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Plot Summary:
Chiharu is a wizard in charge of the magic department's crisis counter-measure division. His days are hectic, but he meets a candid young man named Toyohi at his favorite bar, and the two hit it off. On their way home, Toyohi suddenly confesses to Chiharu. Chiharu is at first bewildered at his unexpected confession, but he starts to fall into Toyohi's pace, and the two begin to spend more time together. However, after a mistake at work, Chiharu decides to devote himself to his work and pushes Toyohi away.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Animation, Short, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing, yaoi
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Yamibo: Darkness, the Hat & the Travelers of the Books (2003)
Plot Summary:
Hatsuki is a high-school student living with Hatsumi, and the two are so close they are like sisters. On Hatsumi's 16th birthday, she is suddenly surrounded by a green light and disappears right in front of Hatsuki! Hatsuki manages to follow Hatsumi with the help of a yellow parakeet named Ken, and ends up in a place called "The Great Library," full of different worlds stored in books. But Hatsumi isn't there, and so the search begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, yuri, tense, captivating, disturbing, adult anime
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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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Candy Boy (2008)
Plot Summary:
Yukino and Kanade Sakurai live together as high school students enjoying their daily life; until one day Sakuya Kamiyama confess her love for Kanade to Yukino, asking for her support. This makes Yukino to release her true feelings for her sister.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Animation, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, adult anime, yuri
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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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Blade Dance of the Elementalers (2014)
Plot Summary:
Only a pure maiden can have the privilege to contract with a spirit. Priestesses, who can summon spirits from Astral Zero, the world of spirits, and have full command of their power, are called elementalists. Kamito Kazehaya is the only male with this privilege, and due to what happened in the past he comes to Areisha Spirit Academy where priestesses are trained to become elementalists. He is then told that he is to transfer to the school, form a team with priestesses to compete in Blade Dance where the most powerful elementalist is chosen, and win.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 531
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, manga, captivating, super sentai, entertaining
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Wizard Barristers (2014)
Plot Summary:
Wizards and humans live side-by-side in Tokyo. While police continue to protect the rest of society, wizards are tried according to magical laws in special courts defended by wizard barristers. Cecile Sudo has just become the youngest wizard barrister at age 17, and begins work at the Butterfly Law Offices. However, unbeknownst to her, she has tremendous magical potential….
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Animation, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, super sentai
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Magic-Kyun! Renaissance (2016)
Plot Summary:
A world where art becomes magic. In this world, people who can inspire passion with their Magic Arts are called Artistas, and are employed in show business. In Hoshinomori Private Magical Arts High School, where Artistas are taught, a strange new student named Ohana Aigasaki transfers into the school. Ohana is placed on the planning committee for the school's yearly Hoshinomori Summer Festa cultural festival. She spends her romantic school life with six other boys who aim to become entertainers in the future and alongside Ohana, to be the school's Artista Prince and Princess, only chosen once a year.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Animation, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, shoujo
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Kuro Gal ni Natta kara Shinyuu to shitemita. (2021)
Plot Summary:
Shion and Rui are the dream team when it comes to hitting on women. Tonight was going to be another night of hooking up with girls for Shion, but he ended up taking a strange drug. When he woke up... he'd turned into a girl?! Rui came looking for Shion, but didn't recognize him, and started hitting on him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Animation, Short, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 4 min
Plot tags: anime, sex comedy, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, hentai
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Maoyu: Archenemy & Hero (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story is set in a world embroiled by war between Humans and Demons. The Humans’ greatest hero invades the Demon Queen’s castle determined to vanquish her. However, instead of fighting back, the Queen proposes an alliance with the Hero. She explains how a sudden end to the war can bring further chaos to the world as the Humans once united to stand against their common enemies would eventually begin fighting among themselves, with similar issues already occurring at the Demon Realm. Convinced by her words, the Hero joins forces with the Queen and together they execute a plan to bring prosperity and a lasting peace to both Humans and Demons alike.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 801
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Mysteria Friends (2019)
Plot Summary:
Anne, the honor student princess, and Grea, a princess born from a dragon and a human are students at the Mysteria Academy, a prestigious magic school that teaches magic without discrimination to the three factions (men, gods, demons), who usually are engaged in battle with each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Animation, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: anime, light, captivating, entertaining, adult anime, yuri, super sentai
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The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm (2021)
Plot Summary:
Gabriel, an ordinary boy who just moved from London, was bored with his surrounding, until one day he saw a wisp of purple smoke from the window of his house. At that time, he hurriedly chased the smoke, looking for any kind of freedom and fun. Though they should not, the world of boys and wizards soon intersect.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, dark fantasy, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, shounen
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Rental Magica (2007)
Plot Summary:
In a world where magical organizations - staffed by specialists wielding both Eastern and Western disciplines - vie for work, prestige and power. Destroying supernatural monsters... dispelling dark magic... It's all in a day's work for the mages of Astral.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, psychological horror, psychological
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The Dawn of the Witch (2022)
Plot Summary:
I can’t remember. Who am I? What am I? Saybil is a student at a magic academy who has no memories of anything from before he joined the school. Not understanding why he's there, the time he spends at the academy feels hollow and empty. And since he doesn't know how to work hard, his grades are always the lowest in his year. Then, one day, the school headmaster, Albus, orders Saybil to participate in a dangerous special training. "I want you to spread the use of magic in an area where they hold witch hunts.".
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 356
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Chivalry of a Failed Knight (2015)
Plot Summary:
Magic Knights are modern magic-users who fight with weapons converted from their souls. Ikki Kurogane goes to a school for these Magic Knights, but he is the "Failed Knight" or "Worst One" who is failing because he has no magical skills. However, one day, he is challenged to a duel by Stella, a foreign princess and the "Number One" student. In this duel, "the loser must be obedient for life.".
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, ecchi, romantic, captivating, entertaining, stylized, manga, super sentai
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Chaika - The Coffin Princess (2014)
Plot Summary:
Toru Acura is a 20-year-old retired soldier meandering through life now that the war has ended. He encounters Chaika Trabant, a 14-year-old sorceress carrying a coffin, and follows her in hopes of finding meaning to his life again. The two travel with Toru's adopted sister, Akari, the employed member of the group and thus Toru's source of income.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 709
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, super sentai
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Maria the Virgin Witch (2015)
Plot Summary:
Takes place during the Hundred Years War in France. Maria, a powerful young witch who cannot tolerate war, uses her powers to intervene and keep the factions at bay. Assisted by her succubus and incubus familiars, they are mostly successful until the Archangel Michael takes notice and decides to put a stop to her interference. He tells Maria that her powers will be stripped away if she loses her virginity, and also forbids her from using magic publicly. To ensure this, he posts the angel Ezekiel to watch over her.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, disturbing, seinen
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My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World! (2022)
Plot Summary:
Whether at the office or at home, corporate drone Yuji Sano works all the time. So when his home PC flashes a message about him being summoned to another world, Yuji restarts his machine…only to find that he’s inadvertently accepted the summons! Now in a fantasy world far removed from paperwork and computers, Yuji has just one thing on his mind: waking up from what he thinks is a dream and getting back to the mountain of work he left behind! But this other world has other plans for Yuji, who quickly discovers his Monster Tamer character class allows him to befriend slimes! And thanks to their number, those slimes help him absorb so much magical knowledge that he gains a second character class in the blink of an eye! How will Yuji wield his power now that he’s the greatest sage the realm has ever known?! And what about all that paperwork?!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 696
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, shounen
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The Strongest Sage With the Weakest Crest (2022)
Plot Summary:
His strength limited by the magical crest with which he was born, Mathias, the world's most powerful sage, decides reincarnation is necessary to become the strongest of all. Upon his rebirth as a young boy, Mathias is thrilled to discover he's been born with the optimal crest for magical combat on his first try! Unfortunately, the world he's been born into has abysmally poor standards when it comes to magic, and everyone thinks he's still marked for failure! Now it's up to Mathias to prove everyone wrong…world's strongest sage-style!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, entertaining, shounen, feel good, captivating
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Magical Warfare (2014)
Plot Summary:
Takeshi Nanase is an ordinary high school boy who has a somewhat dark past. One day, he comes across a girl named Mui Aiba, in a uniform he has never seen before, collapsed on the school campus. This encounter changes his destiny completely. She tells Takeshi that she is a magician, and she apologizes, for she turned Takeshi into a magician, too. What Takeshi once knew as one world is actually two — the world where magicians live and the world where humans live.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic, captivating, entertaining, manga, super sentai
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Queen's Blade Grimoire (2016)
Plot Summary:
The royal court's magician Alicia uses black magic and opens a doorway to another dimension.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, ecchi
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Peach Boy Riverside (2021)
Plot Summary:
"This is a tale that took place long ago. There once lived an old man and an old woman. The old man went into the woods to cut down some grass and the old woman went to the river to... (You know the rest.) The ogres had finally been defeated, but apparently, there were more ogres living elsewhere, so Peach Boy crossed the sea... It was an amazing feat to defeat the ogres and a joyous feat that Peach Boy saved many lives. But the one thing that went wrong... Was that they had fun. This is nothing more than a "What if"... What if there was more than one peach that tumbled down the river?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, disturbing
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Dakaichi: I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year (2018)
Plot Summary:
"I'll make it so your body's unable to forget mine." Saijou Takato's 5 year reign as the 'Most Huggable No. 1' has been snatched. Stealing his thunder is the newbie actor with a 3-year debut, Azumaya! Towards the stuffy hostile Takato, Azumaya's sincere sparkling smile starts to become effective. Even as Takato sets his alert level on MAX, Azumaya catches Takato in his shameful drunken state and uses it to blackmail him! In exchange for Azumaya's silence, Azumaya states, "Please let me hold you…?! Embrace me, who was the Most Huggable No.1?" What the heck is he saying! Includes a large quantity of other high suspense erotic stories.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, erotic, psychological, humorous, captivating, yuri, tsundere
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Sasaki and Miyano (2022)
Plot Summary:
It all started like a typical old-school boys' love plotline—bad-boy senior meets adorably awkward underclassman, one of them falls in love, and so on and so forth. But although Miyano is a self-proclaimed boys' love expert, he hasn't quite realized…he's in one himself. Which means it's up to Sasaki to make sure their story has a happily ever after…!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, disturbing, semi serious, iyashikei, feel good, meta, psychological, teen comedy
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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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A Foreign Love Affair (2007)
Plot Summary:
The young leader of the Oomi group, Ranmaru, was forced to marry Kaoru, the daughter from another group. The couple went to Italy, and had their wedding on a ship. However, neither of them actually liked the marriage, and Ranmaru was kicked out by his newlywed wife Kaoru on their first night. Al (Alberto), an Italian man on the ship, took an interest in Ranmaru, and the story revolves around the romance between the two men, Ranmaru and Al.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Animation, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, captivating, disturbing, erotic, romantic comedy
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The Titan's Bride (2020)
Plot Summary:
One day, Koichi, a student about to graduate, is summoned to another world. It's a country of Titans where a much larger race lives. The Prince of the country, Caius, appears in front of him. He enthusiastically sees Koichi and proposes, "I want you to be my bride and carry my children!".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, captivating, entertaining, adult animation, manga, humorous, 2d animation
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Papa datte, Shitai (2019)
Plot Summary:
"There are Times I Cannot Hold It, Even If I'm a Father" University student Asumi came to Naruse household to be a housekeeper for his part-time job. The family consists of a single-father and a son Ichika. Among them, the father Naruse is too sexy for Asumi!! Even if he is not gay, Asumi gets conscious of Keiichi, and when he noticed that Keiichi is sexually unsatisfied by noticing him watching adult video in his room, he would unconsciously get tempted to attack him…! "Naruse-san, you're too sexy for a father with a child...!".
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Animation, Short, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 5 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, erotic, touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, adult animation, sex comedy, hentai
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Merc Storia: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in a Bottle (2018)
Plot Summary:
Merc Storia takes places in a world where humans and monsters coexist. The protagonist, Yuu, is a healer apprentice and possesses the ability to tame monsters. In a quest to regain the memories of Merc, a girl confined in a bottle, the pair embarks on a journey.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Animation, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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I've Had Enough of Being a Magical Girl (2016)
Plot Summary:
Yuzuka Hanami is a young, carefree girl who lives the most ordinary life imaginable. Although her father works around the clock and her mother is rarely home, she still enjoys herself and strives to be an excellent student. Miton, on the other hand, is an alien life-form with the ability to transform his master into a magical girl, a warrior who fights evil wherever it may appear. However, there are not as many enemies as there used to be, so Miton has been out of work for a while. Starving and homeless, he has taken up residence in a pile of garbage. As Yuzuka walks past him one day, Miton seizes the opportunity to offer his services to the young girl. Yuzuka reluctantly agrees, but when she transforms into a magical girl and discovers that her outfit is a swimsuit, she begins to have second thoughts about what she has gotten herself into!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 4 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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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