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Plot Summary:
Oreki Houtarou is a minimalistic high school boy. One day, he joins the Classic Literature Club at his elder sister's request. There he meets Chitanda Eru, Fukube Satoshi, and Ibara Mayaka. Chitanda is a calm beautiful girl but she turns into an embodiment of curiosity once she says, "I'm curious." Fukube is a smiling boy with a fantastic memory who calls himself a database. Ibara is a short girl and is strict with others and herself. They begin to investigate a case that occurred 45 years ago. Hints of the mystery are buried in an old collection of works of the former members of Classics Club. The collection is titled "Hyouka.".
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, detective, romantic, touching, light
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Gosick (2011)
Plot Summary:
Gosick is a Japanese light novel series by Kazuki Sakuraba, published by Fujimi Shobo. Set in a fictional European country in 1924, a Japanese exchange student meets a mysterious, brilliant girl who only leaves the library to sleep. Her brother, a detective, relies on her exceptional mind to solve difficult mysteries. Tokyopop released the first novel in the series in English in April 2008 and the second in March 2010. The series has been published in Germany by Tokyopop since November 2006. A manga adaptation started serialization in the shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age on December 9, 2007. An anime adaptation by Bones premiered on January 7, 2011. Crunchyroll simulcasted the animation during its Japanese broadcast and continues to webcast it. At Otakon 2011 Bandai Entertainment announced that they would release the series in North America. In January 2012 Bandai Entertainment announced that they will withdraw from the North American market, and GOSICK's North American release was cancelled.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, gothic, detective, sincere, captivating, entertaining, suspenseful, semi serious
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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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After School Dice Club (2019)
Plot Summary:
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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Case File N° 221: Kabukicho (2019)
Plot Summary:
Shinjuku ward east side... The center of the street with most chaos, There's a Kabukicho with full of neon lights. When the light is stronger, the shadow is deeper. The story begins when certain bizarre murder happens one night! Suspense? Or Comedy? Drama that cannot identify begins!.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, intellectual, captivating, suspenseful, detective, odd
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K-On! (2009)
Plot Summary:
Rock n' Roll may never die, but the Sakuragoaka Girl's High School Light Music Club might not be here to stay unless would-be drummer Ritsu Tainaka can find three more members to replace the graduated seniors. Determined to see that the beat goes on, Ritsu can get a little help from her friend Mio Akiyama on bass, and together they might be able to convince choir-inclined Tsumugi Kotobuki to join on the keyboards. But even then, they'll still need a hero, preferably of the juke-box variety with stars in her eyes. Instead they find Yui Hirasawa, who's looking for a club to join and who's never held a guitar in her life. But when Yui does pick up a beat-up six-string, it feels good in her hands, and it doesn't take long to understand that maybe she's finally found a place where she belongs. Because you can't stop the music when four girls share a dream, even if it's something as crazy as someday playing at the famous Budokan. It's going to be a long and winding road, but if they find their passion and follow their muse, they could go anywhere in K-ON!.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, feel good, realistic, stylized, semi serious, seinen, iyashikei, offbeat, slapstick
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Heaven's Memo Notepad (2011)
Plot Summary:
Narumi Fujishima is an ordinary high school boy who remains isolated from his fellow classmates. One afternoon fellow classmate Ayaka Shinozaki invites Narumi to join the gardening club and introduces him to a reclusive detective named Alice. Alice hires Narumi as an assistant and puts him to work solving the strange mysteries of Angel fix, an illegal drug. Little does he know it could put him and Ayaka in serious trouble.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, captivating, entertaining, psychological, tense, detective, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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Trickster (2016)
Plot Summary:
It is the 2030s. The Boy Detectives Club gathers under Kogorō Akechi, the mysterious detective. The group solves cases great and small using their unique skills. One day, a member of the club, Kensuke Hanazaki, meets the boy Yoshio Kobayashi. Kobayashi's body cannot die due to the effects of the "Unidentifiable Mist," but he yearns for death, and shirks from contact with other people. Taking an interest in him, Hanazaki invites him to join the Boy Detectives Club. Their meeting is connected to the fate tying together Kogorō Akechi, and the era's greatest villain, the Fiend With Twenty Faces.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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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Daily Lives of High School Boys (2012)
Plot Summary:
Join Tadakuni, Hidenori and Yoshitake as they undergo the trials and tribulations of life in high school. Each episode presents the boys and their classmates in unique situations that you may or may not have faced in high school yourself.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, stylized
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Saki Episode of Side A (2012)
Plot Summary:
Nodoka Haramura's appearance on television playing in a high school mahjong tournament inspires her old Jr. high school friends to reform their schools club so they can meet and play her in the National High School Mahjong Tournament.
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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Handa-kun (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set six years prior to the events of Barakamon, detailing the life of Seishuu Handa as a high school student—and a very interesting life it is. In Handa-kun, Seishuu Handa is admired by his peers as a calligraphy genius and given the utmost respect, but Handa-kun himself is under the mistaken impression that the deference and attention he receives from the other students is actually bullying. Handa just wants to live a quiet life, but hilarity ensues as one character after another challenges his position as the school idol, and somehow comes away as a fan all while Handa is horrified and clueless.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 936
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, light, inspirational, sweet, shounen
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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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Miss Bernard Said. (2016)
Plot Summary:
"Miss Bernard" herself, Machida Sawako, and her book-loving friends live their literary days in the library. This gag series glorifying famous literature is filled with love for books of all sorts, as well as the kinds of things that all readers experience!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, shounen
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Girl's High (2006)
Plot Summary:
Eriko and her friends Yuma and Ayano are excited about entering high school. Their excitement leads to their breaking of the rules when they toured the school before the opening ceremony. They find out their preconceptions about the all female school may not be as true as they had first thought. Despite that, Eriko and her friends are joined by new friends. They aim to get through high school life together.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ecchi
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A-Channel (2011)
Plot Summary:
Tooru and Run have been best friends forever, so when Tooru learns that she's managed to get into the same high school as Run, she runs to tell her... only to find Run in a compromising position with yet another girl, Yuko. Needless to say, that makes things a bit awkward at school, with Tooru fending off those who might be interested in Run while Yuko and their other girlfriend, Nagi, have to deal with Run's own penchant for drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, seinen, yuri, iyashikei
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Kokoro Connect (2012)
Plot Summary:
The five members of the Cultural Study group that meets in class 401 have spent a lot of time wondering what it would be like to be in someone else's shoes. But they're about to learn that there's a huge difference between thinking about it and literally BEING in someone else's shoes! That's exactly what happens when, suddenly and inexplicably, they each find themselves inside the body of the girl - or boy - next door! What happens next? Well, besides bringing a whole new meaning to the term "exchange student" and the to-be-expected freaked-out runs to the bathroom, it's not hard to do the math: take one wrestling geek, the resident cool girl, the class clown, the popular chick and one sultry maid of mystery, scramble thoroughly and divide, and you can bet that pretty soon they'll be answering ALL of the questions they never wanted to know about the opposite sex in ways they never anticipated!.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, light, psychological, captivating, entertaining, offbeat, semi serious, existential
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Wasteful Days of High School Girls (2019)
Plot Summary:
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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Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hitori Bocchi suffers from extreme social anxiety, she's not good at talking to people, takes pretty extreme actions, is surprisingly adept at avoiding people, her legs cramp when she overexerts herself, gets full of herself when alone, will vomit when exposed to extreme tension and often comes up with plans. Now she is entering middle school and her only friend, Yawara Kai, is attending a different school. This leaves Bocchi alone, surrounded by new classmates with whom she must make friends before Kai will talk to her again.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, 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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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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Masamune-kun's Revenge (2017)
Plot Summary:
As a child, Masamune Makabe once suffered greatly at the hands of a wealthy and beautiful girl named Aki Adagaki, who nicknamed him "Piggy" due to his chubby appearance. Seeking revenge against his tormentor, Masamune works hard to improve himself and returns as an incredibly handsome, albeit narcissistic, high school student. When he encounters Aki once again, he is prepared to exact vengeance. With the aid of the rich girl's maid, Yoshino Koiwai, Masamune slowly begins to build his relationship with Aki, intending to break her heart when the time is right. However, as his friendship with Aki begins to grow, Masamune starts to question the objectives of his devious plans, and if bringing them to fruition is what his heart truly desires.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, light, exciting, psychological, disturbing, semi serious, romantic comedy, shounen, stylized
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Magic of Stella (2016)
Plot Summary:
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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Please Tell Me! Galko-chan (2016)
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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GAMERS! (2017)
Plot Summary:
Keita Amano is a perfectly mediocre loner with no particular distinguishing features other than his love for games. One day, his school's prettiest girl and Gamer Club President Karen Tendo suddenly calls out to him. That moment changes Keita's life forever, as he now finds himself in the midst of a romcom with beautiful girl gamers... or, well, that's how it usually goes. Not with him, however.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, romantic, humorous, sweet, captivating, entertaining
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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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Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! (2007)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2035 and schools have been suffering due to declining birthrate, having forced many of them to close. An energetic girl named Manami Amamiya transfers to a new school where she quickly becomes the student council president and starts to bring back vigor in the students' lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, 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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Blue Spring Ride (2014)
Plot Summary:
At the end of her first year of high school, Futaba Yoshioka suddenly has a chance encounter with her first love, Kou Tanaka. Three years ago, he transferred schools before she was able to say how she felt about him. After meeting each other again, Futaba realizes that he has gone through many changes. He acts more cool and even had his last name changed to Mabuchi. Gradually the two rekindle their love while piecing together what had happened in the time that they were apart.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, romantic, captivating, stylized, visually appealing, manga, super sentai
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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
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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