Best tv shows like The Tale of Genji
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Plot Summary:
Genji Monogatari Sennenki: Genji is a Japanese anime adaptation of The Tale of Genji. Originally, it was meant to be an anime adaptation of Waki Yamato's The Tale of Genji manga, but the director decided to make it a direct adaptation of the original tale. The anime is directed by Osamu Dezaki. The series premiered on Fuji TV on January 15, 2009.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Animation, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, anime
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Taisho Otome Fairy Tale (2021)
Plot Summary:
Tamahiko Shima has been exiled to the country because of his disability, but the sudden arrival of an arranged bride upends his lonely life.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, psychological, humorous, disturbing, shounen
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White Album (2009)
Plot Summary:
Touya Fujii is a twenty-year-old college student dating a rising singer named Yuki Morikawa. Along the way, they are faced with numerous challenges throughout the course of events at Fuji’s college. Be prepared for an exciting journey!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, disturbing
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I'm in Love With My Little Sister (2005)
Plot Summary:
Yori and his twin sister Iku used to be very close as children but lately Yori has grown colder toward Iku and is always eager to stay away from her. Iku was confused by Yori's attitude. Actually Yori is in love with Iku and that forbidden love is causing Yori sleepless nights since Yori and Iku are sharing the same room with bunk beds. Yori tried to ease his intense desire for Iku by bedding Iku's best friend. He had even applied to attend a boarding school in another city to take him far away from Iku. Yori lost his resolve to stay quiet about his feelings when Iku started to talk about having a boyfriend and going on dates. Now Yori want to have his little sister and he confessed. Iku loves her big brother and wanted them to stay together, so Iku is willing to anything to keep them together. But Yori wanted to have Iku as a lover, not as a sister loyal to her twin.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic, captivating, shoujo, entertaining
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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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My Wife is a High School Girl (2005)
Plot Summary:
The 17-year-old Onohara Asami is a cute, second-year high school student. Nobody knows that she is actually already married to her 25-year-old physics teacher, Ichimaru Kyousuke (Danna-sama). Besides her responsibility as a student, she now has to take care of the household and keep the marriage a secret at school. Juggling these things on a daily basis is all but easy for Asami, especially with the complications introduced by her well-meaning but nosy best female friends; an overprotective very intrusive father Iwao; the kind teacher Iwasaki who of all men falls for Asami's husband; or the quite alluring next-door neighbour Sakura Mizunosaki. Against all these odds Asami tries to nurture her young love with Danna-sama.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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The Night When Me and My Boss Spent the Night at the Capsule Hotel After the Last Train and He Passe (2018)
Plot Summary:
The anime centers on Minori, an office worker, and her boss Hadano, who are constantly arguing with each other. One night, after a company drinking party, Minori and Hadano are having their usual argument, when Minori realizes that she has missed the last train. They decide to spend the night at a nearby capsule hotel, but an incident forces them to share the same unit. (Source: ANN).
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Animation, Short, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 3 min
Plot tags: anime, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, ecchi, josei
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The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious (2022)
Plot Summary:
There’s something really strange about the maid I just hired! No normal person could be so beautiful, or cook such amazingly delicious food, or know exactly what I want before I even ask. She must be using magic—right, a spell is the only thing that can explain why my chest feels so tight whenever I look at her. I swear, I’m going to get to the bottom of what makes this maid so...mysterious!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, romantic comedy, shounen
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Amagami SS (2010)
Plot Summary:
A second-year high school boy finds himself uneasy during Christmas time due to an experience in the past. However, this year at Christmas, he gets his last chance to ask out a graduating female senior named Haruka Morishima — or one of several other classmates. The story of the anime will be arranged in an omnibus format, with each heroine getting her own version of the story animated. Each heroine will sing her own version of the ending theme song.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 544
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, humorous, semi serious, hentai, realistic, super sentai
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Slow Loop (2022)
Plot Summary:
Nervous to meet her new stepdad, Hiyori heads to the place she always feels at home—the ocean. When a curious girl named Koharu shows up, Hiyori decides to teach her how to fish, just like her father did before he died. But after Koharu reveals she’s also meeting her new family that night, the girls come to a startling realization. Their friendship is about to reach a whole new level!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Nakaimo: My Little Sister Is Among Them (2012)
Plot Summary:
Is insanity hereditary? Shougo Mikadono's beginning to think so, because the terms of his late father's will seem crazy and following them may drive Shougo bonkers as well. Oh, it sounds simple at first: before Shougo can claim his VERY large inheritance, he just has to start attending a certain new school and find a nice girl to marry. It's a little unromantic, but perfectly do-able, right? After all, all the girls seem quite friendly, so all Shougo has to do is find one he has something in common with. Except, and here's the kicker, it turns out that Shougo has WAY too much in common with one of them, because she's actually his long-lost sister! And he has no idea which one she is! Will Shougo meet and court his Miss Right without committing something very morally wrong? Can he find his future bride without slipping into the wrong set of genes? And if his little sister does reveal herself, just how much will be revealed and under what circumstances?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 261
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, humorous, sentimental, light, romantic, captivating, suspense, entertaining, feel good
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Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki (2021)
Plot Summary:
Tomozaki is one of the best gamers in Japan, and in his opinion, the game of real life is one of the worst. No clear-cut rules for success, horribly balanced, and nothing makes sense. But then he meets a gamer who’s just as good as him, and she offers to teach him a few exploits….
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic, thought provoking, captivating, psychological
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True Tears (2008)
Plot Summary:
True Tears is a Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works and directed by Junji Nishimura. The anime aired in Japan on the TV Kanagawa television network between January 6, 2008 and March 30, 2008, containing thirteen episodes. The anime shares almost nothing in common with the visual novel of the same name that preceded it, using an entirely different story with different characters, and a different art style. An Internet radio show hosted by three voice actresses from the anime was also produced to promote the anime. The anime has been released by Bandai Entertainment in an English subtitle-only box set. A Blu-ray box set released in Japan contained an extra three-minute epilogue.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 547
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, psychological, sincere, captivating
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Just Because! (2017)
Plot Summary:
Just Because! is a Japanese original anime television series by Hajime Kamoshida, the author of The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, and Kiseki Himura, the author of Getsuyōbi no Tawawa. Pine Jam produced the animation.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 849
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky, super sentai
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Requiem of the Rose King (2022)
Plot Summary:
The crown of England has been hotly contested throughout history, and in the Middle Ages, a series of great civil wars became known as the War of the Roses. Claiming a right to the throne, the Duke of York seeks to unseat King Henry VI and his heir in order to become king himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, dark fantasy, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, shoujo
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Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
After marrying the head of the military, Benio hears her husband died in Siberia during a war. However after finding out he's alive and fighting against his home land, Benio starts looking for her first love. Wondering why he didn't return and wanting to welcome him back. Hardships will happen and hearts may be broken, as he might have moved on.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Pilot's Love Song (2014)
Plot Summary:
In order to uncover the "end of the sky," as spoken of in ancient mythology, Kal-el Albus is sent to Isla, an island in the sky. There he attends Cadoques High's Aerial Division, where he enjoys a carefree life with his schoolmates. That is...until a surprise attack by the air tribe drags Isla into a bloody war.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Happy-Go-Lucky Days (2020)
Plot Summary:
Love is love. Someday, the pain of being in love will be an endearing memory. No matter who the feelings are towards, no matter what form it takes, all love and lifestyles have the same value. An omnibus anime tells the stories of “The wedding of an ex”, “a student and a teacher at an all-boys’ school” and “childhood friends whose bodies and hearts change with adolescence.”.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, yuri
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Glasslip (2014)
Plot Summary:
What if you hold the power to hear the voices or see fragments of images from the future? Would that be a good thing or a bad thing? Glasslip follows the life of Touko Fukami, an aspiring glass artist born from a glass artisan family. She enjoys her worry-free life in Fukui, save for the fragments of images that she sees on occasion. On her 18th summer, she meets the transfer student Kakeru Okikura at her school, and then again at her favorite café called Kazemichi together with all four of her friends. The voices from the future lead Kakeru to Touko, and his arrival disrupts her mediocre existence. All six of the friends must face their most unforgettable summer full of hope, affection, and heartache.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, psychological, captivating, super sentai
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Orange: Future (2016)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-six-year-old Hiroto Suwa; his wife, Naho; and their old high school classmates—Takako Chino, Azusa Murasaka, and Saku Hagita—visit Mt. Koubou to view the cherry blossoms together. While watching the setting sun, they reminisce about Kakeru Naruse, their friend who died 10 years ago. Mourning for him, they decide to visit Kakeru's old home, where they learn the secret of his death from his grandmother.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 875
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing, tragic ending, shoujo, tragic
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It's Too Sick to Call this Love, Koikimo (2021)
Plot Summary:
One rainy day, salaryman Amakusa Ryo is saved by a high school girl he doesn't know at the station. He later finds out that the girl is Arima Ichika. Ryo is somewhat of a womanizer and to repay her for saving him, he suggests giving her a kiss or going out on a date with her, in which Ichika tells him he's creepy. This, however, opens a new door for Ryo and he falls madly in love with her. Ever since then, Ryo tries to overly express his feelings to Ichika. Ichika just keeps insulting him and says he's being creepy, but he just seems to take it as her way of showing affection towards him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 910
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic, funny, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining
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ORESUKI: Are you the only one who loves me? (2019)
Plot Summary:
Kisaragi Amatsuyu is invited out alone by the cool beauty upperclassman Cosmos and his childhood friend Himawari. Expecting to hear their confessions, he triumphantly goes to meet each of them in turn. But Cosmos and Himawari both instead confess to Amatsuyu that they like his friend. Amatsuyu fights this lonely battle, but there is another girl who is looking at him. She is a gloomy girl with glasses and braids. Amatsuyu finds that he hates her, because she's always turning her sharp tongue only on him and finding enjoyment in his troubles. But it turns out that she's the only one who actually does like him.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic, captivating, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Our Love Has Always Been 10 Centimeters Apart. (2017)
Plot Summary:
Miou Aida and Haruki Serizawa might seem like polar opposites to those around them, but as the two third-years prepare to end their high school experience, they couldn't have been been closer. While Miou is a shy and reserved member of the school art club that prefers to stay out of the limelight, Haruki is the boisterous and confident ace of the movie club, already winning awards for his directing prowess. However, after a previous chance encounter during their school entrance ceremony, they quickly become friends despite their stark differences in personality. But although their closeness might be growing, they've never become anything more than just that, much to the bewilderment of their friends. As their time in high school draws to a close, Miou and Haruki, along with their friends in the art and movie clubs, have just one year left to face their hidden feelings and the daunting task of deciding their future careers. The two might always be only an arm's reach away, but as Haruki chases his dream of becoming a professional movie director and Miou struggles with choosing a path for herself, they'll learn just how hard it is to get past those last 10 centimeters.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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A Town Where You Live (2012)
Plot Summary:
Haruto Kirishima lived a calm life out in the countryside, away from the fast-paced life of the city. Then Yuzuki Eba appeared in his life out of nowhere, having come from Tokyo to briefly live with her family. Their time together left him enamored with the memories of that short period before she just as abruptly disappeared from his life, and left him full of questions.Kimi no Iru Machi begins some time later, after Haruto moves to Tokyo to live with his sister, in order to pursue a career as a cook. In reality though he wishes to be with Yuzuki. Things don't start good though. When he arrives he is mistaken for a burglar and attacked by his sister's neighbour Mishima Asuka. After the misunderstand is cleared his feelings begin to waver though. Is Eba, who keeps avoiding him for seemingly no reason, the one for him or is it Asuka?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, ecchi
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Because I Don't Like My Big Brother at All! (2011)
Plot Summary:
Nao Takanashi loves her brother Shūsuke despite the incest taboo. Nao thinks that Shūsuke is her blood relative, but in fact she is an adopted daughter, whose parents have died. After Nao learns the fact, she wants to fall in love normally with Shūsuke because siblings by adoption can marry under the family law in Japan. However, she finds herself competing with Shūsuke's childhood friend, Iroha Tsuchiura, and his class president and yaoi lover, Mayuka Kondō.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, ecchi
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Looking Up at the Half-Moon (2006)
Plot Summary:
Even though Yuuichi Ezaki is in the hospital recovering from an illness, he's constantly sneaking out. One day he's caught by the head nurse, who makes a deal with him: she'll overlook his future excursions if he's willing to befriend a new patient, Rika Akiba. Due to a serious heart condition, Rika has spent most of her life in the hospital, and doesn't really have any friends. As Yuuichi and Rika spend time together and learn more about each other, their relationship soon blossoms into romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, sincere, captivating, disturbing, seinen
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JINSEI - Life Consulting (2014)
Plot Summary:
When bespectacled Yuki Akamatsu joins his school’s 2nd Newspaper Club, he finds himself caught in the crossfire between three pretty panelists assigned to the Life Advice column. Rino Endo has a mind for science, Fumi Kujo loves literature, and Izumi Suzuki covers the world of sports. If students have questions that need answers, these are the girls to ask, but cute as they may be, these panelists never seem to agree on anything! Needless to say, navigating life in the 2nd Newspaper Club is gonna be more than poor Yuki bargained for!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, parody
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Seiren (2017)
Plot Summary:
For high school students like Shouichi Kamita, university entrance exams and the future are common concerns. It is also during this time in life that a mysterious emotion that vexes people of all ages may begin to weigh upon one's mind—love. At this point in his teenage years, Shouichi finds three girls he could see himself having a future with: the ever-cheerful Hikari Tsuneki, who teases Shouichi without mercy, but actually has a softer side; the competitive gamer, Tooru Miyamae, who has difficulty communicating with others; and Shouichi's childhood friend, Kyouko Touno, the sometimes immature shoujo manga enthusiast. Seiren follows Shouichi's relationships with these three girls across three separate arcs, as their feelings grow from mutual interest and blossom into something more beautiful.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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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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Chocotto Sister (2006)
Plot Summary:
Haruma Kawagoe is an only child. A long time ago, around Christmas, his mother miscarried the child that would have been his baby sister. That night, young Haruma knelt down and offered up an earnest prayer: "Please make my mother well again, and please give me a little sister." Years have passed, and Haruma has nearly forgotten about his prayer. But Santa did not... so one Christmas, when Haruma is least expecting it, he receives an unusual present — a sister named Choko.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, light, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ecchi
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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