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Plot Summary:
Hanako, an athletically proficient, yet thick-headed student with a weird fashion sense, plays a game with the American transfer student Olivia. However, their vigor irritated their classmate Kasuki who dislikes playing games since she has always been teased by her sister for being bad at them. With a turn of events, it was found out that Hanako is terrible at English. Thus, she asked her foreign classmate Olivia to help her, but Olivia, who is only born and raised in Japan with foreign parents, can't actually speak English at all! Watch over these three girls' surreal school-life comedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, funny, sincere, sweet, entertaining, disturbing, surreal, absurd
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Sarazanmai (2019)
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The stage is Asakusa. One day, three second-year middle school students — Kazuki Yasaka, Toi Kuji, and Enta Jinai — meet a kappa-like creature named Keppi, who is the self-proclaimed heir to the throne of Kappa Kingdom. Keppi forcibly takes the students' shirikodama (a mythical organ kappa steal through a person's anus) and they are transformed into kappa. Keppi informs them, "If you want to return to your former selves, you need to connect in 'that way' and you must bring me the shirikodama of zombies." Will the three boys be able to connect and take the shirikodama of zombies? At the same time, two policemen, Reo Niiboshi and Mabu Akutsu, try to do something at the police box where they are stationed.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, surreal, touching, captivating, yaoi, corny
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Laid-Back Camp (2018)
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While the perfect getaway for most girls her age might be a fancy vacation with their loved ones, Rin Shima's ideal way of spending her days off is camping alone at the base of Mount Fuji. From pitching her tent to gathering firewood, she has always done everything by herself, and has no plans of leaving her little solitary world. However, what starts off as one of Rin's usual camping sessions somehow ends up as a surprise get-together for two when the lost Nadeshiko Kagamihara is forced to take refuge at her campsite. Originally intending to see the picturesque view of Mount Fuji for herself, Nadeshiko's plans are disrupted when she ends up falling asleep partway to her destination. Alone and with no other choice, she seeks help from the only other person nearby. Despite their hasty introductions, the two girls nevertheless enjoy the chilly night together, eating ramen and conversing while the campfire keeps them warm. And even after Nadeshiko's sister finally picks her up later that night, both girls silently ponder the possibility of another camping trip together.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, sincere, humorous, captivating, educational, iyashikei
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After School Dice Club (2019)
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A story about girls playing board games after school! Kyoto in Spring. Aya is a high school girl who's just moved to a new town. Miki is her shy classmate, and her first friend. One day after school Aya and Miki follow the committee president Midori to a speciality board games store. The Dice Club!! Without thinking they try out a German board game together. These girls, who are searching for fun, soon fall into the exciting world of games!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
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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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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, adult anime
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School Babysitters (2018)
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After losing both parents in a fatal plane crash, teenager Ryuuichi Kashima must adjust to his new life as the guardian of his younger brother Kotarou. Although Ryuuichi is able to maintain a friendly and kindhearted demeanor, Kotarou is a reserved toddler still too young to understand the reality of the situation. At their parents' funeral, they are approached by Youko Morinomiya, the stern chairman of an elite academy, who decides to take them under her care. However, there is one condition Ryuuichi must fulfill in exchange for a roof over their heads and enrolment in the school—he must become the school's babysitter. In an effort to support the female teachers at the academy, a babysitter's club was established to look after their infant children; unfortunately, the club is severely short-staffed, so now not only is Ryuuichi responsible for his little brother, but also a handful of toddlers who possess dynamic personalities.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, feel good, sincere, humorous, captivating, light, iyashikei
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, yuri, yaoi, funny, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, sweet, shoujo
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Saki Episode of Side A (2012)
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, captivating, touching, shoujo, sincere, light, adult anime, romantic comedy, feel good
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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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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, parody, shounen, tsundere
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Girls Beyond the Wasteland (2016)
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, super sentai
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Wasteful Days of High School Girls (2019)
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One day out of boredom, Tanaka decided to give her classmates nicknames based on their quirks. Her friend Sakuchi became "Ota" for her nerdy interests, and her other friend Saginomiya became "Robo" because of her expressionless personality. In retaliation, her friends decided to name Tanaka "Baka." These are the ridiculous days of three high school friends claiming (or not) the height of their youth.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining, seinen, super sentai
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First year high school student Sakamoto isn't just cool, he's the coolest! Almost immediately after starting school, he began attracting everyone's attention. The girls love him, and most of the boys resent him. There's even a boy in the class who works as a model, but who is constantly upstaged by Sakamoto! No matter what tricks the other boys try to play on him, Sakamoto always manages to foil them with ease and grace. Though Sakamoto may seem cool and aloof, he helps others when asked, such as in the case of the boy in his class who was being constantly bullied. No matter what difficulties Sakamoto encounters, he moves through his high school life with confidence and class.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, entertaining, funny, feel good, absurd, ironic, seinen, super sentai, humorous, teen comedy
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Magic of Stella (2016)
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First-year high school student Tamaki Honda and her SNS club as they work together to create a self-published game. With Tamaki as the project’s illustrator, she works alongside the club’s other (rather peculiar) members, including Shiina (the club president and game programmer), Ayame (the scenario writer), Kayo (their music composer), and Yumine (the club’s boys’ love expert).
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, super sentai
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, realistic, semi serious, tsundere, sincere, manga, adult anime, seinen, romantic comedy
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Plot Summary:
Three high school girls with different perspectives discuss the kinds of secrets you can't tell boys.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 8 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Plot Summary:
She is Yoshiko Hanabatake, and she's an idiot through and through. She loves bananas, and she loves her childhood friend Akkun. That is all!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Short, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, captivating, entertaining, psychological, tense, shounen, humorous
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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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Plot Summary:
Who needs dialog when you're this cute? The beautiful (but unlucky) Momoko, the cool, collected Shibumi, and the refreshingly innocent Mayumi star in a "silent manga." No speeches, no dialog! Just pictures, sound effects, and three high school girls living their daily lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, ecchi
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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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Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (2022)
Plot Summary:
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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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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Urawa no Usagi-chan (2015)
Plot Summary:
An original anime to advertise Urawa City in Saitama, Japan.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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My Little Monster (2012)
Plot Summary:
Mizutani Shizuku finds peace in her studies. Working hard to stay at the top of the class, alone but focused. When she is tasked with delivering class materials to Yoshida Haru, her world starts to rapidly expand. With some new friends and feelings, will she be able to stay focused on her studies?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, feel good, humorous, light, sincere, captivating, romantic comedy, manga
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Tanaka-kun is Always Listless (2016)
Plot Summary:
This unconventional, surrealist comedy follows an exhausted high school boy who, despite multiple attempts from his friends, still manages to spectacularly... sleep. Much to the chagrin of the energetic (at times bossy) Oota, Tanaka is often found in a blissful state of lethargy, possessing the ability to doze off in any situation, especially in mid-sentence!.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, feel good, light, visually appealing, humorous, sincere, super sentai, iyashikei