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1. My Dress-Up Darling (2022)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
A quiet loner and the popular girl at school find common ground, making their cosplay dreams come true.
Stars: Hina Suguta, Shoya Ishige, AmaLee, Paul Dateh
Votes: 14,446
2. The Rising of the Shield Hero (2019– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A gamer is magically summoned into a parallel universe, where he is chosen as one of four heroes destined to save the world from its prophesied doom.
Stars: Kaito Ishikawa, Asami Seto, Rina Hidaka, Maaya Uchida
Votes: 17,326
3. Paranoia Agent (2004– )
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
Seemingly unconnected citizens of Tokyo are targeted for bludgeoning by a boy with a golden baseball bat. As detectives try to link the victims, they discover that following the assaults, the victims' lives have improved in some way.
Stars: Shôzô Îzuka, Toshihiko Seki, Mamiko Noto, Michael McConnohie
Votes: 14,355
4. Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (2019–2024)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Seventeen-year-old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters.
Stars: Yôko Hikasa, Tia Lynn Ballard, Matt Shipman, Toshinari Fukamachi
Votes: 4,146
5. Welcome to the N.H.K. (2006)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
This surreal dramedy follows Satou Tatsuhiro as he attempts to escape the evil machinations of the NHK.
Stars: Yutaka Koizumi, Yui Makino, Michael C. Pizzuto, Monica Rial
Votes: 8,001
6. Hajimete No Gal (2017)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A relationship begins between a nerd and a fashionista. Will it work out?
Stars: Shintarô Asanuma, Yuki Nagaku, Ayana Taketatsu, Eri Kitamura
Votes: 2,281
7. Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro (2021– )
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: 4,786
8. Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Office worker Kobayashi's boring life changes after she drunkenly saves a dragon. To pay her back, Tohru takes human form and becomes her maid.
Stars: Maria Naganawa, Mutsumi Tamura, Yuuki Kuwahara, Daisuke Ono
Votes: 5,249
9. My Undead Yokai Girlfriend (2024– )
16+ | 38 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A strange relationship of love and mystery is sparked between a lonely college student Tadashi who wants nothing more than to find a girlfriend, and Izzy, a Yokai girl.
Stars: Takashi Sorimachi, Sakura Kiryu, Antony, Yukiya Kitamura
Votes: 269
10. Air Doll (2009)
Unrated | 125 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A life-size blow-up doll develops a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Bae Doona, Arata Iura, Itsuji Itao, Joe Odagiri
Votes: 8,180
11. Uncle from Another World (2022–2023)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After being in a coma for 17 years, Takafumi's middle-aged uncle suddenly wakes up speaking an unrecognizable language and wielding magical powers.
Stars: Takehito Koyasu, Jun Fukuyama, Feodor Chin, Mikako Komatsu
Votes: 2,420
12. And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? (2016)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Hideki Nishimura, who plays the Legendary Age game under the pseudonym Rusian, vowed to renounce online marriages after confessing to a girl that he claimed to be a boy in real life.
Stars: Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Rina Hidaka, Inori Minase, Mao Ichimichi
Votes: 1,600
13. Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (2018–2021)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
A gaming otaku and a fujoshi reunite for the first time since middle school at work.
Stars: Arisa Date, Kento Itô, Miyuki Sawashiro, Tomokazu Sugita
Votes: 4,519
14. Gunbuster (1988–1989)
PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A young pilot, daughter of a deceased space captain, is selected to pilot a gigantic robot as a key point of Earth's defense during a space war.
Stars: Noriko Hidaka, Rei Sakuma, Norio Wakamoto, Maria Kawamura
Votes: 2,030
15. Gate (2015–2016)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A gate appears in modern-day Tokyo which allows access to a fantasy world. A Japanese military squad is formed to establish ties between both worlds.
Stars: Jun'ichi Suwabe, Nao Tôyama, Hisako Kanemoto, Risa Taneda
Votes: 4,150
16. 4 Cut Hero (2023– )
7 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After defeating the Demon King, our Hero saves the princess and rides off into the horizon to start a new life - In his dreams - Little did he know that unemployment and mediocrity awaited him.
Stars: Zhenji Huang, Banma Ma, Zhao Shuang, Xin Shan
Votes: 84
17. My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (2020–2021)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A young girl dies and is reincarnated into a video game. But when she finds out that her role is the villainess destined for doom, she takes measures to change the game and avoid that fate.
Stars: Maaya Uchida, Tetsuya Kakihara, Shouta Aoi, Miho Okasaki
Votes: 1,346
18. Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (2015–2017)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Aki,a highschool otaku work to support his game making. With remarkable luck, he bumps into Kato, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Naturally, the meeting twists his life into a complicated relationships.
Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Saori Ônishi, Kiyono Yasuno, Ai Kayano
Votes: 1,610
19. Ore no imouto ga konna ni kawaii wake ga nai (2010–2013)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Normal 17-year-old Kyosuke isn't close with his 14-year-old sister Kirino. But then her secret otaku hobby gives them a chance to reconnect.
Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, Ayana Taketatsu, Kana Hanazawa, Satomi Satô
Votes: 1,735
20. Princess Jellyfish (2010)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
An insecure young woman, obsessed with jellyfish, lives in a house full of awkward women. Meeting a stylish "princess" turns her life upside down.
Stars: Mamiko Noto, Ian Sinclair, Colleen Clinkenbeard, J. Michael Tatum
Votes: 1,031
21. Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku (2020)
114 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Two office workers, who are also fans of otaku culture, meet and develop a relationship.
Director: Yûichi Fukuda | Stars: Mitsuki Takahata, Kento Yamazaki, Nanao, Kento Kaku
Votes: 576
22. Himouto! Umaru-chan (2015–2017)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy
In public, Umaru is the perfect vision of a beautiful and smart high school girl. At home, she morphs into the ultimate slob with the ability to game all night and binge on junk food and cola. Can her big brother, Taihei, change her?
Stars: Sara Ornelas, Jad Saxton, Emily Neves, Christina Marie Kelly
Votes: 1,850
23. Eromanga Sensei (2017)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A young writer who works with an anonymous artist discovers that the artist is his little sister.
Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Akane Fujita, Minami Takahashi, Kana Hanazawa
Votes: 1,648
24. WataMote: No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular! (2013)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Kuroki Tomoko is a super popular female schoolgirl, with 50 years experience in dating and more than 100 boys - but just in the dating video games. In real life is a closed and shy person ... See full summary »
Stars: Izumi Kitta, Ayaka Asai, Monica Rial, Yûko Kurose
Votes: 2,459
25. Outbreak Company (2013)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Otaku Shinichi, has been sent as an ambassador to a parallel world, where what we believed to be only fantasy is reality.
Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Maaya Uchida, Juliet Simmons, Kira Vincent-Davis
Votes: 718
26. Princess Jellyfish (2014)
126 min | Comedy, Romance
A cross-dressing rich heir meets a jellyfish geek in an incident that comes to turn the lives of her and her several roommates inside out.
Director: Taisuke Kawamura | Stars: Non, Masaki Suda, Hiroki Hasegawa, Chizuru Ikewaki
Votes: 398
27. Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger (2012–2013)
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Comedy
In a world where delusions become reality, three strange heroes must battle the evil Malshina, protect the world of Super Sentai, keep the show from being cancelled, and most importantly, become an official Sentai team.
Stars: Masato Wada, Karin Ogino, Maaya Uchida, Kozue Aikawa
Votes: 139
28. Knight's & Magic (2017–2018)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
Ernesti, a programmer and mecha fan in his previous life, is reincarnated in a fantasy world where he sets out to pilot a humanoid weapon.
Stars: Rie Takahashi, Shinsuke Sugawara, Ayaka Ohashi, Sayaka Senbongi
Votes: 1,239
29. Otaku Elf (2023)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
For more than four hundred years, the Takamimi Shrine has stood in Tokyo, enshrining the local goddess: Elda, a magical elf summoned from another world. The immortal elf has been served for... See full summary »
Stars: Yuka Ozaki, Ami Koshimizu, Hitomi Sekine, Haruka Aikawa
Votes: 159
30. Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister! (2023)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy
When a lazy, erotic-game loving Otaku is transformed into a girl by his younger scientist sister's experiments, he becomes determined to change back, only to recognize that with his new opportunity, he may want to turn his life around.
Stars: Marika Kôno, Kaori Ishihara, Hisako Kanemoto, Minami Tsuda
Votes: 524
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: 742
32. Hope You Die Next Time:-) (2018)
96 min | Drama, Thriller
Eszter has a crush on her english teacher, but he announces that he will leave the county for a foreign job. So she starts a sexting relationship with him.
Director: Mihály Schwechtje | Stars: Kristóf Vajda, Szilvia Herr, Csaba Polgár, Dávid Rácz
Votes: 2,526
33. Kamome shokudô (2006)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
Where are we welcome? On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, ... See full summary »
Director: Naoko Ogigami | Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Hairi Katagiri, Masako Motai, Jarkko Niemi
Votes: 2,728
34. Yowamushi Pedal (2013– )
23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Onoda is a cheerful otaku looking to join his new school's anime club, eager to finally make some friends. Unfortunately, the club has been disbanded and somehow he stumbled into the bicycle club.
Stars: Daiki Yamashita, Kôsuke Toriumi, Jun Fukushima, Ayaka Suwa
Votes: 1,013
35. Lucky Star (2007–2008)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Comedy
Having fun at school, doing homework together, cooking and eating, playing video games, watching anime. All these little things make up the daily life of anime and chocolate lover Izumi Konata and her friends.
Stars: Aya Hirano, Emiri Kato, Kaori Fukuhara, Aya Endô
Votes: 2,478
36. Corpse Princess: Kuro (2009)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Stars: J. Michael Tatum, Luci Christian, Aaron Dismuke, Stephen Hoff
Votes: 301
37. Wasteful Days of High School Girls (2019)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
They say youth is wasted on the young, and that's especially true for Tanaka, Sakuchi and Saginomiya, whose shenanigans are the stuff of legend. They're young, ridiculous and they're ready to waste away their days as high school girls.
Stars: Chinatsu Akasaki, Haruka Tomatsu, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Aki Toyosaki
Votes: 340
38. Wataten! An Angel Flew Down to Me (2019)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy
Miyako is a shy college student who is also an otaku. One day she happens to meet some angelic grade school kids. When Miyako sees her little sister's new friend Hana-chan, Miyako's heart ... See full summary »
Stars: Maria Sashide, Rika Nagae, Akari Kitô, Reina Ueda
Votes: 390
39. We Without Wings: Under the Innocent Sky (2011)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
In the big city of Yanagihara, the masses of people and buildings make it a bustling place to exist, and yet, people will meet and fall in love here in this city.
Stars: Brandon Potter, Felecia Angelle, Jason Liebrecht, Ricco Fajardo
Votes: 106
40. Maid-Droid (2008)
65 min | Drama
Mr. Ueno, retired, lives alone; he talks to Maria, a maid-droid his parents brought from their factory decades ago. Maria became Ueno's companion after his parents' deaths, and now her ... See full summary »
Director: Naoyuki Tomomatsu | Stars: Abo, Hiroshi Fujita, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Masayoshi Nogami
Votes: 222
41. Video Girl Ai (1992)
Not Rated | 174 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
After a crushing rejection, the heartbroken Youta Moteuchi trudges home. On his way, a dimly lit video store catches his eye, and he ends up purchasing a "video girl" tape meant to ease the... See full summary »
Stars: Sam Vincent, Jennifer Copping, Brad Swaile, Megumi Hayashibara
Votes: 740
42. 2.5-jigen no Ririsa (2024– )
Animation, Comedy, Romance | Filming
Lilysa joins a cosplay club, convincing Okumura to become her photographer. Her favorite manga character inspires her cosplay, including fetish-inspired outfits.
Stars: Junya Enoki, Akari Kitô, Kaori Maeda, Aya Yamane
43. Train Man (2005–2006)
45 min | Comedy, Drama
With the help of an online community, a nerdy and socially awkward man gathers the courage to start dating an attractive lady he met on a train.
Stars: Misaki Itô, Atsushi Itô, Miho Shiraishi, Risa Sudou
Votes: 1,199
44. This Art Club Has a Problem! (2016)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
An ordinary arts club at an ordinary middle school, Tsukimori Middle School. One member, Uchimaki Subaru, wastes his abundant talent trying to draw his perfect 2D waifu. Another, Usami ... See full summary »
Stars: Ari Ozawa, Yûsuke Kobayashi, Kentarô Tone, Sumire Uesaka
Votes: 455
45. Outburst Dreamer Boys (2019)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy
Mizuki Hijiri kisses her quiet high school life goodbye when she meets the "chunibyo" boys of her high school's Hero Club.
Stars: Daiki Yamashita, Junya Enoki, Hideaki Kabumoto, Shugo Nakamura
Votes: 62
46. Akiba's Trip the Animation (2017)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation
Otaku siblings Tamotsu and Niwaka Denkigai are shopping in Akihabara when it is overrun by vampiric cosplaying monsters! These creatures, known as "Bugged Ones," can possess anyone they ... See full summary »
Stars: Haruki Ishiya, Rie Takahashi, Yuki Nagaku, Marika Kôno
Votes: 233
47. Densha otoko (2005)
101 min | Comedy, Romance
The supposedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervenes when a drunk man is harassing several women on a train. The otaku ultimately begins dating one of the women, ... See full summary »
Director: Shôsuke Murakami | Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Miki Nakatani, Ryôko Kuninaka, Eita Nagayama
Votes: 2,431
48. Nuigulumar Z (2013)
101 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A gothic lolita merges with a samurai teddy bear to fight zombies and save the world.
Director: Noboru Iguchi | Stars: Shôko Nakagawa, Rina Takeda, Mao Ichimichi, Hiroshi Neko
Votes: 138
49. Otaku no video (1991)
50 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A half animated/half live-action mockumentary about the world of Japanese geekdom.
Stars: Yuri Amano, Toshiharu Sakurai, Kôji Tsujitani, Shôji Murahama
Votes: 653
50. I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying (2014–2015)
3 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
When a normal beautiful woman and a geek get married, how could both lead their life normally like everyone else anymore?
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Yukari Tamura, Kaori Shimizu
Votes: 884