20: Kai Tsuki-Hime
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The TV anime aired in the winter of 2018.
Based on the manga by Akiko Higashimura, which was serialized in Kiss, it has been made into a movie and a drama.
Among the “nuns” who live in Tensuikkan, a retro, male-restricted apartment building where otaku girls gather, there is a woman with a taste for cross-dressing The beautiful boy, Kuranosuke Koibuchi, who is a member of the This is a story about a girl who deepens her relationship with the aspiring jellyfish lover, Tsukimi Kurashita.
It is a surrealistic comedy, but it is also full of heart-pounding elements.
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No. 19: Mischievous Kiss
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The late Kaoru Tada’s mega-hit manga that was serialized in the 1990s was made into an anime for TV in 2008.
Although the original work was written out of print, the anime is based on the conceptual notes left behind by Tada, and the story has been drawn to its conclusion.
It is a long story about a high school girl, Aihara Kotoko (Ahara Kotoko), who is a clumsy and dropout, who falls in love with Irie Naoki (Irie Naoki), a perfect guy.
At the time of the serialization, the “inferior student but cheerful is the main character” was a classic, but in the late 2000s when the anime was broadcasted, it was a relatively rare setting and was considered fresh by the younger generation.
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No. 18: The Chairman is a maid!
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It is a TV anime that was broadcasted from spring to summer 2010.
It is based on the manga by Fujiwara Hiro, which was serialized in LaLa, and the genre is a maid manga.
It is set in Seika High School where there are only a few girls and boys are dominant. The story is about student council president Misaki Ayuzawa (Ayuzawa Misaki), who overwhelms the boys with her high ability and competitive personality, but when Takumi Usui (Usui Takumi), the most popular guy in the school, finds out that she is working part-time at a maid cafe, Takumi, who was indifferent to everything, starts to show an unusual obsession with Misaki.
The content itself is very light and the anime has gained a lot of support from male viewers as well.
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No. 17: My Neighborhood Monster
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The manga was serialized in Dessert by Tarobiko-sensei and aired as a TV anime in the fall of 2012.
It was also made into a live-action movie in 2018.
It is a story about a brilliant girl, Mizutani Shizuku (Mizutani Shizuku), who has a dream of “10 million a year” and “being a lawyer just like her mother” and is considered so cold-hearted that she is called “dry ice”, but she gradually starts to open up to the extremely troubled girl sitting next to her, Yoshida Haru (Yoshida Haru).
This is a clumsy love story about two people who are treated as eccentricities by everyone around them.
No. 16: Green halide
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This is a romantic coming-of-age story that was serialized in Bessatsu Margaret by Io Sakisaka Sensei.
A TV anime was broadcast in the summer of 2014 and a live-action movie was released in the winter of that year.
The story is about a high school girl, Yoshioka Futaba, who resets her middle school years of isolation because she was not good at boys and tries to blend in with her surroundings by acting brusquely, and reunites with her first love, “Tanaka-kun”, but he has changed his last name and personality…
The title of the anime was coined from the words “Aoharu + Ride”, and it is an anime that seems to have everything about youth such as love, friends, and friendship.
No. 15: Snow White with Red Hair
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It is a TV anime that was aired in two installments in 2015-2016.
It is based on a manga by Akizuki Kota-sensei, which was initially serialized in LaLa DX and has now been transferred to LaLa main magazine.
It is a royal palace fantasy, which is rare in girls’ manga, and it is a love story of a beautiful red haired girl, Shirayuki, and Zen, a prince from another country who rescued her.
The original work is designed like a shonen manga and the fantasy world is carefully drawn, and the anime follows this point and was supported by men as well.
Of course, there are many heart-pounding scenes that are typical of shoujo manga.
No. 14: Vampire Knight.
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A dark fantasy for girls by Hino Matsuri-sensei, which had been serialized in LaLa, was made into a TV anime in 2008, which was split into two parts.
The story is set at Kuroshushi Academy, which has a normal school for students and a night school for beautiful vampires. The story follows the human vampire, Kuros Yuuki, and the guardian of the vampire hunter, Kiryu Zero, who hates vampires with a passion, and their complicated love story.
There are many handsome characters, but the main storyline and the relationships between the characters with a sense of doldrums are even more appealing.
It is no wonder that Okada Mari was responsible for the structure of the anime series.
No. 13: Jonah the Dawn
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The TV anime aired in two cool seasons from fall 2014 to winter 2015.
It is based on a manga by Kusanagi Mizuho-sensei, which is serialized in Hana to Yume and remains a signature work to this day.
It is an epic fantasy set in a fictional world based on the motif of ancient Asia, and depicts the journey of Jonah, the princess of the Gaoka Kingdom, and his friends.
Although only eight of the more than 30 volumes of the manga have been adapted into an anime, the appeal of the epic story can be fully appreciated.
No. 12: The Boyfriend-Girlfriend Situation
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Director Hideaki Anno and Gainax are famous for making the anime after Neon Genesis Evangelion.
It was broadcasted for two cool seasons between 1998 and 1999.
The original work is a romantic coming-of-age story that was serialized in LaLa by Tsuda Masami, and it is a story about masked honor student Miyazawa Yukino and Arima Soichiro, who grow up and develop romantic feelings for each other through their relationship.
The portrayal of the inner human being is more noticeable than the heart-pounding elements.
No. 11: God started.
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No. 11: Kamisama Hajimememashita is an anime adaptation of a popular manga that was serialized for a long period of time in Hana to Yume by Suzuki Julietta-sensei, the first season was broadcast in 2012 and the second season in 2015.
The genre is a fantasy comedy of high school girls and demons (ayakashi).
It is about a high school girl, Momozono Nanami (Momozono Nanami), who is struggling to collect her father’s debts, and after an encounter with a land god, she meets various gods and confronts her difficulties.
Although there is a strong romantic element, the story is popular among men because of its fast pace and easy to follow comedy style.
