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Plot Summary:
The school idol project is set at a school between Tokyo's Akihabara, Kanda, and Jinbouchou neighbourhoods. The school faces the danger of being streamlined out of existence, so nine of its female students decide to become idols to protect their school and boost attendance.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, light, humorous, tsundere
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Love Live! The School Idol Movie (2015)
Plot Summary:
Although μ's, the defending champions of the school idol tournament, plans to dissolve their group after the graduation of their senior members, they receive news that leads them to holding a concert event! The 9 girls continue to learn and grow in this new and unfamiliar world. What is the last thing that these girls can do as school idols? With the clock ticking, what kind of meaning will the μ's members find in performing the most exciting live performance?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, sweet, captivating, tsundere
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I★Chu: Halfway Through the Idol (2021)
Plot Summary:
Youths aiming to become full-fledged idols enroll in the Étoile Vio School where the students are called IChu. But soon after they begin, Kuma Kocho gets them off to a rocky start with a single phrase...?! As they each work toward their individual goals, their activities as idols make the IChu begin to wonder... "What is an idol?" In their struggle to find an answer, the springtime of the IChu's lives is whittled out in glittering moments and flashes of brilliance. Their story begins now!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Animation, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, inspirational, sweet
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22/7 nanabun no nijyuuni (2020)
Plot Summary:
One day, Miu Takigawa suddenly receives a letter notifying her that she has been chosen as a member of a brand-new project. Half in disbelief, she heads over to the location stated on the letter. There, she finds seven other girls summoned there in the same fashion. The girls behold a giant, top-secret facility. They stand in bewilderment as they are told: "You are going to debut for a major record label as an idol group." A new kind of idol, never-before-seen, is about to be born here.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, 2d animation
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Free! (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around Haruka Nanase, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it. Before graduating from elementary school, he participated in a swimming tournament along with his fellow swimming club members, Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki, and Rin Matsuoka. After achieving victory, each of the boys went their separate ways. Time passed, and in the middle of their uneventful high school lives Rin appears and challenges Haruka to a match, showing Haruka his overwhelming power. Not wanting it to end like this, Haruka, gathers together Makoto and Nagisa once again and brings a new member named Rei Ryugazaki to create the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club in order to defeat Rin.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, exciting, light, humorous, motivational
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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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Bamboo Blade (2007)
Plot Summary:
A school kendo club is in need of talent and participation when the petite and talented Tamaki is drafted. With her understated sense of justice and ample strength, Tamaki becomes an inspiration for her team-mates, school and even the deadbeat instructor.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, inspirational, entertaining, captivating, exciting, semi serious
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Love Live! Superstar!! (2021)
Plot Summary:
Yuigaoka Girls High School is a newly established school that lies between the Omotesando, Harajuku, and Aoyama neighborhoods of Tokyo. The story centers on its first batch of students. With no history, no upperclassmen or alumni, and no reputation, it is a school full of unknowns. Five girls, among them Kanon Shibuya, have a fateful encounter with school idols. Kanon decides, "I love singing. I want to make something come true with song!" Many feelings converge upon a star that has only started to grow. The future is blank and full of possibility for these girls, and their story that everyone will make possible has only just begun. Soar with your wings, our Love Live!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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BanG Dream! (2017)
Plot Summary:
Since she was very young, Kasumi Toyama has always been searching for the "Star Beat", a sparkling and exciting sound she heard while looking up at the night sky. Just after getting into high school, Kasumi comes across a "star-shaped guitar" in the storage area of an old pawn shop. Feeling a rush and excitement she has never felt before, Kasumi teams up with four other girls and embarks on a journey to seek out the shiny place. We promise to perform a live here!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, tsundere, super sentai, 3d animation
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Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow (2019)
Plot Summary:
After the idol group Aqours has won the final Love Live! contest, its remaining members prepare to enroll at a new school only to run into some unexpected trouble while the former members go missing on the way to their graduation trip. Separated, the girls begin to realize the value of their friendships as they attempt to find a solution to their various crises.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime
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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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D4DJ (2020)
Plot Summary:
Rinku Aimoto, who has a habit of saying "Happy Around!", has returned to Japan from abroad and enrolls at Yoba Academy where DJing is popular. She is deeply moved by a DJ concert she sees there and decides to form a unit of her own with DJ Maho Akashi, VJ Muni Ohnaruto and keyboardist Rei Togetsu. While interacting with other DJ units like Peaky P-key and Photon Maiden, Rinku and her friends aim for the high stage!.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, 3d animation
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Aikatsu! (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ichigo Hoshimiya is a regular, ordinary middle school girl. But when her best friend Aoi invites her to join the idol training academy, Starlight Academy, her whole world is turned upside down. As she encounters all kinds of rivals and learns what it takes to be an idol, she uses her Aikatsu Cards to challenge countless auditions.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 261
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life (2019)
Plot Summary:
Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of nowhere, a new member barges into the near-abandoned club room, demanding to join the club. How will Takezou be able to keep his club alive and deal with this rascal of a new member?.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, sincere, humorous, touching, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, shounen
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La Corda d'Oro: Primo Passo (2006)
Plot Summary:
Hino goes to a school that specialises in music and has two streams: the normal stream and the music stream, where the music students are regarded as the more elite. She was running late for her class one day when she saw a tiny fairy, who seemed really excited that she could see it. The next day, the entrants in the music competition, who are decided by the school, are announced. Hino's name appears on the list - except she doesn't play an instrument. The fairy gives her a magical violin that can be played by anyone. Reluctantly, she enters into the competition and is forced to deal with the prejudices of her peers.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, exciting, humorous, captivating, shoujo
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KAGINADO (2021)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of a small miracle. Stars from different universes and different times that were never meant to cross paths. By irony of fate, these stars come together in “Kaginado Academy”. What awaits them there is a lively school life full of hope and dreams. The wonderful encounters provide the stars with new radiance. What awaits beyond that radiance...?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Animation, Short, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, colorful, visually appealing, colourful
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A Place Further Than the Universe (2018)
Plot Summary:
Scenery that we have never seen. Sounds that we have never heard. Scent that we have never smelled. Food that we have never tasted. And the surge of emotion that we have never experienced. This is the expedition of recollecting the pieces torn apart and sensation left alone. When we reach that place, what will we think? Howling, 40 degree angle. Raging, 50 degree angle. Shouting, 60 degree angle. A wilderness beyond the heavy sea. The furthest south, far from civilization. At the top of the Earth. We will find lights through the girls' eyes to live tomorrow.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, light, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Sound! Euphonium (2015)
Plot Summary:
After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest in the high school brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some of whom are new like novice tubist Hazuki Katou; veteran contrabassist Sapphire Kawashima; and band vice president and fellow euphonist Asuka Tanaka. Others are old friends, like Kumiko's childhood friend and hornist-turned-trombonist Shuuichi Tsukamoto, and trumpeter and bandmate from middle school, Reina Kousaka. However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless the new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it. From the studio that animated Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, Kyoto Animation's Hibike! Euphonium is a fresh and musical take on the slice-of-life staple that is the high school student's struggle to deal with their past, find romance, and realize their dreams and aspirations. [Written by MAL Rewrite].
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, humorous, touching, captivating, yuri, crying, tension, suspense
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Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club (2020)
Plot Summary:
Nijigasaki High School is located in Odaiba, Tokyo. The school is popular due to its free school style and diverse majors. The story centers on the members of school idol club in Nijigasaki, and their attempt to prevent the club from being abolished.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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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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Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011)
Plot Summary:
Follow the adventures of three ordinary girls as they make life’s awkward moments a thousand times worse. Along with a colorful bunch of classmates, they learn their most important lessons the hard way. Meanwhile down the street, a pocket-sized professor makes life difficult for a robot who just wants to be normal. But normal is the last thing you can expect in a town where salmon falls from the sky. In fact, the only thing you can count on is your friends, but even they are totally weird.
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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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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Uta no Prince-sama (2011)
Plot Summary:
With dreams of becoming a composer and someday writing a song for her favorite idol, Haruka enters the Saotome Academy, a prestigious performing arts school. If successful there, she’ll be able to join the Shining Agency after graduation. However, it won’t be so easy when Haruka is already surrounded by potential idols and composers. On top of that, her homeroom teacher is a current idol, the headmaster was a record-breaking singer, and the academy itself is a chaotic place where anything can happen. Which prince of song will be paired up with Haruka?! Uta no Prince Sama is an exciting, coming-of-age romantic comedy that will be like sweet music to your eyes and ears!.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: shoujo, anime, humorous, captivating, feel good, light, sincere, manga, touching, realistic
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Seitokai Yakuindomo (2010)
Plot Summary:
The stage is set at Ousai Private Academy which, due to declining birth rates, has transitioned from an all-girls high school to a co-ed. The current ratio of male to female students is 28:524. Within this paradise, Tsuda Takatoshi is inaugurated as vice-president of the student council. The student council has a strict image. However, there are some members who defy imagination.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 699
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 307 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, feel good, entertaining, ecchi, captivating, light, manga, parody, dark comedy
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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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Hidamari Sketch (2007)
Plot Summary:
For years, Yuno has dreamed of attending Yamabuki Arts High School, but now that she's been accepted, it means the scary prospect of moving away from her home and family for the first time! Fortunately, Yuno quickly learns that if her new neighbors at the eclectic Hidamari (Sunshine) Apartments aren't technically family, at least the majority share the bond of being fellow art students. From second year students like Hiro and Sae, who try to behave like helpful older sisters (mostly successfully) to her hyperactive new neighbor, classmate and best friend Miyako (who has the scariest apartment ever) Yuno begins to build the support network she'll need for dealing with strange characters like her oddly masculine landlady, her cosplay obsessed home room teacher, her tooth-chattering principal and all of the other odd denizens who inhabit her chosen world of art.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, yuri, realistic, super sentai
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Little Busters (2012)
Plot Summary:
Anime film about a group of friends including a kid whose parents were killed.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, humorous, light, captivating, touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious, super sentai
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Lucky Star (2007)
Plot Summary:
Having fun in school, doing homework together, cooking and eating, playing video games, watching anime. All those little things make up the daily life of the anime-and chocolate-loving-Izumi Konata and her friends. Sometimes relaxing but more than often simply funny. Lucky Star is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga by Kagami Yoshimizu. The strip has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq magazine since January 2004. Cameo strips were published in other magazines such as Shōnen Ace and others. It has no ongoing plot and typically focuses on the daily lives of the characters. A drama CD based on the series was released in August 2005, and the series spawned four video games released between 2005 and 2009. A 24-episode anime adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation aired between April 8 and September 16, 2007. The anime is licensed in North America by Kadokawa Pictures and distributed by Bandai Entertainment; six DVDs have been released between May 2008 and March 2009. An original video animation episode was released on September 26, 2008 accompanied by a drama CD. Bandai Entertainment released the OVA in an English-sub only version on August 4, 2009. A spin-off manga, Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku, began serialization in January 2008 in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp H's magazine. An anime adaptation by Ordet and Encourage Films began airing on Ustream in April 2013.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Japan, Germany
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, light, exciting, captivating, melancholic, manga, parody, absurd
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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