That to Anime romance, at times, is the best kind of romance. Today, look at the list of best romance anime of all time. The list has been made by considering the anime with many romantic elements. This will aid in creating a different viewing experience for the hardcore and weekend days fans alike.
50. Otonari ni Ginga (A Galaxy Next Door)
- Director: Ryûichi Kimura, Jonathan Rigg
- Writer: Gido Amagakure, Ichikawa Gigaemon
- Cast: Taku Yashiro, Yu Wakui, Rina Endo, Maria Naganawa
- IMDb Rating: 6.7
Otonari ni Ginga, often known as A Galaxy Next Door, is one of the funniest anime series that many anime fans will enjoy watching.
Ichiro Kuga, a struggling manga artist who has taken on the taskStoryaring for his younger siblings since his father’s death, is the main focus of the anime series plot.
With the arrival of Shoiri Goshiki, a new assistant and attractive woman, his life takes on a new twist due to his troubles.
49. Tamako Market And Tamako Love Story
- Director: Naoko Yamada
- Writer: Reiko Yoshida
- Cast: Aya Suzaki (Japanese), Margaret McDonald (English), Atsushi Tamaru (Japanese), Clint Bickham (English).
- IMDb Rating: 7.0
Tamako Market, a show that became popular because of its romantic sequel, Tamako Love Story. The sequel premiered in Japan on April 26, 2014.
This beautiful story is about two friends communicating across their bedrooms with the cup and string system. Isn’t this cute?
Tamako Love Story’s sequel pulls all the characters from the market and puts them in a different setting.
The main characters include Tamako Kitashirakawa, the protagonist of the show. She helps her family run a mochi shop and invent new mochi. Mochizō Ōji is Tamako’s childhood friend. His family also runs a mochi shop.
They live across the road, and since their bedroom windows face each other, they talk with the cup and string technique. This is a cute anime television series followed by a sequel movie called Tamako Love Story. Will the family wars overpower their love?
48. Kubo-san wa Mobu o Yurusanai (KubStWon’t Let Me Be Invisible)
- Director: Kazuomi Koga
- Writer: Nene Yukimori, Yuya Takahashi
- Cast: Kana Hanazawa, Kengo Kawanishi
- IMDb Rating: 7.0
The main character of Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible, or Kubo-san wa Mobu o Yurusanai in Japanese, is Junta. Junta looks to be the Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible’s high school student protagonist and a fundamental NPC energy.
47. Shiro Seijo to Kuro Bokushi (Saint Cecilia And Pastor Lawrence)
- Director: Sumie Noro
- Writer: Yuka Yamada
- Cast: Erin Nicole Lundquist, Kent Williams, Katelyn Barr, Joshua Bangle, Hannah Alyea
- IMDb Rating: 7.1
Saint Cecilia And Pastor Lawrence or Shiro Seijo to Kuro Bokushi is among the latest released anime series, which just made its way to fire back in April this year. The romance anime became a great hit after its release, thanks to its fantastic plotline filled with romance and twists.
46. Sukitte Ii Na Yo. (Say “I Love You”)
- Director: ToshiStoryKuroyanagi, Takuya Satō.
- Writer: Takuya Satō
- CastStoryKayano (Japanese); Caitlynn French (English); Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese); Leraldo Anzaldua (English); Risa Taneda (Japanese); Monica Rial (English).
- IMDb Rating: 7.3
Sukitte Ii Na Yo (also known as Say “I Love You”) is an anime series adapted from a manga written by Kanae Hazuki. Mei is an awkward, shy girl with no friends; Yamato is a popular, appealing, and laid-back guy with friends all around. The series blends into the side of romance and suspense, aStoryosed to pure rom-com, because of the story involved.
The two are poles apart but somehow end up in each other’s ways, confirming that they attract opposites.
Sukitte Ii na yo is a shining rock and is one of those unique old shoujo that is appealing to the viewers in the drama category. The series is one to get a taste of because of the way it portrays itself. Will the opposites attract for long or lose the poles they are on?
45. Romeo x Juliet
- Director: Fumitoshi Oizaki
- Writer: Reiko Yoshida
- Cast: Fumie Mizusawa (Japanese), Brina Palencia (English), Takahiro Mizushima (Japanese), Chris Burnett (English).
- IMDb Rating: 7.3
Although it is one of the loosely based shows in the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, the romance and agony are still intense. Check out this one if you enjoy anime reworkings of classical works and are a romance fan since it contains many delightful and romantic scenes.
The classic story with an anime is worth watching.
The story is based on the floating continent of Neo Verona, where the Montague family butchers the entirety of the Capulet family and takes command of the kingdom. Will the anime deliver a Shakespearean play uniquely? Only one way to Story
44. Kokoro Connect
- Director: Shin Ōnuma, Shinya Kawatsura.
- Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
- Cast: Takahiro Mizushima (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English), Aki Toyosaki (Japanese), Monica Rial (English).
- IMDb Rating: 7.4
This anime tells the story of five Cultural Research Club members switching their bodies out of nowhere and having no information.
In the quest to find the reason for this supernatural phenomenon, they realize it is hard to keep their inner feelings a secret when their bodies are swapped.
With a slow beginning but an extraordinary story development, the show has become everyone’s favorite. The characters are the soul of the show. The story builds up just for the massive climax of episode five.
However, the show’s initial 13 episodes don’t comprise the whole story; the OVAs (episodes 14-17) contain the show’s ending.
As the OVAs are a bit harder to find, many don’t watch it, but watch the show and enjoy it, as you know. Bodies switching would cause so much confusion.
43. Shiro Seijo to Kuro Bokushi (The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten)
- Director: Ken’ichi Imaizumi
- Writer: Keiichirô Ôchi
- Cast: Haruka Shiraishi, Taku Yashiro, Manaka Iwami
- IMDb Rating: 7.4
Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni itsu no ma ni ka dame-ningen ni sareteita ken or The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten takes you on the journey of how a warm friendship turns out to the start of a relationship.
According to the plot, Fujimiya runs into Shiina, a well-liked neighbor who is also quite lovely and is well admired by her neighbors.
When Fujimiya saw his crush soaked in the rain one day, he offered her his umbrella, but as a result, he got the flu. As a result, Shinna decided to take care of Fujimiya, which started their friendship and led to it developing into something more.
42. Koori Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Douryou Joshi (The Ice Guy And His Cool Female Colleague)
- Director: Mankyu
- Writer: Audrey Drake Rigg, Tomoko Konparu
- Cast: Yui Ishikawa, Chiaki Kobayashi, Yumi Uchiyama
- IMDb Rating: 6.7
Koori Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Douryou Joshi or The Ice Guy And His Cool Female Colleague by Mankyu was released this year. With its fantastic plotline, the anime has been going amazing and receiving tremendous support from the audience.
Himuro, a character in the novel who seems to be a kind guy in the title, has some fantastic, weird abilities that allow him to form as icy snow whenever he is feeling down.
His coworker Fuyutsuki has always supported him in finding a solution to his complex problems.
41. Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War
- Director: Shinichi Omata
- Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
- Cast: Aoi Koga (Japanese), Alexis Tipton (English), Makoto Furukawa (Japanese), Aaron Dismuke (English).
- IMDb Rating: 7.5
This comedy-romantic anime is the funniest anime ever to exist precisely because of its loud humor that sticks in the viewers’ memory.
Excellent dialogues delivered by fantastic characters always hold the audience’s attention. The story follows two student council members at the prestigious Shuhchiin Academy in Japan.
Miyuki Shirogane, the student council president, and Kaguya Shinomiya, the Vice President, have significant crushes on each other.
Both of them trying to express their love is something to look up to. But won’t express their feelings for one another because of the heights of pride. Will they be able to overcome their pride truly?
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40. Ore Monogatari!! (My Love Story!!)
- Director: Morio Asaka
- Writer: Natsuko Takahashi
- Cast: Takuya Eguchi, Ren Katou (young) (Japanese); Andrew Love, Luci Christian (young) (English); Megumi Han (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English).
- IMDb Rating: 7.5
Ore Monogatari!!, also known as My Love Story, is genuinely what its title says. It’s a love story between two key characters, Takeo and Yamato. And they seem like a mismatch at first glance. At the same time, there is nothing similar between the two.
Takeo looks like a professional sumo wrestler, with a massive height of 7 feet.
This anime takes a different approach to the genre of romance anime by placing a child as the main protagonist.
At the same time, Yamato is portrayed as a weak schoolgirl. However, the show is not about appearances since fate binds them in this love story in ways that offer significant significance to the word ‘love.’
Takeo Gouda is massive, daunting, and terrifying, yet he does have a heart of gold. He may be totally unlike the ordinary shoujo boys, but he’s kinder and more romantic than most, making his love story something to focus on.
The anime plot takes place in a high school where Takeo Goda falls in love with his best friend, who is not as good with girls as every girl he likes.
But one day, he saves a girl who falls in love with him. Will they love each other till the end, or will his best friend make an entrance here, too?
39. Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru (My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999)
- Director: Morio Asaka, Aya Kobayashi, Asami Kawano, Chihiro Kumano
- Writer: Mashiro, Yasuhiro Nakanishi
- Cast: Inori Minase, Koki Uchiyama, Ai Kakuma, Saori Onishi
- IMDb Rating: 7.6
My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999, titled Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru, is another love story with unique plot elements.
The novel’s protagonist is Kinoshita, who experienced a breakup with her partner and used to complain to Yamada, a fellow gamer she had never seen in person.
Yamada is a professional gamer, and when Kinoshita first enters the gaming world and hears his voice, they both begin to develop feelings for one another.
38. Tomo-chan Is A Girl!
- Director: Hitoshi Nanba, Makoto Sokuza, Takurô Tsukada, Ken Andô
- Writer: Megumi Shimizu, Fumita Yanagida
- Cast: Rie Takahashi, Kaito Ishikawa, Rina Hidaka
- IMDb Rating: 7.6
This anime film is all about a friendship developing into a relationship. However, this is one stage when you should choose this new anime film if you can’t get the guys to talk to the other person about your feelings.
The plot of this new film is based on the valid account of a young woman named Tomo who had feelings for her childhood friend Jun.
On the other hand, Romo has been friend-zoned since they were kids. Even Tomo attempted to express her emotions to him, but it didn’t go well.
37. Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Liselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san
- Director: Hitoshi Nanba, Makoto Sokuza, Takurô Tsukada, Ken Andô
- Writer: Megumi Shimizu, Fumita Yanagida
- Cast: Rie Takahashi, Kaito Ishikawa, Rina Hidaka
- IMDb Rating: 7.6
Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Liselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san is among the latest released anime series.
The plot centers on the otome game that two anime characters named End and Kobayashi played, which led to them meeting and speaking with Prince Siegwald. Lieselotte might wind up in a catastrophic death trap in the game. Therefore, the dual school character also tries to save her.
36. Junjou Romantica: Pure Romance
- Director: Chiaki Kon
- Writer: Shungiku Nakamura
- Cast: Takahiro Sakurai, Hikaru Hanada and Rina Sato, Kōsuke Toriumi.
- IMDb Rating: 7.6
Misaki Takahashi, who is studying for his university entrance tests, is an average high school student. He accepts the assistance of his mature brother’s best friend and famous writer, Akihiko Usami, to alleviate the tension of learning, or so he hopes.
Masaki is nearly going to find out that the books of Usami are of a very naughty genre.
Junjou Romantica also follows the tale of two other couples closely aligned with the “Romantica” of Masaki and Usami. Will their love story be able to reach prosperity?
35. Sword Art Online
- Director: Tomohiko Ito
- Writer: Reiki Kawahara
- Cast: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Japanese); Bryce Papenbrook (English); Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Japanese); Bryce Papenbrook (English).
- IMDb Rating: 7.6
The only futuristic show on the list is Sword Art Online. The show is set in 2022, when virtual reality has improved by miles, and there is hype about a new chart-buster online role-playing game called Sword Art. The players can control their characters with nothing but their thoughts.
Kazuto Kirigaya, also called Kirito, is one of the few people to lay hands on the new game. He enters the game to find a medieval setting with vintage weapons and gruesome monsters. The plot becomes interesting once the player discovers they cannot escape the game (log out).
The show’s second season is also out and is considered even better than the first one. The game’s creator has tricked the players into staying in the game until they complete all the 100 levels.
Asuna Yuuki and Suguha Kirigaya are in the show’s main cast. How the play turns in events into building into a romantic is worth watching.
However, the show’s first and second seasons keep the viewers on the edge of their seats. Will you be able to hold up the sword?
34. Kareshi Kanojo No Jijou (His And Her Circumstances)
- Director: Hideaki Anno, Hiroki Sato (#16–26).
- Writer: Hideaki Anno (#1–18, 20–23, 26), Hiroyuki Imaishi(#19).
- Cast: Atsuko Enomoto in Japanese, Veronica Taylor in English, Yuki Watanabe in Japanese, and Jessica Calvello in English.
- IMDb Rating: 7.6
The anime has the evergreen Evangelion feel to it. Yukino Miyazawa is the protagonist, the most stylish girl among the beginners in her high school.
All admire her as she is tops in both academics and sports. Everyone looks up to her. In reality, she wants to be the center of attention every moment.
Here enters Soichiro Arima, the male representative of the class, and guess what? He’s even more perfect than her.
The rivalry and tightness between the two is something the viewers enjoy watching. The exams are the show’s turning point as Yukino gets the top scores, beating Soichiro.
To her amazement, he congratulates her and confesses his love for Yukino. What will her reaction be? Will it all be turned upside down? How things turn around is something entertainingStoryatch for all ages.
33. Kaichou Wa Meido-Sama!
- Director: Hiroaki Sakurai
- Writer: Mamiko Ikeda
- Cast: Ayumi Fujimura, Monica Rial, Nobuhiko Okamoto, David Matranga.
- IMDb Rating: 7.6
Known for being strict and bitter, Misaki, the main character, is the class president. She has a very dark secret inside her; she works part-time in a cafe dressed as a maid.
That’s until Takumi, the most popular guy at school, figures her out. Misaki must do her best to prevent the boy from spreading her secret.
But as both of them look through one another for more than just their outer layers, what begins as something to save her secret gradually develops into something just the opposite. Kaichou Wa Maid-Sama!
It’s different from everyday romance, which makes the viewers love it. Kaichou doesn’t have the touch of physical love.
Even then, it holds the viewer’s hearts perfectly, so they can’t stop watching. Will they be able to accept each other with all of their flaws?
32. Ao Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride)
- Director: Yoshimura Ai
- Writer: Io Sakisaka
- Cast: Yûki Kaji, Ai Kayano, Tsubasa Honda.
- IMDb Rating: 7.6
Ao Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride) is a romantic anime movie about a girl named Futaba Yoshioka who was very pretty and popular in middle school. The guys in the school liked her, but the girls seemed unfriendly towards her.
But it didn’t matter to her much because she only wanted the attention of a boy named Kou Tanka, who was in her class. He had a very innocent and shy personality.
Now, our girl Futuba finally plans to meet with Kou, but Kou disappears suddenly, and Futuba is again left alone without any friends.
When Futuba enters high school, she changes her personality from girly to tomboyish and becomes the class favorite.
Everything is going smoothly in Futuba’s life until her middle school crush returns with a different name, “Kou Mabuchi,” and her life is turned upside down. Will Futuba set her love angle with this new version of Kou, or does life have different plans for her?
31. 5 Centimeters Per Second
- Director: Makoto Shinkai
- Writer: Makoto Shinkai
- Cast: Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Ayaka Onoue.
- IMDb Rating: 7.6
5 Centimeters Per Second is a lovely complex story between two classmates named Takaki and Akari, who have been in elementary school.
Now the time comes when Akari’s family has to move away to another place due to the parent’s work, and the plans of these friends to go to middle school also with each other end.
When Akari moves away, they both stay in contact by sending emails to each other, but as time passes, everything starts pulling them apart, and it seems impossible to them that they will ever be able to meet again. Will Akari and Takaki be able to continue this friendship and meet again?
30. The Quintessential Quintuplets
- Director: Satoshi Kuwahara
- Writer: Negi Haruba
- Cast: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Kana Hanazawa, Ayana Taketatsu, Miku Itou.
- IMDb Rating: 7.7
The QuintStory’sal Quintuplets is an anime series where a boy named Futaro Uesugi, who is in high school, is brilliant and good at studying. However, his family conditions are not suitable as his mother passed away, and he also has an immense amount of debt on his head incurred by his father.
Now, as all this is happening, his life takes a turn when a wealthy family recruits him as a tutor to teach five identical sisters with different personalities.
The quintuplet sisters have shallow grades with minimal interest in studies, and some are even against studying with Futaro. Will Furato be able to showcase his talents and grow bonds with the sisters or not?
29. Karakai Jouzu No Takagi-San
- Director: Akagi, Hiroaki
- Writer: Maxime Hoareau
- Cast: Rie Takahashi, Yûki Kaji, Konomi Kohara, Mao Ichimichi.
- IMDb Rating: 7.7
Karakai Jouzu No Takagi-San is a romantic comedy anime where Nishikata’s classmate Takagi, who knows him inside out, loves to tease him daily. She fully knows his behavior and reactions; therefore, she knows how he will react and blush to her teasing. Even though Nishikata tries to return to her, he loses his way out.
Even after all this, there is a vow that one day, he will make Takagi blush due to the embarrassment caused by his teasing.
Will he be successful in doing so, or will something different come out of his vow? We will still know once we watch this romantic anime.
28. Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (Emma: A Victorian Romance)
- Director: Tsuneo Kobayashi
- Writer: Mamiko Ikeda
- Cast: Yumi Tōma (Japanese); Eileen Montgomery (English); Tokuyoshi Kawashima (Japanese); Ted Lewis (English); Taeko Nakanishi (Japanese); Erica Schroeder (English).
- IMDb Rating: 7.7
Emma- A Victorian Romance is a series about an aristocracy member, William Jones. William’s family goes all out to make him fall out of love, but it comes off like Romeo & Juliet. Unfortunately, he finds his heart in the hands of a maid.
The story continues with the stories they face because of the tension between the two groups.
Of course, William and Emma have a core character that motivates them when things get tough. The show is a classic romance that managed to make itself different from the clichés that were already there in traditional anime.
The series is set in 19th-century Victorian London and appears genuinely authentic. The viewers will have a great time watching the stories of tan and brown on their screens. Will she be able to handle all the hardships in the way?
27. Kimi Ni Todoke (From Me To You)
- Director: Hiro Kaburaki
- Writer: Tomoko Konparu
- Cast: Mamiko Noto, Daisuke Namikawa, Miyuki Sawashiro.
- IMDb Rating: 7.8
Very rarely does a series crack the mold its genre has cast for it, and far more rarely does it set itself apart from all the others.
That’s the case with Kimi Ni Todoke. It takes all the classic shoujo romance stereotyping and plotting devices and turns them on its head, leaving us with a thoroughly satisfying and revolutionary romance.
The feelings and circumstances that have been introduced to us in this anime are accurate and robust but not in an overly dramatic way.
Nobody has a torturous family life, a traumatic history, or another circumstance, constantly forced to construct a drama that excellent characters and storytelling could best do.
The concepts are plain, slow, and full of the requisite blushes and aw-shucks moments. Like its gentle artwork and color palette, Kimi ni Todoke is the kind of show you’ll sit back and relax, ignoring all the problems of your day.
The plot takes place at a high school where a 15-year-old, Sawako Kuronuma, is made fun of because of the ring-like appearance she carries.
Soon, it’s seen that it is as sweet as a pie. The popular kid starts talking to her, and a new world opens for her. Will she be able to express her true self without being shy with the support she gets?
26. Akagami No Shirayuki-Hime (Snow White with the Red Hair)
- Director: Masahiro Ando
- Writer: Deko Akao
- Cast: Saori Hayami, Brina Palencia (English), Ryōta Ōsaka (Japanese); Josh Grelle (English), Yūichirō Umehara (Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English), Kaori Nazuka (Japanese); Jamie Marchi (English), Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese); Austin Tindle (English).
- IMDb Rating: 7.8
The series is adapted from the manga that Sorata Akizuki wrote and illustrated. The manga sheds light on a youthful lady named Shirayuki. She is born with her red hair trademark that catches the attention of almost everyone she encounters.
Unfortunately, this brings the attention of Raji, a prince who wishes to marry Shirayuki. At the same time, she tries to flee from the country.
If the viewers are looking for a sweet and heartwarming love plot, they should look no further. That is precisely the romance between Shirayuki, a practitioner of herbalism with unique hair color, and Zen, another prince of the Kingdom of the Clarines.
There is no needless bickering or drama; the story’s flow and the characters’ interaction are smooth and calming. Will she flee from her problems to reach a peaceful place or person?
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25. ReLife
- Director: Satoru Kosaka
- Writer: Michiko Yokote, Kazuho Hyōdō.
- Cast: Taishi Nakagawa, Yuna Taira, Yudai Chiba, Elaiza Ikeda.
- IMDb Rating: 7.9
ReLife is one of the anime shows where a boy named Arata Kaizaki, who is 27 years old, is spending his life quitting one company for another.
He feels like a loser with no hope until he meets Ryou Yoake, an employee in a research institute known as ReLife. Noe Arata offers him a pill and tells him that this will make his life different.
Arata takes the pill in one go and finds himself a 17-year-old as he wakes up the other day. In all this, Arata finds out that he was chosen as a subject for an experiment that is going on.
As he has to return to high school and work towards his ways, Will Arata be able to change his life for good directly as he gets a second chance at it, or will he make the same mistakes again and follow the same miserable life?
24. My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU
- Director : Ai Yoshimura, Kei Oikawa, etc.
- Writer: Joe Daniels · Shelley Calene-Black, etc.
- Cast: Cat Thomas, Melissa Molano, Takuya Eguchi, Saori Hayami.
- IMDb Rating: 7.9
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU is a romantic anime series portraying the story of a boy named Hikigaya Hachiman who does not socialize with people and has a very rough view of life. He does not even have any friends or girlfriends.
Now, his life takes a turn when his teacher forces him to join a “Volunteer Service Club” forcefully. What and who happened in the life of Hikigaya through this club that his life will never be the same again?
23. Whisper Of The Hearts
- Director: Yoshifumi Kondô
- Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast: Yoko Honna, Issey Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi.
- IMDb Rating: 7.9
Whisper Of The Hearts is a great romance anime portraying the story of a girl named Shizuku, who is in her teens and loves to read books and write stories.
Now, one fine day in the library, she sees a boy named ‘Seiji Amasawa’ checking out all the same books as her, which makes her suspicious about him. As the film goes on, she meets her ‘prince of books’ and gets fond of this boy.
To her surprise, this boy already liked her and had been reading those books to take place in her life.
The story gets interesting when Seiji makes Shizuku wonder about her life plans, as she realizes that she has not given much thought to her goals and has made no clear path for her.
After pondering this, she decides to write a story, knowing her strength lies in her passion for getting clear about her talent. Will Shizuku be able to prove her skills and find her life path in writing or not?
22. Inuyasha
- Director: Masashi Ikeda (#1–44), Yasunao Aoki (#45–167).
- Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
- Cast: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kōji Tsujitani, Houko Kuwashima.
- IMDb Rating: 7.9
Inuyasha follows Kagome Higurashi, a fifteen-year-old girl whose usual life ends when a beast takes her into a doomed well on the grounds of her family’s Shinto shrine based on the Shogakukan award-winning manga.
Instead of reaching the bottom of the well during Japan’s violent Sengoku period, Kagome ended up 500 years in the past with the real target of the devil.
A jewel called the Shikon Jewel, which gives you what you desire, is reborn inside her.
Kagome has the aid of a newborn hybrid dog-demon/human named Inuyasha after a confrontation with a resurrected demon that unintentionally causes the sacred jewel to shatter to help her retrieve the pieces and keep them from getting into the wrong hands.
But later on, they realize there is more to them than being travel companions. This anime is one of many must-watch shows on the list. Will she be able to handle all the evil by herself?
21. Kimi wa Hokago Insomnia (Insomniacs After School)
- Director: Yuki Ikeda
- Writer: Rintarou Ikeda, Makoto Ojiro
- Cast: Gen Sato, Konomi Tamura, Seiichiro Yamashita, Lynn, Natsumi Fujiwara
- IMDb Rating: 7.9
Known as Insomniacs After School, Hokago Kimi One well-known anime film that explores the most elusive friendship tie between two buddies is Insomnia.
The movie’s two prominent animation actors, Ganta and Isaki, are two young students with problems falling asleep. However, as they were both dealing with the same issues, they were able to connect instantly and decided that the abandoned observatory at the school would be the best place for them to rest.
20. Boku no kokoro no yabai yatsu (The Dangers in My Heart)
- Director: Hiroaki Akagi
- Writer: Jukki Hanada, Norio Sakurai
- Cast: Shun Horie, Hina Yomiya, Megumi Han, Ayaka Asai
- IMDb Rating: 7.9
The Dangers in My Heart, a.k.a Boku no kokoro no yabai yatsu, is an anime about romance and is among the best. The plot centers on the relationship between the two main characters, Kyotaro and Anna, a popular classmate.
His thoughts are constantly racing with murderous fantasies, and he spends most of his time reading books on human anatomy in the school library. However, he meets Anna at this moment and develops feelings for her.
19. Hachimitsu To Clover (Honey And Clover)
- Director: Ken’ichi Kasai
- Writer: Yōsuke Kuroda
- Cast: Hiroshi Kamiya, Yuri Lowenthal, Haruka Kudō, Heather Halley.
- IMDb Rating: 8.0
Nearly all about Honey and Clover is special and great. Each episode is an exciting and emotional take on the specific lives of the six main characters, from the scary OP to the moving ending narration. There is no rush so that the conventional young male viewers would ignore this series.
But the insightful comedy and very nuanced tricky character progression that dominates the show will please most adult fans who are sick of edgy and wicked anime.
It is sometimes quite similar to American soapies, but believe it or not, any love triangle storylines are obsolete by Honey and Clover.
This rom-com anime tells us about the cute Hanamoto Hagumi, who interrupts the lives of three poor college students when she suddenly comes into their lives. The students get blown away by her charm, and the battle for who gets her first begins. Will you be able to handle all the heat?
18. Toradora!
- Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
- Writer: Mari Okada
- Cast: Junji Majima, Erik Scott Kimerer, Rie Kugimiya, Cassandra Lee Morris.
- IMDb Rating: 8.0
The Romance genre has always been an untiring watch for the viewers. Aisaka Taiga is the central female character of the show. The other protagonist is Ryuuji Takasu, who is a high school student.
He has a childish nature but has often been termed a delinquent due to his stern face. It’s a good thing to feel this stuff from time to time.
Toradora is a unique love story that reveals what it’s like to fall in love with someone you’ve never dreamed of falling in love with. It captivates us to recall what the romance series is meant to be. Will it break you into tears?
17. Kamisama Kiss
- Director: Akitaro Daichi
- Writer: Julietta Suzuki
- Cast: Tomoe, Kurama, Mizuki, Numa-no-Himemiko, Nanami Momozono, Ryūō-Sukuna.
- IMDb Rating: 8.1
Kamisama Kiss is the story of a young girl named Nanami Momozono whose father has a gambling problem, so she comes into debt and is thrown out of her own house.
Despite everything in her life, she still has a kind heart and always tries to be good to everyone due to her qualities and forgiveness. One day, she saves a man named Mikage, who is scared of a dog chasing him.
After she saves him and he knows that Nanami is homeless, he thanks her by rewarding her with his home, and Nanami agrees.
The home awarded to Nanami is not just a home but a shrine to worship. She discovers the various things that come with it and becomes a deity herself.
Will Nanami be able to use her power for a good cause and find the love of her life on her path to that?
16. Sakurasou No Pet No Kanojo (The Pet Girl of Sakurasou)
- Director : Atsuko Ishizuka,Takashi Ikehata etc.
- Writer: Hajime Kamoshida
- Cast: Yui Ogura,Yurika Kubo, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Saori Hayami,Brittney Karbowski.
- IMDb Rating: 8.1
Sakurasou No Pet No Kanojo (The Pet Girl of Sankurasou) is one of the best romance anime. A boy named Sorata Kanda, who is in his second year at Suimei High School, has to move into the Sakura Hall due to some kitten that has been abandoned. The hall is filled with misfits, and the life of Sorata is turned around there by them.
His good friend Nanami suggests that he quickly find an owner for the kitten so that he can return to the school’s typical dorms.
With all this happening around, he meets this new girl named Mashiro Shina, who enters the hall in the spring semester.
Shina is a fantastic artistic savant who wants to be a mangaka one day. They both get close to each other and keep enjoying the company. Will this new bond friendship be able to bring them both out of their shelves and achieve their life dreams?
15. Re: Zero, Starting Life In Another World
- Director: Sôichi Masui
- Writer: Masaharu Watanabe, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, etc.
- Cast: Yûsuke Kobayashi, Rie Takahashi, Sean Chiplock, Rie Murakawa.
- IMDb Rating: 8.1
Re: Zero, Starting Life In Another World is another lovely complex anime where a man named Natsuki Subaru, living a straightforward life in Japan, is summoned to a different world. He does not know the reason why he has been called there. Now, with all this happening around, He meets a half-elf lady with silver hair named Emilia.
An assassin is trying to kill Emilia because of some unknown reason in that place. In all this, he kills both Natsuki and Emilia in the process.
Some seconds later, he wakes up and realizes that somehow he can reverse time, which he calls “Return by Death.”
The issue is that he is the only person who remembers the previous timeline’s events. Will Natsuki be able to find out what has happened to him and save his life from the fate of death?
14. Komi Can’t Communicate
- Director: Kazuki Kawagoe, Ayumu Watanabe, etc.
- Writer: Tomohito Oda
- Cast: Aoi Koga, Gakuto Kajiwara, Rie Murakawa, Rina Hidaka.
- IMDb Rating: 8.1
Komi Can’t Communicate is a series about a girl named Shuoko Komi. All the anime fans who have faced social anxiety or communication problems in any part of their life can relate to it.
She is gorgeous and famous, but still, people don’t get to know her because of her anxiety and communication issues until a simple boy from her school named Tadano comes into her life and becomes her friend.
He starts to help her deal with the issue and overcome her communication problems. With all the help and kind gestures from this boy, Will Komi be able to deal with her communication issue and finally pursue her dream of having 100 friends?
13. I Want To Eat Your Pancreas
- Director: Shin’ichirô Ushijima
- Writer: Yoru Sumino
- Cast: Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii, Yuma Uchida.
- IMDb Rating: 8.1
I Want To Eat Your Pancreas is one of the top romance anime where a middle school boy named Haruki comes across a diary that reveals to him that a girl named SaStory, who is in his class, has a terminal pancreatic illness that none of his classmates know about, not even her best friend.
They become very close as they start spending much time with each other by going on train trips and doing things on Sakura’s bucket list.
Everything is going well until one day, and our Sakura is hospitalized as she gets ill. Will their love take a new phase of life, or will this be the last rite for Sakura?
12. Nodame Cantabile (2007)
- Director: Kenichi Kasai
- Writer: Tomoko Ninomiya
- Cast: Laura Bailey, Bob Buchholz, Joe Cappelle.
- IMDb Rating: 8.2
Nodame Cantabile is one of the best romance anime about a guy named Shinichi Chiaki, who is one of the best music students in his college, but deep inside him, he wants to be a conductor.
He belongs to a family of musicians and has an epic talent for playing violin and piano. Another student named Megumi Noda is playful, funny, and an outstanding piano player in the same college.
When Nodame meets Chiaki, she starts liking him, But Chiaki, an arrogant guy, takes quite a time to reciprocate the feelings and appreciate her qualities.
She usually likes to play by ear rather than following the musical score. They both fall into a mutually beneficial relationship that moves toward their growth. What else will this beautiful relationship bring to the lives of the lovers?
11. Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro
- Director: Hirokazu Hanai
- Writer: Nanashi
- Cast: Sumire Uesaka, Story Yamashita, Erik Scott Kimerer, Kimberley Anne Campbell.
- IMDb Rating: 8.2
Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro is a romance anime where a boy named Naoto Hochioji, a second-year disciple who is an introvert and likes drawing manga in free hours, is teased by a 1st-year student named Hayase Nagatoro who mocks him for his introverted personality, interests area and called him “Senpai.”
She bullies him in school by teasing him a lot.
But instead of getting more into the shell, our boy gets a crush on Nagatoro and changes his personality to become a part of her life. Will all this work in favor of Naoto and her now bully fall in love with him?
10. Horimiya
- Director: Masashi Ishihama
- Writer: HERO
- Cast: Haruka Tomatsu, Koki Uchiyama, Seiichiro Yamashita, Zeno Robinson.
- IMDb Rating: 8.2
Horimiya is among the best romance anime about Kyoko Hori, one of the most popular and academically sound girls.
She has a different personality at home, wearing regular clothes and caring for her baby brother and a boy named Izumi Mgether.
Will this new friendship between them help them come out as their authentic selves? Iniyamura looks very nerdy and keeps his distance from other classmates, but deep inside, his body is filled with tattoos and piercings.
As they both meet and their secrets are shared, two different people from each other somehow find solace with each other and start spending time in front of the whole world and make it easy to accept themselves as they are.
9. Kinds On The Slope
- Director: Shinichirō Watanabe
- Writer: Yuki Kodama
- Cast: Chris Patton, David Matranga, Hillary Haag, Luci Christian and Greg Ayres.
- IMDb Rating: 8.3
KiStoryn The Slope is a beautiful romantic anime that ecstatically portrays music, love, and friendship.
It is the story of a boy named Kaoru Nishimi, a classical pianist with an introverted personality who has just joined high school.
Kaoru has been a loner in most schools as he used to travel from one place to another from childhood. Therefore, he thinks this year in school will be the same until he meets Sentarou Kawabuchi, who is quite naughty and loves jazz music.
Seeing the high vibe of Sentarou and her love for jazz, he starts learning about it, too, which helps him make his 1st friend.
Now, Kaoru begins to play his piano in jazz sessions after school, and he finds out that this brings him much happiness and the people around him. Will this summer be j the best summer of Kaoru’s life?
8. Rascal Does Not Dream Of Bunny Girl Senpai: The Movie
- Director: Soichi Masui
- Writer: Hajime Kamoshida
- Cast: Kaito Ishikawa, Asami Seto, Inori Minase, Nao Toyama.
- IMDb Rating: 8.3
Rascal Does Not Dream Of Bunny Girl Senpai is a perfect romance anime to watch where the return of an estranged crush named Shoko MakinoharStorym the past creates a rift between Sakuta Azusagawa and his now girlfriend Mai Sakurajima as she now returns in two different forms, one is the middle school version and another one as an adult.
With many twists and turns, this movie keeps its watchers hooked to their screens, always wanting to know more.
In all this complexity, Will Sakuta be able to get out of this and maintain a healthy relationship with Mai, or will this turn into something different?
7. My Dress-Up Darling
- Director: Keisuke Shinohara
- Writer: Shinichi Fukuda
- Cast: Shoya Ishige, Hina Suguta, Atsushi Ono, Atsumi Tanezaki.
- IMDb Rating: 8.3
This romance category series is one of the current favorite series for anime watchers, showcasing the story of a high school boy named Wakana who faced trauma in his early days by a childhood friend for his exceptional love for traditional dolls, which turns him into a loner.
He started spending most of his time at school in the home economics room.
His life changes when a popular, outspoken, beautiful girl named Marin Kitagawa, who has a lot of friends around in the school, notices him sewing one day after school is over.
Now, seeing him sew, she tries to lure him into her secret hobby, i.e., cosplay. Will the heart of Wakana be able to get through his childhood trauma with the entrance of the school queen?
6. Cross Game
- Director: Sekita Osamu
- Writer: Mitsuru Adachi
- Cast: Miyu Irino, Haruka Tomatsu, Kenji Nomura, Takahiro Sakurai.
- IMDb Rating: 8.4
Cross Game is another romantic anime that shows some rivalry between Kou Kitamura and Aoba Tsukishima, who are family friends, and Aoba’s older sister is to be married to Kou.
Kou does not like to play baseball but has excellent batting abilities. Aoba is an outstanding baseball player with one of the best pitching forms.
They think they are very different, but we know all their similarities. Will an epic baseball game bring a light of friendship between the rivals, or will they continue to be anonymous?
5. Your Name
- Director: Makoto Shinkai
- Writer: Makoto Shinkai
- Cast: Ryunosuka Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yuki.
- IMDb Rating: 8.4
Your Name is a lovely complex anime that tells the story of two strangers, Mitsuha and Taki. They both yearn for a different life, and it happens as their places get switched suddenly. They then adjust to their new lives, and everything seems to work out in their favor.
Both keep leaving notes for each other, forming a connection between them. They wish to meet, but something different than the distance keeps them apart. Will they be able to meet each other?
4. Nana
- Director: Morio Asaka, Atsuko Ishizuka(assistant).
- Writer: Tomoko Konparu
- Cast: Midori Kawana (Japanese), Kelly Sheridan (English), Romi Park (Japanese), Rebecca Shoichet (English).
- IMDb Rating: 8.4
The background of this anime is like an endless white night. Things appear to be in constant movement, startings and endings held tightly in an infinite sea of raining snow, there to fuse into one another.
The forehead remains in endless twilight. The entire landscape portrays the frigidity of life rising from the frosty gales to the calmer ether, only to return to the stormier lands.
Movement is not linear here. In its entirety, Nana is purely dynamic, an explosion of emotional energy taking rounds, pushing, and constantly in movement.
The show has destiny discussions, limited time, and human relations. Nana thoroughly invokes the influence of pathos as a work, thus bringing “drama” to new heights.
It is a true gem of romance anime only as it discusses various kinds of tenderness from a greater perspective than usual.
There are many sparks, but Nana Osaki x Ren is undoubtedly outstanding. This is the epitome of heartbreak, passion, and lust. Will you be able to handle all this at once?
3. Clannad: After Story
- Director: Tatsuya Ishihara
- Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
- Cast: Yūichi Nakamura, David Matranga, Mai Nakahara (Japanese); Luci Christian (English); Ryō Hirohashi (Japanese); Shelley Calene-Black (English).
- IMDb Rating: 8.6
Emotions are powerful; they can overcome any modicum of reason and compel their emotional nature to surrender to even the ficklest beings.
Because of this, those of us who pretend to be critics of different media often fall short of our standards. Clannad After Story is a series many viewers discuss as “Life-Altering.”
Well, you’ll have to watch it to know it. It is a show that held the viewers’ hearts who saw the show before it became a classic.
The anime’s plot takes place at Hikarizaka Private High School, and there are glimpses of a fictional world. Tomoya Okazaki is the Clannad visual novel’s central character and the anime series.
It is disconcerting how successful an appeal to pathos can be. This show has made viewers cry at almost every episode’s end.
This show will leave the viewers in tears and tissues. What happens in the illusion world is something unimaginable. Will the story turn out the way it is supposed to?
2. Fruits Basket
- Director: Akitaro Daichi
- Writer: Higuchi Tachibana
- Cast: Manaka Iwami, Laura Bailey, Yuka Imai, Parisa Fakhri.
- IMDb Rating: 8.6
It is a delightful watch, where all the anime characters are relatable, funny, and cute. It’s a comedy series to watch with friends.
The character design is extraordinary, and the show has a dash of slapstick humor and cute romance to keep the viewers happy and lovely. Every episode makes the viewers want to cry in happiness and awe.
The main character is Tohru Honda, a high school girl with a tragic background story and one of the most innocent characters in anime. She meets different anime characters and learns a dark truth about them.
With all her unclear information, what is the one thing she will do? The writers made a tragic story like this humorous and romantic one worth a standing ovation.
01. Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso (Your Lie In April)
- Director: Kyōhei Ishiguro
- Writer: Takao Yoshioka
- Cast: Natsuki Hanae (Japanese), Max Mittelman (English), Risa Taneda (Japanese), Erica Lindbeck (English), Ayane Sakura (Japanese), Erica Mendez (English).
- IMDb Rating: 8.6
The anime plot is quite magical; a prodigy in piano, Kosei Arima, plays beautiful piano melodies and is very popular among child musicians. The controversy around him is that he can’t hear his piano playing when he has a mental breakdown after the sudden death of his mother. Will Kosei be able to play the piano now?
This show’s background music and soundtrack have the power to influence our lives in extraordinary ways.
Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso portrays this glorious message through its main characters and their quest to let go of their history and work hard to seize better days of their future.
Any true romantic fan would surely fall in love with the sound of puppy love ringing throughout the series. The song is filled with both passion and gloom.
This romance anime series is a must-watch for hopeful, broken hearts!! These films are going to be very romantic and delightful to watch for anime lovers.
This article gives you all the anime romantic movies that will make the audience happy. And this article also suggests the 50 best romantic anime films, each of which is impressive. So what are you waiting for? Grab your Coke and pop-corn tub and start watching. Until then, stay home and stay connected!
