimes: “DA - Direct Attack”. And their group of all-girl agents: “Lycoris”. This peaceful everyday life is all thanks to these young girls. The elite Chisato Nishikigi is the strongest Lycoris agent of all time. Alongside is Takina Inoue, the talented but mysterious Lycoris. They work together at one of its branches–Café LycoReco. Here, the orders this café takes range from coffee and sweets to childcare, shopping, teaching Japanese to foreign students, etc. It's mostly tasks unbefitting of Lycoris. The free-spirited and optimistic pacifist, Chisato. And the cool-headed and efficient Takina. The chaotic everyday lives of this mismatched duo begin!.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, 2d animation
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Ange Vierge (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of the card game follows what happens when "Hairou" portals suddenly open, fusing five different worlds together. As a result, various mysterious "Exceed" powers are awakened in teenaged girls. An academy for these so-called "Progress" girls is built on the isolated Seiran Island in the Pacific.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, ecchi
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The Ryuo's Work is Never Done! (2018)
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The story is about a teenage boy who happens to be a shougi master. One day, a nine-year-old girl turns up at his house, requesting to be taken as his disciple. From there, all kinds of wacky hijinks ensue.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Anne Happy♪ (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story centers around class 1-7 of Tennomifune Academy, where all the students with "bad karma" or misfortune seem to have been gathered. Hibari, a student in this class, meets the unlucky Hanako and the perennially unhealthy Botan on her first day of school, and together they try to find a way to turn their school life into a happy one.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Healer Girl (2022)
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The world can be healed through music, and these three girls want to make it happen. Meet Kana Fujii, Reimi Itsushiro, and Hibiki Morishima—three healers-in-training at the Karasuma Phoniatric Clinic learning the art of healing patients’ illnesses and injuries by singing. Join them on this musical adventure of kindhearted, powerful miracles sung to heal the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Akebi's Sailor Uniform (2022)
Plot Summary:
Robai Private Academy is a well-known girls’ junior high school in the countryside. Komichi Akebi is a girl who, for a certain reason, has dreamed of wearing a Robai Academy sailor uniform. Her dream comes true, and her heart races as the day of the school entrance ceremony arrives. With her heart set on her new sailor uniform, Komichi embarks on the junior high school life of her dreams. Komichi dashes headlong through days full of “firsts”—classmates, school lunches, club activities, and more—in this sparkling diary of girlhood. “I hope I can make a lot of friends.”.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Sket Dance (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sket Dance is a manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara and serialized, beginning in July 2007, in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. Sket Dance won the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga Award in 2009 for best shōnen manga. An anime adaptation, produced by Tatsunoko, premiered on April 7, 2011 on TV Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, shounen
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This Art Club Has a Problem! (2016)
Plot Summary:
An art club in a certain middle school, and its members: Subaru Uchimaki, who is a genius at drawing faces, but only wants to draw the perfect 2D wife; Colette, a rich troublemaker who never stops making mischief; and the club president, who sleeps through sessions and collects sleeping aids. Mizuki Usami is the only person in the club who wants to do art club-like activities, and constantly struggles to do so.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, super sentai
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D-Frag! (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kazama Kenji likes to believe he is something of a delinquent. Moreover, others seem to like to agree that he is. Of course, Kenji's gang finds their way to a group of four not-so-normal girls—Chitose, Sakura, Minami and Roka—and all at once, whatever reputation he may have is nothing compared to the outrageous behavior of the girls. Shanghaied into joining their club, what will happen to his everyday life from that point on?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 834
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, ecchi
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Smile of the Arsnotoria the Animation (2022)
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Here in this magic academy city of Ashram, where everyone is required to live in dormitories, a close-knit group of girls known as “Pentagrams” pursue their studies, including training in manners and magic, to become “true ladies.” Arsnotoria, one of the students in Ashram, lives in Dorm 5 and is always with her dormmate friends: Mel, who’s the life of the party, Petit Albert, who’s quiet and does things at her own pace, Picatrix, who wants to be the class president, and Abramelin, who’s always cool. They take classes and work on their school duties together, and they throw tea parties after school in “that room”….
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of class at a certain school, Rumi Yokoi, a diligent student, has her in-class life turned upside down when her desk mate Toshinari Seki begins to play by himself at his desk in class. Although Rumi is irked by Toshinari's distracting yet intricate playtime, she finds herself being drawn into his interesting hobby. Never being able to focus, Rumi observes Seki's stunning ways of slacking off in class.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 8 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, seinen, super sentai
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Chio's School Road (2018)
Plot Summary:
This is a story of a nerdy bookworm girl on her way to school, and yes, that's the entire premise, as she's not getting to school any time soon. Taking her "usual" route to school, it becomes an increasingly unusual adventure, and all the more ridiculous as it carries on. It takes an unpleasant sentiment many can empathize with, the feeling of tardiness, and brings humor to it—making it a hilarious situation to look back upon.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (2022)
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The story follows the "indecipherable" daily life of the short and quiet Reina Aharen and Raidou who sits next to her in class. Aharen is not so good at gauging the distance between people (or personal boundaries), and Raidou initially sensed some distance between the two of them. Then one day, when Raidou picked up the eraser that Aharen had dropped, the distance between them suddenly became uncomfortably close. From "way too distant" to "way too close" ... Aharen is simply unpredictable.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good, humorous, funny
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Hyakko (2008)
Plot Summary:
Hyakko is a Japanese manga created by Haruaki Katō. It started serialization on Flex Comix's free web comic FlexComix Blood on January 16, 2007. An anime adaptation produced by Nippon Animation was first aired in October 2008 in Japan. An OVA was released on October 17, 2009.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Dame×Prince Anime Caravan (2018)
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The story follows Ani, a princess from the minor nation of Inako. Ani is sent to the signing ceremony that will bring peace to the rival nations of Mildonia, a mighty military country, and Selenfaren, a powerful theocracy. Ani is supposed to help steer the signing ceremony along, but she runs into trouble when she encounters a handful of obstinate princes.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Chronicles of the Going Home Club (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a group of high school girls who are in the 'Going-Home Club'. Instead of doing regular club activities, the 'Going-Home Club' is dedicated to having as much fun as possible, by doing such things as playing video games or even simply feeding pigeons in the park.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission – Take-off (2022)
Plot Summary:
The prologue to My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021), taking place before Izuku Midoriya and his friends embark on a new mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 6 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y - Can a Cat Be a Hero? (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in Y-Academy, an elite school that only allows students with top class abilities to enter. The protagonist, Jinpei Jiba, and his unique friends take on the mysteries of the school as transforming heroes.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Outburst Dreamer Boys (2019)
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Mizuki Hijiri, is a high school girl who just transferred schools. At her new school, she has a fateful encounter with boys suffering from chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur). There is Noda who dreams of becoming a hero, the tragically handsome otaku Takashima who only likes 2D girls, Nakamura the supposedly "reincarnated" angel or devil (he can't decide which), and the self-professed string-puller Tsukumo.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, captivating, entertaining, semi serious