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by Mag1998 | created - 09 Jan 2020 | updated - 4 weeks ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. 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: 433,804 | Gross: $2.38M
Good action, interesting characters and story
2. Your Name. (2016)
PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yûki
Votes: 320,418 | Gross: $5.02M
Romantic, find more like this
3. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Animation, Drama
A young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption.
Directors: Taichi Ishidate, Naoko Yamada | Stars: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yûki, Kenshô Ono
Votes: 101,310
Romantic, manga was good too. Find more like this
4. The Garden of Words (2013)
TV-14 | 46 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Gou Maeda
Votes: 52,594
Romantic, find more like this
5. Akira (1988)
R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 205,273 | Gross: $0.55M
Why did I waste my time watching this??
6. 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: 63,780
Romantic, but ending without any1 getting together. Find similar with better ending?
7. Wolf Children (2012)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Drama, Family
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident while hunting for food for their children, a young woman must find ways to raise the werewolf son and daughter that she had with him while keeping their trait hidden from society.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Haru Kuroki, Yukito Nishii
Votes: 49,492
Amazing character building, not furry-ish. Find more like it. Read manga?
8. Your Lie in April (2014–2015)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A piano prodigy who lost his ability to play after suffering a traumatic event in his childhood is forced back into the spotlight by an eccentric girl with a secret of her own.
Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Risa Taneda, Ayane Sakura, Ryôta Ôsaka
Votes: 37,890
Both ended. Rewatch anime ending? Amazing and romantic but sad ending. Hold off on watching similar til not suicidal/depressed?
9. Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san (2018–2022)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
If you blush, you lose. Nishikata has been teased mercilessly by Takagi and always winds up blushing! But he vows to one day get back at her.
Stars: Rie Takahashi, Yûki Kaji, Konomi Kohara, Mao Ichimichi
Votes: 2,864
English: Teasing Master Takagi-san
ONGOING S3 SUB relasing NOW, dub should come soon! 9anime/netflix. Finished S1/S2. Manga ch 1-84 covered/read. didnt continue manga to avoid spoiling season 3.
Really cute/heart warming romance between two middle schoolers.
10. ReLIFE (2016–2018)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A young man, failing at life, is offered a new start as a 10 years younger high-school student.
Stars: Jessie James Grelle, Micah Solusod, Jeannie Tirado, Kristen McGuire
Votes: 6,451
Show and manga ended, Read last 20 manga chapters. Show was amazing and ended so happy.
11. Say "I love you" (2012–2013)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
Mei is a quiet girl, who has had no boyfriend and couldn't even make friends in 16 years. One day she accidentally injures Yamato, the most popular boy in school, and for some reason Yamato takes interest in her.
Stars: Ai Kayano, Takahiro Sakurai, David Matranga, Chris Ayres
Votes: 4,110
Show and manga ended. Finished manga (9 stars if add manga into equation).
12. Kakegurui (2017–2019)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
A gambling prodigy comes to an elite school run by games and turns the order upside down.
Stars: Saori Hayami, Tatsuya Tokutake, Miyuki Sawashiro, Minami Tanaka
Votes: 13,029
Netflix. Watched season 1 of 2. gambling is interesting but people's behavior is intense/crazy
13. Forest of Piano (2018– )
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Two different people - the son of a prostitute, and the son of a professional musician - develop a bond of friendship through their love of playing the piano.
Stars: Johnny Yong Bosch, Erika Harlacher, Kyle McCarley, Griffin Burns
Votes: 1,150
Good story, some good music too but lots of long boring piano.
14. Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea (2013–2014)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Long ago, humanity lived in the sea, but some humans longed to go to land and eventually left the sea behind.
Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Mikako Komatsu, Bryce Papenbrook, Max Mittelman
Votes: 1,407
Really cute, fun, and romantic. Unique world, amazing graphics. Wrapped up all relationships ok even if a bit vague.
15. Weathering with You (2019)
PG-13 | 112 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Set during a period of exceptionally rainy weather, high-school boy Hodaka Morishima runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orphan girl who can manipulate the weather.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Tsubasa Honda, Sakura Kiryu
Votes: 55,628 | Gross: $7.80M
Crazy good animation and graphics. Good story, but wasn't nearly as emotion or romantic as Your Name.
16. Recovery of an MMO Junkie (2017)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A stressed office worker quits her job and begins spending all her time playing an MMORPG, becoming part of a tight-knit friend group that helps her rediscover the joy of living in the real world.
Stars: Mamiko Noto, Takahiro Sakurai, Tomoaki Maeno, Yûichi Nakamura
Votes: 1,434
Possibility of a season 2, but not likely since manga was canceled due to writer's poor health. Really good story and characters both on and offline, wish they had time to focus on relationships of other characters more but for 11 episodes can't complain.
17. Toradora! (2008–2009)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Toradora tells the tale of Ryuji (dragon) and Taiga (tiger) helping each other confess to their crushes.
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Junji Majima, Yui Horie, Hirofumi Nojima
Votes: 18,853
Good, cute, and romantic. Most people took a long time to confess their love and or didn't act on their feelings tho.
18. Children of the Sea (2019)
Not Rated | 111 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A young girl is drawn into a mystery involving sealife around the world, in which two mysterious boys are somehow involved.
Director: Ayumu Watanabe | Stars: Mana Ashida, Hiiro Ishibashi, Seishû Uragami, Win Morisaki
Votes: 3,689
Animation style is a bit meh but would be fine if story was better. First half of story was good then it got really weird.
19. A Whisker Away (2020)
TV-PG | 104 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Miyo Sasaki is in love with her classmate Kento Hinode and tries repeatedly to get Kento's attention by transforming into a cat, but at some point, the boundary between herself and the cat becomes ambiguous.
Directors: Jun'ichi Satô, Tomotaka Shibayama | Stars: Mirai Shida, Natsuki Hanae, Johnny Yong Bosch, Bob Buchholz
Votes: 13,883
Really cute...the cat world was a bit weird tho
20. Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro (2021–2023)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
High schooler Hayase Nagatoro loves to spend her free time doing one thing, and that is to bully her Senpai. After Nagatoro and her friends stumble upon the aspiring artist's drawings, they... See full summary »
Stars: Sumire Uesaka, Daiki Yamashita, Kimberley Anne Campbell, Erik Scott Kimerer
Votes: 4,752
ONGOING? sub is better than dub. similar to teasing master takagi san but more sexual/better graphic style.
21. Horimiya (2021)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Two very different people - an academically successful schoolgirl and a quiet loser schoolboy - meet and develop a friendship.
Stars: Haruka Tomatsu, Kôki Uchiyama, Seiichiro Yamashita, Alejandro Saab
Votes: 14,961
Really good. Could've dug a little deeper into relationships/have more intimate moments. Characters just blushed and didn't act much on feelings. Ending wrapped up a bit suddenly. Seems to be a common ending style in anime though,
22. Scum's Wish (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
A perfect couple struggles with a secret longing each has for someone else.
Stars: Brittney Karbowski, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Molly Searcy, Aya Hisakawa
Votes: 2,437
Good, kinda twisted relationships. ended ok. a lot of people just going their own ways tho.
23. RWBY (2012– )
TV-PG | 13 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Four teenage girls form Team RWBY and train to fight crime and monsters known as the Grimm, while the world of Remnant remains on the brink of an all-out war.
Stars: Lindsay Jones, Kara Eberle, Barbara Dunkelman, Arryn Zech
Votes: 7,670
Ongoing, S10 was clearly a downgrade from the main storyline. S11 should be back to things?
24. Masamune-kun's Revenge (2017– )
TV-13 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Rejected by the gorgeous Adagaki Aki for his weight, Makabe Masamune slims down, adopts a new persona, and reemerges as an attractive teenager. His goal is to make Aki fall for him, then reject her as harshly as she did him.
Stars: Monica Rial, Jessie James Grelle, Caitlin Glass, Morgan Laure
Votes: 3,491
good, anime just never got a season 2 to finish it, going to finish manga from ch 29 to finish story. probably rated much higher when taking manga into account?
25. Sword Art Online (2012– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the year 2022, thousands of people get trapped in a new virtual MMORPG and the lone wolf player, Kirito, works to escape.
Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Bryce Papenbrook, Cherami Leigh
Votes: 52,692
Later seasons meh but early on is so good. treat them as different tv shows. still havent fully completely
26. Rent-a-Girlfriend (2020–2023)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
After being dumped by his girlfriend, a college student enlists a dating service to "rent" a girlfriend who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be both a fellow student and his neighbor.
Stars: Lizzie Freeman, Aleks Le, Shun Horie, Aoi Yûki
Votes: 8,149
watched season 1, season 2 is out but not dubbed yet
27. Komi Can't Communicate (2021–2022)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
An elite and aloof schoolgirl is in fact severely withdrawn and anxious about communicating with others. An ordinary schoolboy befriends her and helps her to open up and talk with people.
Stars: Aoi Koga, Gakuto Kajiwara, Rie Murakawa, Rina Hidaka
Votes: 9,472
still watching. may get upgrade in rating as show goes on
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