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1. Phantom Thief Jeanne (1999– )
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young Japanese girl discovers she is the reincarnation of Joan d'Arc and takes on the task of destroying the evil possessing certain artifacts.
Stars: Arina Tanemura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Shigeru Chiba, Houko Kuwashima
Votes: 411
2. Flowers of Evil (2013)
TV-MA | 325 min | Animation, Drama, Thriller
Takao worships the class beauty, Nanako, from afar. When he is alone in the classroom one day after school, he notices her bag of gym clothes on the floor. He can't resist picking it up. He... See full summary »
Stars: Mariya Ise, Patrick Mölleken, Yôko Hikasa, Shinichiroh Ueda
Votes: 1,392
3. Sweet Blue Flowers (2009)
23 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
The trials and tribulations of a gang of schoolgirls as they walk through life together.
Stars: Ai Takabe, Yûko Gibu, Mamiko Noto, Shintarô Asanuma
Votes: 365
4. Amazing Nurse Nanako (1999–2000)
TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
A well-endowed, ditsy teenage maid works for a short-tempered doctor in a hospital. She always gets into trouble and he always has to rescue her.
Stars: Patrick Seitz, Taliesin Jaffe, Takehito Koyasu, Akio Ôtsuka
Votes: 112
5. Azumanga Daioh: The Animation (2002)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A humorous and highly unpredictable animated series following a group of high school girls and their teachers.
Stars: Tomoko Kaneda, Yuki Matsuoka, Chieko Higuchi, Rie Tanaka
Votes: 3,467
6. Azumanga Daioh: The Very Short Movie (2001)
TV-PG | 6 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
A short compilation of humourous sketches featuring a group of friends in high school.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori | Stars: Tomoko Kaneda, Yu Asakawa, Chieko Higuchi, Yuki Matsuoka
Votes: 503
7. Baka and Test (2010–2011)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
All the students in a school are distributed according to their individual score in a test into six section and are treated according to their section.
Stars: Jamie Marchi, Brina Palencia, Jessie James Grelle, Alexis Tipton
Votes: 1,477
8. Ben-To (2011)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Sato Yo is an ordinary high school boy who likes playing games on his SEGA console. One day when he decided to buy bento for dinner at the local grocery store, he suddenly lost ... See full summary »
Stars: Mariya Ise, Aoi Yûki, Hiro Shimono, Kazuyuki Okitsu
Votes: 460
9. Binchô tan (2006)
Animation
Bincho-tan, an orphan lives alone in the forest, she always has a piece of coal bonded on her head. Occasionally, she ventures into the town situated near the mountain, in search of work ... See full summary »
Stars: Sarah Hauser, Ai Nonaka, Kikuko Inoue, Rina Satô
Votes: 31
10. Sailor Moon (1992–1997)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A group of schoolgirls discover they are incarnations of super-powered alien princesses, and use their abilities to defend the earth.
Stars: Stephanie Sheh, Kotono Mitsuishi, Kate Higgins, Aya Hisakawa
Votes: 7,551
11. Sailor Moon (1995–2000)
TV-Y | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The magical action-adventures of a teenage girl who learns of her destiny as the legendary warrior Sailor Moon and must band together with the other Sailor Scouts to defend the Earth and Galaxy.
Stars: Susan Roman, Jill Frappier, Katie Griffin, Ron Rubin
Votes: 13,174
12. Blood+ (2005–2006)
TV-MA | Animation, Action, Adventure
In present day Okinawa, a young amnesiac girl named Saya combats vicious, shape-shifting vampires. Her adoptive family and friends help her track down their source and uncover her past.
Stars: Eri Kitamura, Katsuyuki Konishi, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Akiko Yajima
Votes: 4,853
13. Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
Not Rated | 48 min | Animation, Action, Horror
Saya is a Japanese vampire slayer whose next mission is in a high school on a US military base in 1960s Japan, where she poses as a student. She uses a katana/samurai sword to kill vampires.
Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo | Stars: Yûki Kudô, Saemi Nakamura, Joe Romersa, Stuart Robinson
Votes: 13,299
14. 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
TV-PG | 63 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Told in three interconnected segments, Takaki tells the story of his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Ayaka Onoue
Votes: 63,728
15. Cencoroll (2009)
25 min | Animation, Short, Action
A high school boy named Tetsu must protect his transforming pet monster Cenco when a mysterious boy comes to town looking to steal Cenco for his own purposes.
Director: Atsuya Uki | Stars: Kana Hanazawa, Ryohei Kimura, Satomi Moriya, Hiro Shimono
Votes: 739
16. Cencoroll 2 (2019)
75 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Director: Atsuya Uki | Stars: Kenji Akabane, Kana Hanazawa, Ryohei Kimura, Satomi Moriya
Votes: 161
17. Corpse Party: Tortured Souls (2013)
TV-MA | 29 min | Animation, Horror, Mystery
After performing a charm that would supposedly unite them as friends, a group of students are teleported to the mysterious Heavenly Host Elementary School where they are visited by the spirits of the school's murdered students.
Stars: Hiro Shimono, Rina Satô, Asami Imai, Hiromi Igarashi
Votes: 2,368
18. Dance in the Vampire Bund (2010)
TV-MA | Animation, Action, Drama
Vampire queen Mina Tepes comes out of hiding to offer peace between vampires and humans. Japan gives her a bund, where she goes to live with her people. However, extremist human and vampire groups do not want to coexist.
Stars: Aoi Yûki, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Eric Vale, Monica Rial
Votes: 890
19. Elfen Lied (2004)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Two university students come across a seemingly harmless girl named Lucy, unaware that she's actually a mutant serial killer with a split personality.
Stars: Sanae Kobayashi, Chihiro Suzuki, Mamiko Noto, Sam Saletta
Votes: 36,892
20. First Squad: The Moment of Truth (2009)
Not Rated | 73 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a ... See full summary »
Directors: Yoshiharu Ashino, Aljosha Klimov, Misha Shprits | Stars: Elena Chebaturkina, Mikhail Tikhonov, Damir Eldarov, Ludmila Shuvalova
Votes: 1,817
21. Tales from Earthsea (2006)
PG-13 | 115 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.
Director: Gorô Miyazaki | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Mariska Hargitay, Jun'ichi Okada
Votes: 44,170 | Gross: $0.05M
22. Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The ... See full summary »
Directors: Makoto Bessho, Kentarô Mizuno, Ken'ichi Shimizu, Keiichi Sugiyama, Kaoru Suzuki, Yukio Takahashi, Hitoshi Haga | Stars: Ryô Katsuji, Aoi Miyazaki, Yûko Kotegawa, Masaru Hamaguchi
Votes: 4,857
23. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Not Rated | 89 min | Animation, Drama, War
A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara
Votes: 310,229
24. Ninja Scroll (1993)
Not Rated | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A vagabond swordsman is aided by a kunoichi and a spy in battling a demonic clan of killers - led by a ghost from his past - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono, Osamu Saka
Votes: 40,705
25. Maid Sama! (2010–2011)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Ayuzawa Misaki serves as the student council president at Seika High. However, unbeknownst to her classmates, she works part-time as an employee at a Maid Cafe. Usui Takumi, a boy from her school, discovers this secret.
Stars: Monica Rial, David Matranga, Ayumi Fujimura, Nobuhiko Okamoto
Votes: 8,729
26. Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You (2009–2011)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Sawako's one wish in life is to make friends. That's a difficult proposition due to her resemblance to Sadako from The Ring. Her life starts to change after she befriends her classmate, Kazehaya, an easygoing guy who is nice even with her.
Stars: Mamiko Noto, Morgan Berry, Daisuke Namikawa, Yûko Sanpei
Votes: 5,294
27. Black Butler (2008–2011)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Ciel Phantomhive takes care of the many unsettling events in Victorian England. Aided by Sebastian Michaelis, his loyal butler with seemingly inhuman abilities. But is there more to this black-clad butler than meets the eye?
Stars: J. Michael Tatum, Brina Palencia, Michael C. Pizzuto, Monica Rial
Votes: 9,266
28. Lovely Complex (2007)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Risa and Otani are always being laughed at as the comedy duo. Risa, a girl, is taller than the average girl, and Otani, a boy, is shorter than the average boy. However, Risa has feelings for Otani that shocks him.
Stars: Amber Lee Connors, Howard Wang, Jacob Eiseman, Gianni Matragrano
Votes: 3,268
29. Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A creature named Kyubey offers Madoka and Sayaka a wish if they agree to become 'magical girls' and fight abstract beings called 'witches'. However, a magical girl named Homura is, for uncertain reasons, determined to stop this agreement.
Stars: Aoi Yûki, Chiwa Saitô, Emiri Kato, Cristina Valenzuela
Votes: 11,307
30. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
G | 103 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 165,400
31. Midori Days (2004)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A boy wakes up one day to find that his hand has been replaced by a miniature version of a girl who has a crush on him.
Stars: Mai Nakahara, Kishô Taniyama, Matt Caplan, Darren Pleavin
Votes: 738
32. Princess Mononoke (1997)
PG-13 | 134 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup
Votes: 433,517 | Gross: $2.38M
33. The Cat Returns (2002)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After helping a cat, a seventeen-year-old girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat Prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life.
Director: Hiroyuki Morita | Stars: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada
Votes: 64,469
34. Pandora Hearts (2009)
24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Oz Vessalius leads a wealthy and privileged life as the heir to the Vessalius estate, but things change when he is drawn into an eternal prison known as Abyss.
Stars: Junko Minagawa, Yukari Tamura, Akira Ishida, Kana Hanazawa
Votes: 864
35. Paprika (2006)
R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya
Votes: 96,805 | Gross: $0.88M
36. Pucca (2004–2017)
TV-Y7 | 6 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
The madcap antics of a feisty noodle shop delivery girl and her reluctant ninja master crush, Garu.
Stars: Judith Cabral, Tabitha St. Germain, Lee Tockar, Brian Drummond
Votes: 4,847
37. Pokémon (1997–2023)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Covering the continuing adventures of series protagonist Ash Ketchum and Pikachu, and his best friend Brock, the two meet a new coordinator named Dawn, who travels with them through Sinnoh and enters Pokemon Contests.
Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Ikue Ôtani
Votes: 47,842
38. Puni Puni Poemy (2001)
TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
This is a 2-part OAV spin off of the Japanese anime series "Excel Saga". Shinichi Watanabe returns to deliver some of the most outrageous, outlandish, series that parodies the magic girl ... See full summary »
Stars: Cynthia Martinez, Brett Weaver, Monica Rial, Luci Christian
Votes: 494
39. Sasamekikoto (2009)
24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
The story takes place in a high school. The main character,Murasame Sumika is secretly in love with her best friend,Kazama Ushio. Kazama is interested in other girls for years but they ... See full summary »
Stars: Ayahi Takagaki, Megumi Takamoto, Emiri Kato, Mitsuhiro Sakamaki
Votes: 313
40. Goodbye, Mr. Despair (2007)
24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A pessimistic high school teacher must somehow manage a class of eccentric students.
Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Asami Sanada
Votes: 1,005
41. Zoku sayonara zetsubô sensei (2008)
Animation, Comedy
The continuing adventures of the inconsolable teacher Nozomu Itoshiki and his class of insane students.
Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Asuka Tanii
Votes: 387
42. Occult Academy (2010)
Animation, Action, Comedy
The story revolves around Maya, the daughter of the former headmaster of a private Japanese academy dedicated to the study of the occult who died in 1999; and a time traveling agent Uchida,... See full summary »
Stars: Takehito Koyasu, Kana Hanazawa, Yôko Hikasa, Yû Kobayashi
Votes: 230
43. Spirited Away (2001)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi
Votes: 848,888 | Gross: $10.06M
44. Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
TV-14 | 316 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
Strange things start happening when a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with an interconnected virtual realm known as "The Wired".
Stars: Kaori Shimizu, Bridget Hoffman, Dan Lorge, Randy McPherson
Votes: 17,179
45. Blade of the Phantom Master (2004)
TV-MA | 87 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
A nameless hero in command of a secret human weapon arises from the ashes of the fallen Jushin empire to defend the people from zombies, cannibals and beasts.
Directors: Jôji Shimura, Ha Yoo | Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Park So-dam, Kim Eui-sung, Lee Young-ah
Votes: 429
46. Shugo Chara! (2007–2008)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Young girl Amu is blessed with three tiny guardian spirits and gains the power to transform and fight alongside a group of fellow students to free others' hearts from corruption.
Stars: Matthew Leonhart, Kanae Itô, Kana Asumi, Reiko Takagi
Votes: 266
47. Shugokyara!! Doki (2008– )
Animation
An elementary school girl has created a mask to hide her true self at school but one night when she wishes to be able to express her true self three guardian eggs appear.
Stars: Kana Asumi, Aki Toyosaki, Kanae Itô, Nanae Katô
Votes: 55
48.
Shugo Chara! (2007–2008)
Episode:
Shugokyara no tanjô!
(2007)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy, Family
Director: Kenji Yasuda | Stars: Kanae Itô, Kana Asumi, Reiko Takagi, Saeko Chiba
Votes: 10
49. Sword of the Stranger (2007)
Not Rated | 103 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A swordsman from a strange land is caught in a struggle between morality, righteousness, and devotion as he reluctantly agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a remote, Buddhist temple.
Director: Masahiro Andô | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Yuri Chinen, Kôichi Yamadera, Akio Ôtsuka
Votes: 18,290
50. Summer Wars (2009)
PG | 114 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A student tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ, a digital world, while pretending to be the fiancé of his friend at her grandmother's 90th birthday.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Takahiro Yokokawa
Votes: 31,772 | Gross: $0.08M
51. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
TV-PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Ayami Kakiuchi
Votes: 70,840
52. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
G | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
Votes: 380,022 | Gross: $1.11M
53. Ocean Waves (1993 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
As a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the iron-willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down.
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki | Stars: Nobuo Tobita, Toshihiko Seki, Yoko Sakamoto, Yuri Amano
Votes: 20,408
54. Vampire Knight (2008)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Yuki Cross, along with her best friend Zero, attempts to keep the peace between humans and vampires at Cross Academy, but personal issues soon threaten the situation.
Stars: Yui Horie, Mamoru Miyano, Daisuke Kishio, Jun Fukuyama
Votes: 5,780
55. Fairy Tail (2009–2019)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lucy, an aspiring Celestial Wizard, becomes a friend and ally to powerful wizards Natsu, Gray, and Erza, who are part of the (in)famous wizard guild, Fairy Tail.
Stars: Cherami Leigh, Todd Haberkorn, Tia Lynn Ballard, Tetsuya Kakihara
Votes: 28,007
56. Chi's Sweet Home (2008)
TV-G | 3 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The story follows a cute little cat named Chi and her fun family friendly adventures.
Stars: Noriko Hidaka, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Satomi Kôrogi, Etsuko Kozakura
Votes: 365
57. Gintama (2005–2021)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, an unemployed samurai finds work however he can.
Stars: Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Rie Kugimiya, Kazuya Nakai
Votes: 15,173
58. Another (2012)
TV-MA | 286 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A young man named, Koichi Sakakibara, transfers to a new school where he finds himself drawn into a mystery involving a mysterious girl and a series of gruesome deaths.
Stars: Atsushi Abe, Natsumi Takamori, Tomoaki Maeno, Monica Rial
Votes: 18,214
59. Death Note (2006–2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.
Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong, Ryô Naitô
Votes: 378,160
60. Di Gi Charat (1999–2003)
TV-PG | 6 min | Animation, Comedy
Follow Dejiko and her adventures in Gamers as she strives to become the greatest idol in the world.
Stars: Liam O'Brien, Shannon Chan-Kent, Asami Sanada, Yoshiko Kamei
Votes: 63
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