Best tv shows like Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
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Plot Summary:
Ohana is sent off to live with her grandmother, who owns the hot spring inn. Upon arriving, she is put to work at the inn. Thrust into a life where the customers always come first, she struggles to find her place and fit in with her fellow coworkers.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, romantic comedy
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H2O: Footprints in the Sand (2008)
Plot Summary:
Takuma Hirose, an emotionally wounded boy becomes blind after his mother died in his childhood. For medical treatment, he moves to his mother’s home village where he enters a new school.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, seinen
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The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague (2023)
Plot Summary:
For Himuro, being a descendant of a snow spirit is tough at the workplace when your emotions can lead to snow blasts with snowmen and igloos. Any emotionally charged incident with coworkers can trigger it—conflict, fun, and in this case, romance. And with his lovely and calm coworker Fuyutsuki, he gets more frozen, literally. Get ready for a snow-white office romance that blows in like a blizzard.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 711
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, romantic comedy
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Here Is Greenwood (1991)
Plot Summary:
When a young boy's fist love marries his brother, his last resort is to move into the dorms of the local school. Unfortunately, the school administration places him in the weirdest house on campus with an unusual roommate, and strange neighbors.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo
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Horimiya: The Missing Pieces (2023)
Plot Summary:
When the popular Hori and the gloomy Miyamura meet, they reveal another side of themselves. Could this be the start of something new?.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 900
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, romantic comedy
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The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses (2023)
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Komura starts his school year with a new seat neighbor in homeroom—the bespectacled Mie. Before long, he's nursing a raging crush on his quirky classmate who's always forgetting her glasses! While this might be ideal for Komura to get to know Mie better, will his poor heart give out from the daily strain of being up close and personal with the girl he likes?!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, romantic comedy, shounen
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Bokura ga ita (2006)
Plot Summary:
Nanami Takahashi is a high school student entering her first year. Immediately on her first day however, she becomes the victim of a practical joke by the school's most popular guy, Motoharu Yano, who coincidentally also ends up in her class. While the two get off to a rocky start, they soon find themselves falling in love with one another and begin dating. But their relationship is marred by Yano's past which includes the death of Yano's previous girlfriend, Nana Yamamoto, and the betrayal surrounding her death. To make matters more complicated her younger sister, Yuri, is in the same class as Yano and Nanami. As Yano struggles to come to grips with Nana's death and his unresolved feelings for her, so too must Nanami learn to understand Yano if the two hope to continue their relationship with one another.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo
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Saint☆Young Men (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a vacation on Earth. The comedy often involves jokes about Christianity, Buddhism, and all things related, as well as the main characters' attempts to hide their identities and understand modern society in Japan. This is a 2 episode OVA preceding the movie of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: anime, parody, seinen
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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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Nodame Cantabile (2007)
Plot Summary:
Shinichi Chiaki is a first class musician whose dream is to play among the elites in Europe. Coming from a distinguished family, he is an infamous perfectionist; not only is he highly critical of himself, but of others as well. The only thing stopping Chiaki from leaving for Europe is his fear of flying. As a result, he's grounded in Japan. During his 4th year at Japan's top music university, Chiaki happens to meet Noda Megumi—or as she refers to herself, Nodame. On the surface, she seems to be an unkempt girl with no direction in life. However, when Chiaki hears Nodame play the piano for the first time, he is in awe at the kind of music she plays. To Chiaki's dismay, Nodame moves into the apartment next to his and finds out that she is head-over-heels in love with him.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, light, sincere, humorous, relaxing, romantic comedy, shoujo, manga
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Honey and Clover (2005)
Plot Summary:
Yuuta Takemoto is a poor college student who lives in a dilapidated apartment building with his two friends, Shinobu Morita and Takumi Mayama. The series chronicles the students' story as they struggle through life and love.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, humorous, captivating, semi serious, realistic, josei
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Barakamon (2014)
Plot Summary:
After punching a famous curator in the face for criticizing his work as "textbook and lifeless," Handa Seishuu is sent to Gotō Island to calm his nerves and find new inspiration for his calligraphy. Growing up in the city all his life, though, Handa must adapt to country life while meeting an assortment of quirky people during his tenure.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, light, humorous, inspirational, sweet, captivating, relaxing, touching, iyashikei
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Grand Blue (2018)
Plot Summary:
Iori Kitahara looks forward to his new life on the Izu Peninsula as he prepares to start his college life there, staying in a room above his uncle's diving shop "Grand Blue". However, he is quickly shocked as he meets the local Diving Club, a group full of buff men who spend more time drinking, partying, and stripping naked than actually diving. Despite his attempts to distance himself from the group, Lori gets quickly swept up in their antics, while his cousins try to show him the wonders of diving into the ocean.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, entertaining, humorous, semi serious, seinen, exciting
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Rec (2006)
Plot Summary:
Rec is a Japanese manga about an aspiring voice actress by Q-Tarō Hanamizawa. A nine-episode anime adaptation by Shaft aired between February and March 2006; an original video animation episode was also produced.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, seinen, romantic comedy
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In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki (2022)
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The isolationist Akane Clan, composed of an all-girls body mainly consisting of young kunoichi in training, has a code to which they all must adhere: "As men are dangerous beings, interacting with them is forbidden." Kunoichi Tsubaki, the leader of the Dog Squad, is an excellent trainee with a promising future, but she has started to experience a strange feeling in her heart... whenever the subject of boys is brought up.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, shounen
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Moyashimon (2007)
Plot Summary:
Follow the life of Tadayasu Sawaki as he enrolls in an Agricultural University and learn about bacteria and viruses that he alone can see with the naked eye.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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Hataraki Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
Hiroko Matsukata’s determined to work her way to the top, and at only 28, she’s now an editor at Jidai Weekly. But she’s had to dedicate her life to work while suppressing her feminine character traits to blend in with her uncouth male coworkers.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, seinen, super sentai
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Skip and Loafer (2023)
Plot Summary:
This country girl is ready for the big city! Well, at least she thought she was. Mitsumi's dream is to attend a prestigious school and make the world a better place. But when she finally gets to Tokyo, it turns out she isn't exactly prepared for city life. Luckily, she runs into Shima, a sweet and handsome classmate who becomes her first friend! Can she make it in Tokyo with Shima by her side?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen
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Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible (2023)
Plot Summary:
First year high schooler Junta Shiraishi is a mob character who goes unnoticed even when he's standing right next to you. But his classmate, "heroine-level beauty" Kubo, always notices him and is there to tease him. Anyone can become special to someone, but it might be a little too early to call these feelings "love." Perhaps this story is still two-steps from being a romantic comedy--let's call it a sweet comedy where a background character becomes visible!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 547
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen
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Blend S (2017)
Plot Summary:
High school girl Maika Sakuranomiya has trouble finding a part-time job because of how scary she looks when smiling. However, she is scouted one day by an Italian man who is also the manager of Stile, a café where its waitresses are given unique traits such as tsundere and younger sister. Maika is given a sadist trait because of her looks and has to adopt a dominant and cruel persona when servicing customers, particularly masochist ones.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, humorous, captivating, entertaining, unusual plot structure, fun
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Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kodaka Hasegawa has just transferred to St. Chronica's Academy and he's having a hard time making friends. With his naturally blond hair and fierce looking eyes, people constantly mistake him for a delinquent. One day, he runs into his bad-tempered loner of a classmate, Yozora, while she's talking to her imaginary friend, Tomo. Since neither of them have any friends, they decide to form a club and start recruiting some. Little by little, lonely classmates join their club to learn how to build friendships through cooking together, playing games, and other group activities. But, with so many misfits, will the club members really be able to get along?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, realistic, stylized, humorous, semi serious, manga, offbeat, ecchi
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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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The Dangers in My Heart (2023)
Plot Summary:
Kyotaro Ichikawa, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school's social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates' peaceful lives and pining after Anna Yamada, the class idol. But Kyotaro's not nearly the troubled teen he pretends to be…and it turns out Anna's a bit odd herself!.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen, romantic comedy
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At the Mercy of the Sky (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sakura Ooyagi returns to his old hometown in order to start school at Sōei High School. On the first day, he runs into an old childhood friend: a junior named Mihoshi Akeno. As children, the two used to play together, with Mihoshi, or Mii-chan, being extremely fond of astronomy. After convincing Sakura to join the school's astronomy club, another girl, Hime Makita, joins the club in hopes of winning over Sakura. The anime tells the story of the 6 club members as they soar through their lives, each maturing and changing their outlooks on life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, entertaining
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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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Mischievous Kiss (2008)
Plot Summary:
When her newly-built home is razed to the ground by an earthquake, low-achieving, clumsy, and troublesome third-year high school student Kotoko Aihara is forced to share a roof with the school's—and possibly Japan's—smartest student, Naoki Irie. Kotoko is not actually a complete stranger to Irie-kun; unfortunately, a single love letter that she tried to give him in the past has already sealed her fate as far as he is concerned. Throw in some quirky friends and a meddlesome mother, and Kotoko might not even have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the older Irie boy's heart. Yet Kotoko remains optimistic that, because she now lives in his house, her unattainable crush on the genius since the beginning of high school has never been more within reach.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: shoujo, anime, emotional, atmospheric, humorous, captivating
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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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Toradora! (2008)
Plot Summary:
It’s Ryuji’s first day as a junior in high school and it seems as if things are looking up. He gets to sit in between his only friend, Yusaku, and, more importantly, the girl he’s secretly crushing on, Minori Kushieda. But just when he thinks the stars are aligned in his favor, he unwittingly crosses the most feared girl in school, Taiga Aisaku, making her onto his arch enemy. To top it off, Taiga has moved in right next door to Ryuji and happens to be Minori’s best friend! Can this school year possibly get any worse?!.
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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Wolf Girl & Black Prince (2014)
Plot Summary:
Erika Shinohara has taken to lying about her romantic exploits to earn the respect of her new friends. So when they ask for a picture of her "boyfriend," she hastily snaps a photo of a handsome stranger, whom her friends recognize as the popular and kind-hearted Kyouya Sata. Trapped in her own web of lies and desperately trying to avoid humiliation, Erika explains her predicament to Kyouya, hoping he will pretend to be her boyfriend. But Kyouya is not the angel he appears to be: he is actually a mean-spirited sadist who forces Erika to become his "dog" in exchange for keeping her secret. Begrudgingly accepting his deal, Erika soon begins to see glimpses of the real Kyouya beneath the multiple layers of his outer persona. As she finds herself falling for him, she can't help but question if he will ever feel the same way about her. Will Kyouya finally make an honest woman out of Erika, or is she destined to be a "wolf girl" forever?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: shoujo, anime, touching, captivating, light, feel good, sincere, romantic comedy, super sentai
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O Maidens In Your Savage Season (2019)
Plot Summary:
The girls in a high school literature club do a little icebreaker to get to know each other: answering the question, "What's one thing you want to do before you die?" One of the girls blurts out, "Sex." Little do they know, the whirlwind unleashed by that word pushes each of these girls, with different backgrounds and personalities, onto their own clumsy, funny, painful, and emotional paths toward adulthood.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 894
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sexy, humorous, feel good, entertaining, shounen, ecchi, sex comedy, super sentai, 2d animation