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Plot Summary:
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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Lalabel (1980)
Plot Summary:
Lalabel, also known as Lalabel, The Magical Girl or Magical Girl Lalabel, is a magical girl anime by Toei Animation. A 15 minutes long "movie" special called Magical Girl Lalabel: the Sea Calls for a Summer Vacation was also created, it aired in Japan in July 1980.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Animation, Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, mahou shoujo
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Hybrid Child (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Hybrid Child is an amazing doll that can grow if it is lavished with enough love and care from its owner. Neither fully machine nor fully human, the various Hybrid Child models develop strong emotional bonds with their owners.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, sentimental, touching, disturbing
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First Love Monster (2016)
Plot Summary:
When fifteen-year-old Kaho Nikaidou leaves her sheltered home to start life anew in a Tokyo high school dormitory, the last thing she expects is to nearly get hit by a truck! Saved in the nick of time by a handsome stranger, Kaho falls head over heels for him and, after finally tracking him down, boldly confesses her feelings. Turns out Kaho's mystery savior, Kanade, is the son of Kaho's new landlord! The handsome object of Kaho's affection agrees to go out with her, but her newfound bliss is short-lived when it turns out that her new boyfriend...is a fifth-grader?!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, shoujo
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Hare+Guu (2001)
Plot Summary:
Haré+Guu is a Japanese anime, based on an original manga which ran in Monthly Shōnen Gangan. Twenty-six TV episodes were made, followed by two OVA sequels: Haré+Guu DELUXE and Haré+Guu FINAL. The surreal, comical, and occasionally serious series focuses on the story of a 10-year-old jungle boy named Haré and his misadventures with Guu, a liminal being who usually presents herself as a young girl.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, spoof, slapstick comedy, parody, horror spoof
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Nyan Koi! (2009)
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Nyan Koi! is a manga created by Sato Fujiwara. It started serialization on Flex Comix's free web comic FlexComix Blood on August 10, 2007. An anime adaptation premiered on October 1, 2009 in Japan. North American anime distributor Section23 Films announced that Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series. The complete subtitled set was released on December 14, 2010. The series will be re-released on DVD and Blu-ray with and English dub on September 13, 2013.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, humorous, not serious, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy, shounen, offbeat, ecchi
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The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! (2021)
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The Great Jahy, the Dark Realm's second-in-command, cuts a frightening figure, feared and revered by all. But when a run-in with a magical girl results in the destruction of the precious mana crystal, the Dark Realm falls, transporting the newly tiny and powerless Jahy to the human world! Unfortunately, plotting the revival of the Dark Realm from a cramped, crumbling one-room apartment is no easy feat when you have rent to pay and a job to keep!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, ecchi, manga, sexual, sexy
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Case File N° 221: Kabukicho (2019)
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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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The Qwaser of Stigmata (2010)
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When Mafuyu Oribe and her adopted sister Tomo rescue a strange wounded man, they have no idea what they’re getting involved with or what the consequences will be. Alexander Nikolaevith Hell is an Iron Qwaser, one of many opposing factions of super-warriors.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, captivating, seinen, super sentai, tense
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Drop Kick on My Devil!! (2018)
Plot Summary:
Jashin-chan, a devil from Hell was abruptly summoned to the human world by Yurine Hanazono, a stoic college student who lives in a run-down apartment in Jinbocho. They're forced to become roommates since Yurine doesn't know how to send Jashin-chan back. But according to Jashin-chan, she could return by killing Yurine, so she takes action...?! A viperous roomie comedy that keeps you on your toes!.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, psychological
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How to Keep a Mummy (2018)
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Kashiwagi Sora is living a normal high school student life, when his "adventurer" father sends him a mummy from his travels in Egypt! Sora balks at the letter from his crazy dad ("I found a cool mummy, so I decided to leave it with you, son!") at first, but the mummy that emerges from inside the huge coffin is a mere 12 centimeters tall--small enough to fit in the palm of his hand... Not only that, it's shy, a crybaby, and most of all, heckin' cute. And so, Sora and ends up keeping the mummy, naming his new little buddy "Mii-kun." But living with a mummy might be easier said than done...!.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, iyashikei
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Maburaho (2003)
Plot Summary:
High school student Kazuki Shikimori comes from a line of powerful magicians with extraordinary DNA and he attends the most prestigious school for wizards in all of Japan. It would seem that life is good for Kazuki. Unfortunately, that couldn’t be further from the truth. He’s not the most smooth when it comes to the ladies, his grades are poor, his athletic skill is next to none, and to top it all off, he can only use his magic eight times before he turns into dust! However, three magical hotties have learned of his genetic secret and are all after him! Suddenly he has become the most “popular” kid in class. Are all these girls out to romance him, or are they only after his DNA?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, captivating, ecchi
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Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017)
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Kobayashi lives alone in an apartment, until one day, Tooru appeared and they ended up living together. Tooru looks down on humans as inferior and foolish, but having been saved by Kobayashi-san, she does everything she can to repay the debt and help her with various things, although not everything goes according to plan. A mythical everyday life comedy about a hard working office lady living with a dragon girl.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, stylized, light, entertaining, sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious, yuri
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Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody (2018)
Plot Summary:
29-year-old programmer Suzuki Ichirou finds himself transported into a fantasy RPG. Within the game, he's a 15-year-old named Satou. At first he thinks he's dreaming, but his experiences seem very real. Due to a powerful ability he possesses with limited use, he ends up wiping out an army of lizard men and becomes a high leveled adventurer. Satou decides to hide his level, and plans to live peacefully and meet new people. However, developments in the game's story, such as the return of a demon king, may cause a nuisance to Satou's plans.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, humorous, light, entertaining, romantic, colorful, colourful
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Gugure! Kokkuri-san (2014)
Plot Summary:
A little girl named Kohina ends up summoning a Kokkuri-san, a lower-ranking ghost in Japanese folklore. The Kokkuri-san she calls ends up being a white-haired handsome, young man. Although he had intended to merely haunt her at first, he becomes worried about her terrible eating habit of cup ramen for every meal, so he decides to haunt her in order to protect her.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, shounen, super sentai, unusual plot structure
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Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun (2020)
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At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom...but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san...is a boy!.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, funny, entertaining, fairy tale
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The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (2016)
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Gifted with a wide assortment of supernatural abilities ranging from telepathy to x-ray vision, Kusuo Saiki finds this so-called blessing to be nothing but a curse. As all the inconveniences his powers cause constantly pile up, all Kusuo aims for is an ordinary, hassle-free life—a life where ignorance is bliss.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, exciting, light, entertaining, captivating, humorous, absurd, shounen, parody
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Heaven's Design Team (2021)
Plot Summary:
I made the light, the water, and the earth below. Now it's time to make the life that dwells upon it. Actually... that sounds like a giant headache, so I'll contract it out! Heaven's Design Team is an agency that creates made-to-order life forms for their client, God. Why does this life form look like that? Why does this life form live this way? Watch the trials and successes of the designers and engineers forced to breathe life into God's absurd requests!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, entertaining, sincere, captivating, shounen, feel good, humorous, tense
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Hinamatsuri (2018)
Plot Summary:
One night, a strange object falls on the head of Nitta, a member of the yakuza. Inside the box is a strange young girl named Hina. She has tremendous supernatural powers, and Nitta finds himself reluctantly taking her in. Her powers can come in handy for his yakuza business, but he also runs the risk of her using them on him! Not to mention, if she doesn't use her powers, she will eventually go berserk and destroy everything around her. Nitta and Hina's strange life together is just beginning.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, touching, humorous, exciting, captivating, seinen
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Asobi Asobase: Workshop of Fun (2018)
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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Kiss Him, Not Me (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kae Serinuma is a second year high school student and an avid fujoshi who secretly ships her classmates, Igarashi and Nanashima. The death of her favorite anime character causes her to become stressed and lose weight rapidly. Now that Serinuma has become an attractive girl to her classmates, snarky junior Shinomiya and senior Mutsumi, how is she going to deal with them with her constant BL-filled fujoshi mind?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, humorous, captivating, light, touching, melancholic, sentimental, romantic comedy
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ClassicaLoid (2016)
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In a rural town undergoing revival through music, high school students Kanae and Sousuke meet none other than Beethoven and Mozart! Calling themselves "ClassicaLoids," this mysterious duo creates a strange power through the "music" they play. One night, stars fall from the sky and gigantic robots appear, causing trouble every single day! Bach, Chopin, Schubert also appear as ClassicaLoids. What is the mystery behind the powers they possess? Are they humanity's friend or foe?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, surreal, super sentai
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Love Stage!! (2014)
Plot Summary:
Izumi was born in a family of celebrities. His father is a singer, his mother an artist, his older brother the lead vocalist for the popular band Crashers. Izumi himself, however, is just a nerdy college student. He loves the manga "Magical Girl Lala Lulu" and dreams of becoming a manga writer himself. One day he is roped into filming a commercial where he wears a dress. Another actor on the set, Ryoma Ichijo, mistakes him for a woman and falls in love at first sight. As it turns out, though, they met ten years in the past. And Ryoma feelings don't change when he finds out Izumi is a boy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy, super sentai
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Merman in My Tub (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tatsumi is a high school student who lives on his own, until a merman named Wakasa takes up residence in his bathtub. His solitary lifestyle is turned upside down by the self-centered (but handsome) new roommate.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, yaoi, shoujo, corny
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Fruits Basket (2001)
Plot Summary:
Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16 year old Kyo and 27 year old Shigure. However, these young men and parts of the rest of their family (both close and distant) hold a curse; if they are hugged by the opposite gender, they transform into animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Everyday is an adventure for sweet Tohru, as she gets to know everyone in the large family better (especially Yuki and Kyo), in both common and bizarre situations. But, the Sohma Family curse is certainly no laughing matter... it also holds horrible cruelty and heartbreak.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, shoujo, touching, feel good, semi serious, humorous, cute, adult cartoon, romantic comedy
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Kamisama Kiss (2012)
Plot Summary:
Nanami was just a normal high school girl down on her luck until a stranger’s lips marked her as the new Land God and turned her world upside down. Now, she’s figuring out the duties of a deity with the help of Tomoe, a reformed fox demon who reluctantly becomes her familiar in a contract sealed with a kiss. The new responsibilities—and boys—are a lot to handle, like the crow demon masquerading as a gorgeous pop idol and the adorable snake spirit who’s chosen the newly minted god to be his bride. As the headstrong Tomoe tries to whip her into shape, Nanami finds that love just might have cute, pointed fox ears. With romance in the air, will the human deity be able to prove herself worthy of her new title?.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, exciting, romantic, humorous, touching, captivating, semi serious
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My Guardian Characters (2007)
Plot Summary:
My Guardian Characters (Shugo Chara) is a magical anime, revolving around "cool and spicy" teen Amu, a feminine but tomboyish schoolgirl, who yearns but appears unable to display her sensitive side. One day, three magical eggs appear in her bed - which all soon hatch, bearing three fairies, or guardian characters. Now capable of having various powers granted by each, Amu becomes popular an powerful, taking her place among the Guardians (student council, looked up to by the student body and very popular) and stepping up against the looming menace of the "X-eggs". Although this anime starts out with a very clear goal and storyline, as it develops, things just aren't what they seem anymore.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, uplifting, captivating, light, sincere, entertaining, shoujo, sentimental, feel good
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Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood (2018)
Plot Summary:
The modern-day vampire comedy centers on high school girl Amano, who was saved from a strange incident by a vampire girl named Sophie Twilight, and has been interested in her ever since. Akari arrives at her house uninvited and the two start to live together. Although a vampire, Sophie never attacks humans, but purchases blood and anime goods via mail and lives a modern life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, sincere, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Magimoji Rurumo (2014)
Plot Summary:
Shibaki is a high school boy only interested in girls. However, he has been branded as the most perverted boy at school, and the girls go out of their way to avoid him. When he finds a book in the library about how to summon witches, he tries it as a joke; unexpectedly, though, the book works, and a cute witch named Rurumo appears to grant him a wish. Shibaki helps Rurumo and she in return refuses to take his soul. After some time, he thinks about his meeting with Rurumo, and wishes he could see her again. His wish is granted immediately, as Rurumo falls from the sky and crash-lands in front of him, tasked with getting him to use up 666 magic tickets that grant wishes before she can become a witch again. However, according to Rurumo's familiar, what she does not know is that each ticket he uses will shorten his life span, and, when the last ticket is used, he will die.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Hey, Class President! (2009)
Plot Summary:
High-strung Chiga finds himself questioning the results when his judo team partner, Kokusai, is elected class president of their all-boys school. A president, of course, needs a running mate - and just like that, Kokusai appoints Chiga to be his vice-president! How did a slowpoke like Kokusai win an election, anyway?! It quickly becomes clear that Chiga's major vice-presidential duty will be to keep Kokusai out of harm's way, but is he up to the task?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing, yaoi