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Usagi Drop 2011
Anime
By force of circumstances, a 30-year-old single man with a full-time job suddenly starts raising a 6-year-old girl. While running each other ragged, the two of them gradually grow into a "family".
The sides of Usagi Drop
- A single man of thirty taking in a little girl
- Kindergarten runs and school lunches
- A family built day by day
Good for you if
- you like small, warm everyday moments.
- you like Daikichi learning to be a father to Rin.
- you like watching Rin grow up, from her first days at kindergarten.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need stakes bigger than finding a nursery school.
About: parenting · adoption · growing up
Kakushigoto 2020
Anime
Single father Kakushi Goto has a secret. He’s a top-selling artist of popular erotic manga, but his impressionable young daughter, Hime, can never find out! Now he’s having to bend over backwards just to keep her inquisitive little mind from discovering what he does for a living.
The sides of Kakushigoto
- A single father who draws risqué manga
- His young daughter Hime
- A secret he hides at any cost
Good for you if
- you like a father going to absurd lengths to hide his job.
- you like a tender father and daughter story.
- you like a comedy that quietly turns moving near the end.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles.
About: fatherhood · secrets · growing up
Fruits Basket 2019
Anime
After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, 16-year-old high school student Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out… into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Soma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Somas have a secret of their own—when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac!
The sides of Fruits Basket
- An orphaned girl living in a tent
- The Soma family and its zodiac curse
- Yuki and Kyo
Good for you if
- you like being moved to tears by Tohru's kindness.
- you like a family of broken people healing one by one.
- you like a slow love story under a curse.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't take family abuse and grief on screen.
About: grief · kindness · breaking free · family
Barakamon 2014
Anime
After punching a famous curator in the face for criticizing his work as "textbook and lifeless," Handa Seishuu is sent to Gotō Island to calm his nerves and find new inspiration for his calligraphy. Growing up in the city all his life, though, Handa must adapt to country life while meeting an assortment of quirky people during his tenure.
The sides of Barakamon
- A calligrapher sent away to a small island
- A village girl who never leaves him alone
- Finding his own style far from Tokyo
Good for you if
- you like slow island days of fishing, kids and neighbours dropping by.
- you like a proud city artist outsmarted by a little girl.
- you want a series where nobody gets hurt.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need something bigger to happen than village life.
About: finding your voice · community · growing up
Okko's Inn 2018
Anime
12-year-old Oriko Seki, who lost her parents in a car accident, ended up living in her grandmother's Onsen Ryokan "Haru no Ya." With the ghost "Uribou" cohabitating with her and all the other odds, she ended up training to be a young female innkeeper. At first, she didn't like the training, but gradually felt her admiration for her title and began to train seriously. Thus, the growth of the young warrior Oriko begins.
The sides of Okko's Inn
- A girl who lost her parents
- Her grandmother's hot spring inn
- Friendly ghosts helping her with the guests
Good for you if
- you like being moved by a child slowly facing her grief.
- you want a gentle film to watch with children.
- you like the warmth of a traditional inn and its guests.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't face a child mourning parents lost in a car crash.
About: grief · growing up · kindness
Clannad 2007
Anime
Tomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student resentful of his life. His mother passed away from a car accident when he was younger, causing his father to resort to alcohol and cigarettes. This results in fights between the two until Tomoya's shoulder is injured in a fight. Since then, Tomoya has had distant relationships with his father, causing him to become a delinquent over time. While on a walk to school, he meets a strange girl named Nagisa Furukawa who is a year older, but is repeating due to illness. Due to this, she is often alone as most of her friends have moved on. The two begin hanging out and slowly, as time goes by, Tomoya finds his life shifting in a new direction.
The sides of Clannad
- A delinquent who resents his father
- A frail girl repeating her final year
- A school drama club to bring back
Good for you if
- you want a story that leaves you crying in the second season.
- you like a son slowly making peace with his father.
- you like Tomoya and Nagisa growing up together.
Bad for you if
- you can't take illness and grief on screen.
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a story that moves faster than school days.
About: family · grief · growing up
WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me 2019
Anime
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 won't stop racing! Miyako tries to get along with them but struggles... A sketch comedy all about trying to get along with the super cute girl is about to begin!
The sides of WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me
- A shy college otaku
- Her little sister's new friend
- Homemade sweets and cosplay outfits
Good for you if
- you like Miyako's panicked attempts to talk to a child.
- you want a light, low-stakes slice of life.
- you like a shy otaku trying to win over her sister's friend with homemade sweets.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you want a real love story, not a one-sided crush played for laughs.
About: shyness · friendship · childhood
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid 2017
Anime
Kobayashi lives alone in an apartment, until one day, Tohru appeared and they ended up living together. Tohru looks down on humans as inferior and foolish, but having been saved by Kobayashi-san, she does everything she can to repay the debt and help her with various things, although not everything goes according to plan. A mythical everyday life comedy about a hard working office lady living with a dragon girl.
The sides of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
- An office worker who comes home to a dragon
- A maid who looks down on humans
- Dragons learning to live in an apartment
Good for you if
- you want an evening with nothing at stake.
- you like a dragon trying to do the housework.
- you like a family made of neighbours, colleagues and dragons.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese series.
- you don't watch anime.
- you want a story that keeps you on edge.
About: found family · loneliness · everyday life

Hinamatsuri 2018
Anime
One night, a strange object falls on the head of Nitta, a member of the yakuza. Inside the box is a strange young girl named Hina. She has tremendous supernatural powers, and Nitta finds himself reluctantly taking her in. Her powers can come in handy for his yakuza business, but he also runs the risk of her using them on him! Not to mention, if she doesn't use her powers, she will eventually go berserk and destroy everything around her. Nitta and Hina's strange life together is just beginning...
The sides of Hinamatsuri
- A yakuza stuck raising a psychic girl
- A girl who falls from the sky in a metal pod
- A middle schooler working as a bartender
Good for you if
- you like deadpan gags about a yakuza whose life is upended by a lazy psychic kid.
- you like Nitta slowly becoming a real father to Hina.
- you like a warm, easygoing show about a very odd household.
Bad for you if
- you want psychic battles more than everyday gags.
- you don't watch anime.
About: found family · kindness · growing up
Komi Can't Communicate 2021
Anime
At a high school full of unique characters, Tadano helps his shy and unsociable classmate Komi reach her goal of making friends with 100 people.
The sides of Komi Can't Communicate
- A silent, admired girl with severe social anxiety
- A classmate who talks with her on a blackboard
- A goal of a hundred friends
Good for you if
- you want a gentle school story where nothing really bad happens.
- you laugh at a class of odd students all trying to befriend Komi.
- you like watching someone learn, one person at a time, to make friends.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need fights or high stakes to stay hooked.
About: shyness · friendship · communication
March Comes In Like a Lion 2016
Anime
This is a gentle tale about people trying to regain something. And it is a tale of battle. Rei Kiriyama had lost his family in an accident when he was young. Now he is a 17-year-old pro shogi player who is burdened with deep loneliness. Rei lives alone in an old town in Tokyo, but after becoming acquainted with three sisters, Akari, Hinata and Momo, he begins to change little by little...
The sides of March Comes In Like a Lion
- A teenage shogi pro living alone
- Three sisters who feed him dinner
- Matches played in an old Tokyo neighbourhood
Good for you if
- you like watching a lonely boy slowly let people in.
- you like a story that hurts and heals in the same episode.
- you like a found family around a kitchen table.
Bad for you if
- you can't take depression and bullying on screen.
- you don't watch anime.
- you need momentum and two quiet seasons feel slow to you.
About: loneliness · grief · belonging
SPY x FAMILY 2022
Anime
A spy, an assassin and a telepath come together to pose as a family, each for their own reasons, while hiding their true identities from each other.
The sides of SPY x FAMILY
- A spy who needs a fake family
- A wife who is secretly an assassin
- A little girl who reads minds
Good for you if
- you like a child who knows everyone's secrets and says nothing.
- you like a fake family slowly turning into a real one.
- you like Yor's assassin fights, hidden behind a polite city hall clerk.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you want a spy story with real danger. Here the jokes come first.
About: found family · secrets · parenthood
My Neighbors the Yamadas 1999
Anime
The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.
The sides of My Neighbors the Yamadas
- A Tokyo family's everyday squabbles
- Short sketches drawn like watercolor comics
- A grandmother who has the last word
Good for you if
- you like small jokes about who holds the TV remote.
- you like Takahata's sketches of a family that bickers and sticks together.
- you want something gentle with no villain and no danger.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you won't read subtitles.
About: family · everyday life · marriage
Colorful 2010
Anime
Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed suicide. Watched over by a neutral spirit named Purapura, the soul must figure out what his greatest sin and mistake in his former life was, before his time limit in Makoto's body runs out. He also has a number of other lesser duties he must complete, such as understanding what led Makoto to commit suicide in the first place and learning how to enjoy his second chance at life.
The sides of Colorful
- A soul given a second chance in a boy's body
- A 14-year-old who just took his own life
- A family he has to learn to live with
Good for you if
- you like a family that slowly turns out to be more than it seemed.
- you want a quiet film that moves you to tears.
- you like a story told through one lonely boy's days at school and home.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story built on a teenager's suicide.
- you don't watch animated films.
- two hours of quiet everyday life is too much for you.
About: second chances · loneliness · family
On his way home from drinking his sorrows away after being rejected by his crush, 26 year old salaryman Yoshida finds a high school girl named Sayu sitting on the side of the road and ends up letting her stay at his place overnight. Not having the heart to put the runaway out on the streets, Yoshida allows her to stay at his place... And so began the awkward, irritable, and slightly heartwarming relationship between a runaway high school girl and a salaryman living together.
The sides of Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway
- A salaryman just rejected by his crush
- A runaway high school girl named Sayu
- An awkward shared apartment
Good for you if
- you like a quiet story about two lonely people helping each other.
- you like everyday scenes of cooking, work and small talks.
- you like a runaway teen slowly learning to face the home she fled.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't watch a story about a runaway teen exploited by older men.
About: loneliness · trust · healing

Recovery of an MMO Junkie 2017
Anime
Moriko Morioka is a 30-year-old single NEET woman. After dropping out from reality, she has taken off in search for a fulfilling life and ended up in a net game or "netoge." In the netoge world, she began her new life as a refreshing and handsome character named Hayashi. While starting out as a beginner, a pretty character named Lily reached out to help her. Meanwhile, in the real world, awaits a shocking encounter with a good-looking elite company employee, a mysterious blue-eyed blonde.
The sides of Recovery of an MMO Junkie
- A 30-year-old woman who quits her job
- A handsome male avatar in an online game
- A healer who helps her in the game
Good for you if
- you like a shy romance between two adults who already know each other online.
- you want a soft, low-stakes story about starting over.
- you like awkward coincidences between the game and real life.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you want game battles, and this game is mostly a backdrop for feelings.
About: starting over · loneliness · love
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day 2011
Anime
Jinta Yadomi and his group of childhood friends have become estranged after a tragic accident split them apart. Now in their high school years, a sudden surprise forces each of them to confront their guilt over what happened that day and come to terms with the ghosts of their past.
The sides of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
- A childhood friend who returns as a ghost
- A group of friends split by a death
- Guilt that each of them hides
Good for you if
- you like being moved to tears by old friends confessing what they've hidden for years.
- you like a group of estranged friends finding each other again.
- you like teenagers facing what they could not face as children.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story built on grief over a child's death.
- you don't watch anime.
About: grief · guilt · friendship
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun 2014
Anime
High school student Chiyo Sakura has a crush on schoolmate Umetarō Nozaki, but when she confesses her love to him, he mistakes her for a fan and gives her an autograph. When she says that she always wants to be with him, he invites her to his house and has her help on some drawings. Chiyo discovers that Nozaki is actually a renowned shōjo manga artist named Sakiko Yumeno. She then agrees to be his assistant in order to get closer to him. As they work on his manga Let's Fall in Love (恋しよっ), they encounter other schoolmates who assist them or serve as inspirations for characters in the stories.
The sides of Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
- A love confession mistaken for a fan request
- A tall schoolboy who secretly draws shojo manga
- Classmates who become his models without knowing
Good for you if
- you like gags about a manga artist who misreads every romantic moment.
- you want a light, warm comedy with nothing at stake.
- you like oddball classmates, from a girl everyone calls the school prince to a shy boy who acts cool.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese series.
About: creativity · friendship · first love
Pompo the Cinephile 2021
Anime
Operating out of the movie capital "Nyallywood," Pompo has been shooting one B-grade entertainment flick after another that anyone would enjoy. One day, Pompo's "movie buff" assistant Gene spots a new script written by Pompo and is moved by its exquisite story. In a fit of passion, he proclaims, "I want to see this as a finished work in theaters as soon as possible!" However, Pompo tells him, "So you shoot this film." Thus, Gene takes on his first directing gig. Meanwhile, Natalie, an ordinary girl who just arrived in town with movie actress dreams, has been discovered by Pompo...
The sides of Pompo the Cinephile
- A tiny producer ruling Nyallywood
- An assistant directing his first film
- An unknown actress cast in the lead
Good for you if
- you like a story that believes making a film is worth everything.
- you like quick, silly jokes about a tiny producer bossing Nyallywood around.
- you like watching Gene find himself in the editing room.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles.
About: creation · ambition · cinema
ReLIFE 2016
Anime
Arata Kaizaki (27) quit the job he landed after graduation in only three months. His life did not go well after that. Now his parents are threatening to stop sending money, and want him to come back to the country. He has no friend or girlfriend to share his troubles with...as he hits rock bottom a strange man named Ryou Yoake appears. He invites Arata to join a societal rehabilitation program for NEETs called ReLife. This program uses a mysterious drug to make him look younger, and sends him back to high school for a year...
The sides of ReLIFE
- A 27 year old sent back to high school
- A pill that makes him look 17
- Classmates with their own troubles
Good for you if
- you like an adult getting a second chance at his teenage years.
- you like a slow, awkward school romance.
- you like Arata helping his classmates while facing his own failures.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles.
About: second chances · failure · friendship