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Fruits Basket (2019)
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Fruits Basket (2019)
Original name: フルーツバスケット
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, 16-year-old high schooler Tooru 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 Souma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tooru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Soumas have a secret of their own--when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac!
Style: shoujo, anime, sentimental, psychological, captivating, romantic comedy, uplifting
Audience: teens
Plot: high school life, zodiac, love, friendship, supernatural, turned into an animal, high school, death of mother, dysfunctional family, slice of life, childhood, family secret, family problems, cursed, mysticism, family relations, life is a bitch, relationship problems, morphing, psychic, mythology, autism, clairvoyant, adaptation, autistic ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century, 1990s
Place: japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, captivating, shoujo and humorous films and TV series with plots about friendship, high school, high school life, school, slice of life, coming of age and love mostly in Animation, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Fruits Basket: Kamisama Kiss (2012), Maid Sama! (2010), Blue Spring Ride (2014), Wolf Girl & Black Prince (2014), Orange (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Kamisama Kiss (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Nanami was just a normal high school girl down on her luck until a stranger’s lips marked her as the new Land God and turned her world upside down. Now, she’s figuring out the duties of a deity with the help of Tomoe, a reformed fox demon who ...
Style: anime, shoujo, exciting, romantic, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, magic, spirit, master and servant, love and romance, japanese mythology, life turned upside down, supernatural romance, school, demon, friendship, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Fruits Basket (2001)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16 year old Kyo and 27 year old Shigure. However, these young men and parts of the rest of their family ...
Style: anime, shoujo, touching, exciting, feel good ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids
Plot: friendship, everyday life, friends, high school life, loss of family member, love and romance, youth, accident, first love, teenage love, transformation, loss of father ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 7.9
 9K
Maid Sama! (2010)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female student council president at a once all-boys school turned co-ed. She rules the school with strict discipline demeanor. But she has a secret—she works at a maid cafe due to her families circumstances. One day the ...
Style: anime, humorous, touching, shoujo, romantic ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night
Plot: school, teenage life, teenage love, fall in love, love and romance, high school, maid, youth, rich and poor, cafe, student, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits- (2018)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: After losing her grandfather, Aoi—a girl who can see spirits known as ayakashi—is suddenly approached by an ogre. Demanding she pay her grandfather’s debt, he makes a huge request: her hand in marriage! Refusing this absurd offer, Aoi decides ...
Style: anime, feel good, sincere, light, captivating ...
Plot: cooking, supernatural, parallel world, friendship, couples, japanese mythology, love affair, male female relationship, supernatural ability, changing lives, demon, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Blue Spring Ride (2014)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
TV show
Story: 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, ...
Style: anime, shoujo, romantic, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: high school life, friendship, teenager, school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fall in love, in love, everyday life, male female relationship, high school, teenage life, love triangle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Wolf Girl & Black Prince (2014)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Erika Shinohara has taken to lying about her romantic exploits to earn the respect of her new friends. So when they ask for a picture of her "boyfriend," she hastily snaps a photo of a handsome stranger, whom her friends recognize as the ...
Style: shoujo, anime, touching, captivating, light ...
Plot: high school life, school, youth, love and romance, love, couples, high school, first love, friendship, society, popularity, slice of life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 7.6
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Orange (2016)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: anime, shoujo, romantic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: school, friendship, time travel, unrequited love, changing the past or future, second chance, decision, supernatural, lifestyle change, teenage life, drastic change of life, changing lives ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Inu x Boku Secret Service (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Protected by the highest security, the Maison de Ayakashi is rumored to be haunted, where only eccentrics could live. In reality, it is a place for humans with non-human ancestors to live. The socially-inept Ririchiyo has come here to improve ...
Style: anime, humorous, stylized, semi serious, romantic comedy ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural ability, spirit, master and servant, demon, social misfits, estate, danger, socially awkward, curses spells and rituals, bodyguard, bondage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Snow White with the Red Hair (2015)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Shirayuki was a young girl born with unique apple-red hair. She meets a famous but foolish Prince Raji, who falls in love with her at first sight and orders her to become his concubine. With nowhere else to go, Shirayuki cuts her hair and escapes to ...
Style: anime, captivating, sincere, shoujo, fairy tale ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: friendship, heroine, love and romance, female protagonist, snow white, prince, destiny, royal family, youth, king, woman, rich ...
Place: asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Yona of the Dawn (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, Taiwan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The legend of the Four Dragons and the origin of the land has been passed down for generations in the land of Kouka. Currently, Hiryuu Palace has no one else next in line for the throne other than the fifteen year old princess, Yona, who had been ...
Style: anime, exciting, shoujo, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: power struggle, battles, save the kingdom, princess, exile, coup, betrayal, chase, survival, running for your life, dragon, travel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
Vampire Knight (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Cross Academy is an elite boarding school with two separate, isolated classes: the Day Class and the Night Class. On the surface, Yuuki Cross and Zero Kiryuu are prefects of the academy, and attempt to keep order between the students as classes ...
Style: anime, shoujo, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: vampire, supernatural, rivalry, love, school, forbidden love, memory, supernatural power, memory loss, imaginary, friendship, night ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Ride Your Wave (2019)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 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. Just as they become ...
Style: anime, touching, feel good, romantic, sweet ...
Plot: beach, slice of life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, tragedy, love and romance, friendship, surfing, fire, fall in love, firefighter, loss ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mischief of the Gods (2014)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Yui Kusanagi is ordered by Zeus, a god and the headmaster of a school he created, to teach the meaning of love to young and handsome gods. The reason he has for doing this is to cancel the negative effects of the weakening bond between the world of ...
Style: shoujo, anime, touching, humorous, sentimental ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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 8.4
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Your Name. (2016)
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Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
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Style: anime, sweet, touching, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids, family outing, teen drama
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Tamako Market (2013)
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Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Tamako Market is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation and directed by Naoko Yamada. The series aired in Japan between January 10 and March 28, 2013. The anime has been licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Kuronuma Sawako is completely misunderstood by her classmates. Her timid and sweet demeanor is often mistaken for malicious behavior. This is due to her resemblance to the ghost girl from "The Ring," which has led her peers to give her the ...
Style: anime, shoujo, touching, sweet, romantic ...
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Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Mischievous Kiss (2008)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: When her newly-built home is razed to the ground by an earthquake, low-achieving, clumsy, and troublesome third-year high school student Kotoko Aihara is forced to share a roof with the school's—and possibly Japan's—smartest student, ...
Style: shoujo, anime, emotional, captivating, atmospheric ...
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Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 8.0
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Toradora! (2008)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: It’s Ryuji’s first day as a junior in high school and it seems as if things are looking up. He gets to sit in between his only friend, Yusaku, and, more importantly, the girl he’s secretly crushing on, Minori Kushieda. But just when he thinks ...
Style: anime, shoujo, realistic, semi serious, tsundere ...
Audience: teens
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Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Kiss Him, Not Me (2016)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Kae Serinuma is a second year high school student and an avid fujoshi who secretly ships her classmates, Igarashi and Nanashima. The death of her favorite anime character causes her to become stressed and lose weight rapidly. Now that Serinuma has ...
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Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Horimiya (2021)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: A secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she’s a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a gentle heart, along with piercings and tattoos. ...
Style: anime, captivating, entertaining, light, romantic comedy ...
Plot: teenage life, relationships, love, love affair, slice of life, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage girl, friendship, high school life, friends, teenager ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Iroduku: The World in Colors (2018)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the city of Nagasaki, the story takes place in a world where a miniscule amount of magic remains in everyday life. Hitomi Tsukishiro is a 17-year-old descendant of a witch family who grew up with stale emotions, as she lost her sense of color ...
Style: anime, shoujo, captivating, feel good, touching ...
Audience: teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Aishiteruze Baby (2004)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Aishiteruze Baby is a shōjo romance manga by Yoko Maki. It was serialized by Shueisha in Ribon from April 2002 and January 2005 and collected in seven bound volumes. It was adapted as a 26-episode anime television series produced by TMS ...
Style: anime, stylized, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura (2013)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Bullied by her classmates, a teenage psychic moves to a new school, where she makes friends and joins a club dedicated to ESP research.
Style: anime, not serious, captivating, romantic, psychological
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⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Boarding School Juliet (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Grigio Academy Boarding School. Students who attend this school in two countries and reside in their own dormitories. Inazuka and Persia are rival dormitory leaders, but in secret they love each other. Now, they have to keep their relationship a ...
Style: anime, sentimental, entertaining, light, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, school, couples, rivalry, social relations, youth, everyday life, love triangle, high school life, coming of age, teenage love, dormitory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 7.8
 6K
ReLIFE (2016)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: anime, humorous, touching, light, romantic ...
Plot: love, friendship, high school, high school life, pills, experiment, unemployment, starting over, school, love and romance, male female relationship, human experiment ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 8.3
 5K
Given (2019)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The played chord made the rusty air and both our eardrums vibrate smoothly. From that moment... our music was born.
Style: anime, yaoi, captivating, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lgbt, art, friendship, school, boys love, music band, high school, talented, rock music, gay, music, singing ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
My Little Monster (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Mizutani Shizuku finds peace in her studies.  Working hard to stay at the top of the class, alone but focused.  When she is tasked with delivering class materials to Yoshida Haru, her world starts to rapidly expand.  With some new friends and ...
Style: anime, shoujo, feel good, humorous, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: couples, teenage girl, teenage life, friendship, schoolgirl, couple relations, relationships, wooing, youth, love story, teenage love, slice of life ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
16%
My Love Story!! (2015)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Takeo Godau is a giant guy with a giant heart. Too bad the girls don't want him! (They always go for his good-looking best friend, Makoto Sunakawa.) Used to being on the sidelines, Takeo simply stands tall and accepts his fate. But one day when ...
Style: shoujo, anime, entertaining, humorous, manga ...
Audience: teens
Plot: love at first sight, high school life, true love, slice of life, opposites attract, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, everyday life, male female relationship, love affair, love interest, love story ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Your Lie in April (2014)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: anime, touching, stylized, semi serious, uplifting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, pianist, piano, classical music, death of mother, violinist, contests and competitions, music, love and romance, depression, school, trauma ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Wallflower (2006)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: The Wallflower is a manga series written by Tomoko Hayakawa. The individual chapters have been serialized in Bessatsu Friend since its premiere in 2000, and in 31 tankōbon volumes in Japan by Kodansha. The series was licensed for an English ...
Style: anime, shoujo, humorous, gothic, captivating ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: rivalry, estate, disorder, silly humor, living together, farce, male female relationship, landlord tenant relationship, landlady tenant relationship, obsession, youth, darkroom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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