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given 2019
Anime
Ritsuka’s lost his spark for music—until he hears Mafuyu sing. One voice pulls him back in, and suddenly, everything starts to change between them.
The sides of given
- A guitarist who has lost his spark
- A quiet boy with a striking voice
- A band formed around grief
Good for you if
- you like a slow, gentle love story between two boys.
- you like being moved by a song that is really about grief.
- you like four bandmates finding their sound together.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't watch a teenager carrying a loss he won't talk about.
About: grief · first love · music
K-ON! 2009
Anime
Yui Hirasawa has no clue which club to join, but she’s determined to do something this year. As luck would have it, she discovers a flyer for the Light Music Club and decides this is the club for her. But there's one problem: She first must learn guitar!
The sides of K-ON!
- Four schoolgirls in a light music club
- A guitarist who starts from zero
- Tea and cake before practice
Good for you if
- you want a gentle show where the biggest worry is the school festival.
- you like friends who spend more time together than rehearsing.
- you like the band's songs and watching Yui learn her guitar.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a plot that goes somewhere.
About: friendship · high school · the passing of time
In This Corner of the World 2016
Anime
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
The sides of In This Corner of the World
- A young bride who moves to Kure in 1943
- Daily life in a naval port under air raids
- Hiroshima just across the bay
Good for you if
- you like a war film told through cooking, sewing and family meals.
- you like Suzu, dreamy and stubborn, keeping a household going.
- you like hand-drawn images that look like her own sketches.
Bad for you if
- you can't take air raids reaching a family's home, and the grief that follows.
- you need momentum, and most of the film is quiet everyday life.
- you don't watch animated films.
About: daily life · loss · resilience · marriage
Liz and the Blue Bird 2018
Anime
In their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.
The sides of Liz and the Blue Bird
- Two girls in a school brass band
- An oboe and a flute
- A fairy tale about a girl and a blue bird
Good for you if
- you like a quiet story about what two friends can't say.
- you like a film built around one piece of music.
- you like small gestures and long silences.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a story where things happen.
About: friendship · letting go · the last year of school
Sound! Euphonium 2015
Anime
Spring in the first year of high school. Kumiko, a member of the brass band in junior high school, visits the high school brass band club with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire. There, she comes across Reina, her former classmate from junior high. Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko can’t make up her mind. She recollects her experience with Reina at a competition in junior high school.
The sides of Sound! Euphonium
- A high school brass band in Kyoto
- A trumpet player who wants to be special
- Months of practice for a national competition
Good for you if
- you want to hear a brass band get better rehearsal by rehearsal.
- you like Kumiko slowly finding out what she really wants.
- you like the rivalries and friendships inside a school club.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need fights or danger to stay hooked.
About: ambition · friendship · growing up
Blue Giant 2023
Anime
High school student Dai Miyamoto has his life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. Picking up a saxophone and leaving his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of Tokyo, Dai will find that the life of a professional musician isn’t for the faint of heart, as he must confront what it truly means to be great.
The sides of Blue Giant
- A teenager who discovers jazz
- A saxophone and the clubs of Tokyo
- A trio of young musicians
Good for you if
- you want jazz you can feel, scored by the pianist Hiromi.
- you like a teenager who leaves his hometown for Tokyo with only a saxophone.
- you like a trio of young musicians pushing each other to be great.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you roll your eyes at speeches about giving everything to your art.
About: passion · ambition · friendship
Whisper of the Heart 1995
Anime
Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: "Seiji Amasawa."
The sides of Whisper of the Heart
- A girl who reads every library book
- A boy learning to make violins
- A cat riding a train
Good for you if
- you want a quiet summer in the Tokyo suburbs.
- you like a first love that starts with a name on library cards.
- you like a girl figuring out if she can really write.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need action to stay hooked. Here a girl writes a story and a boy builds violins.
About: first love · ambition · growing up
Blue Spring Ride 2014
Anime
At the end of her first year of high school, Futaba Yoshioka suddenly has a chance encounter with her first love, Kou Tanaka. Three years ago, he transferred schools before she was able to say how she felt about him. After meeting each other again, Futaba realizes that he has gone through many changes. He acts more cool and even had his last name changed to Mabuchi. Gradually the two rekindle their love while piecing together what had happened in the time that they were apart.
The sides of Blue Spring Ride
- A high school girl meeting her first love again
- A boy changed by three years apart
- Classmates becoming friends
Good for you if
- you like a shy first love that comes back years later.
- you like Futaba starting over as herself in high school.
- you like Futaba finding friends she doesn't have to pretend for.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you'd rather not watch a boy still raw from a death in his family.
About: first love · grief · growing up · friendship

Saikano 2002
Anime
Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet. is a manga, anime, and OVA series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine. A live-action movie adaptation was released in Japan on January 28, 2006 with Aki Maeda starring as Chise. The Saikano manga and anime series has been licensed and is being distributed by Viz Media in English in North America. The anime series is distributed in the UK by Manga Entertainment. Although the city is not mentioned by name in the series, many of the locations used in Saikano can by all probability be found in Otaru-shi, west of Sapporo. The train station, "Hell Hill", the Asahi Observation Hill, the view over the harbor, and the school all have similar looking counterparts in the city of Otaru.
The sides of Saikano
- A shy schoolgirl turned into a living weapon
- A first love in a seaside town
- A war that never explains itself
Good for you if
- you like a love story that breaks your heart.
- you can take an ending with very little hope.
- you like a clumsy teenage couple trying to stay together.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't stand cities destroyed and people dying.
About: first love · the end of the world · loss
5 Centimeters per Second 2007
Anime
Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
The sides of 5 Centimeters per Second
- A train delayed by snow on the way to a first love
- A surfer girl in love with a boy who looks elsewhere
- An adult life in a cold city
Good for you if
- you want falling cherry blossoms and snow drawn in detail.
- you like an hour of trains, letters and silences.
- you can take a love story about distance and time pulling people apart.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a happy ending. This one is about letting go.
About: distance · first love · growing apart
BOCCHI THE ROCK! 2022
Anime
Hitori Gotoh, a shy, awkward, and lonely high school student dreams of being in a band despite her doubts and worries, but when she is recruited to be the guitarist of a group looking to make it big, she realises her dream may be able to be fulfilled and come true.
The sides of BOCCHI THE ROCK!
- A shy girl who plays guitar alone online
- A small band called Kessoku Band
- Live shows in tiny Tokyo clubs
Good for you if
- you like social anxiety played as wild visual gags.
- you want real rock songs played by a teenage band.
- you like a lonely girl slowly finding her people.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese series.
About: social anxiety · friendship · music
A Silent Voice 2016
Anime
Shōko, una niña con discapacidad auditiva, es víctima de acoso en su escuela, siendo Shōya su principal agresor. Cuando ella se cambia de colegio, él sufre el rechazo de sus compañeros y queda aislado. Años después, intenta enmendar su error y hacer las paces con Shōko.
Las caras de A Silent Voice
- Un chico que acosaba a una niña sorda en la escuela
- Años después, su intento de reparar el daño
- Conversaciones en lengua de signos
Buena para ti si
- quieres una película que te rompa el corazón y lo recomponga.
- te gusta un chico culpable que no puede mirar a la gente a la cara.
- te gustan los adolescentes que aprenden a perdonarse.
Mala para ti si
- no puedes ver acoso ni intentos de suicidio en pantalla.
- no ves anime.
Temas: la culpa · el perdón · la discapacidad
The Anthem of the Heart 2015
Anime
A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?
The sides of The Anthem of the Heart
- A girl who stopped speaking as a child
- A class musical
- A curse she believes an egg fairy put on her
Good for you if
- you like a girl and her mother slowly mending what one childhood sentence broke.
- you like songs that say what the characters can't.
- you like four classmates who barely know each other putting on a show.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you roll your eyes at big tearful confessions.
About: words that hurt · friendship · family
Ride Your Wave 2019
Anime
Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.
The sides of Ride Your Wave
- A surfer and a firefighter in love
- A sudden loss at sea
- A song that makes him appear in water
Good for you if
- you like a sweet seaside love story.
- you like crying over a love that outlives death.
- you like a song that brings someone back.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't take a sudden death and a long mourning.
About: grief · love · moving on
Your Lie in April 2014
Anime
Kousei Arima was a genius pianist until his mother's sudden death took away his ability to play. Each day was dull for Kousei. But, then he meets a violinist named Kaori Miyazono who has an eccentric playing style. Can the heartfelt sounds of the girl's violin lead the boy to play the piano again?
The sides of Your Lie in April
- A pianist who can no longer hear his own playing
- A violinist who strays from the score
- A spring of competitions and recitals
Good for you if
- you want a story that leaves you crying on the last episode.
- you want Chopin and Beethoven played as if they were dialogue.
- you like petals, light and a concert hall drawn in detail.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles.
- you'd rather not watch grief, illness and a hard childhood.
About: grief · music · first love
Look Back 2024
Anime
Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing.
The sides of Look Back
- Two girls who draw manga
- A rivalry in a school newspaper
- A sudden tragedy years later
Good for you if
- you like being moved to tears in under an hour.
- you want a friendship born from jealousy and a shared passion.
- you like hand-drawn frames where every pencil stroke shows.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't take grief and regret that hit hard on screen.
About: creation · friendship · grief · regret
Orange: Future 2016
Anime
Twenty-six-year-old Hiroto Suwa; his wife, Naho; and their old high school classmates—Takako Chino, Azusa Murasaka, and Saku Hagita—visit Mt. Koubou to view the cherry blossoms together. While watching the setting sun, they reminisce about Kakeru Naruse, their friend who died 10 years ago. Mourning for him, they decide to visit Kakeru's old home, where they learn the secret of his death from his grandmother.
The sides of Orange: Future
- Friends mourning Kakeru ten years on
- Cherry blossoms on Mt. Koubou
- The secret of his death told by his grandmother
Good for you if
- you're ready to cry with friends who lost Kakeru.
- you like the quiet love between Naho and Suwa.
- you love a high school group that stays close for ten years.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story about depression and suicide.
- you don't watch anime.
About: grief · regret · friendship
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2006
Anime
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.
The sides of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- A schoolgirl who leaps back through time
- A summer playing catch with two friends
- Small fixes with big costs
Good for you if
- you like Makoto leaping back in time to redo a test or sing karaoke for hours.
- you like three friends who don't want anything to change.
- you like being moved by a girl learning that every choice costs someone something.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need time travel rules that hold up.
About: time · friendship · choices
Orange 2016
Anime
One day, Naho Takamiya receives a letter written to herself from ten years in the future. As Naho reads on, the letter recites the exact events of the day, including the transfer of a new student into her class named Kakeru Naruse. The Naho from ten years later repeatedly states that she has many regrets, and she wants to fix these by making sure the Naho from the past can make the right decisions—especially regarding Kakeru. What's more shocking is that she discovers that ten years later, Kakeru will no longer be with them. Future Naho asks her to watch over him closely.
The sides of Orange
- A letter from ten years in the future
- A new classmate to save
- Friends trying to change what happens
Good for you if
- you like being moved to tears by a story about regret.
- you like a shy first love between Naho and Kakeru.
- you like high school friends carrying each other.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story built around a classmate's suicide.
- you don't watch anime.
About: regret · suicide · friendship
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