Acquired Taste: (Style) These are titles which may take a while to get used to. As such, you should watch several episodes before making up your mind.
Modern: (Setting) These are titles which have a modern feel to them; the story takes place in the present day (of the creation of this anime), give or take a few years.
Shoujo: (Target Group) (↗shoujo (少女) = "young lady", "virgin", "maiden"; opposite of "Shounen") A style of artwork and story created for girls (usually of age 10 to 18). Characterized by plots that focus on emotion and relationships, and art that tends toward the florid, with lanky characters and rather effeminate (but always attractive) men. Mostly popular with teenagers in Japan, most shoujo-style work has not spread widely, but it does occasionally gain recognition outside Japan (some examples are Revolutionary Girl Utena and X). The most common uses are "shoujo manga", literally meaning "girls' comics", and "shoujo anime" meaning "girls' animation." Also romanized as "shojo" (actually a different word "処女" in Japanese). (Please credit http://animeworld.co
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| M | ||
| Maria Watches Over Us | Buy | See Maria-sama ga Miteru |
 Maria-sama ga Miteru |
Buy | Yumi is a first year student at the Lillian School For Girls, an exclusive all girl's catholic school. The school has a tradition that older girls take a younger girl as their little sister or "soeur" in order to instruct and look out for them. Though Yumi admires Sachiko, a reserved second year student who is a member of the student council, she has no hopes of being chosen as her soeur. When an innocent encounter leads Sachiko to impulsively ask Yumi to be her soeur, Yumi is suddenly brought into the inner circle of the Roses, who are the members of the student council. With Sachiko at her side, Yumi begins to unravel and understand the relationships between the Roses and their soeurs and figure out her own feelings for Sachiko. |
 Maria-sama ga Miteru ~Haru~ |
Buy | It is now Spring, and a new term is about to start at the Lillian Academy. The relationships between the Roses continues to unfold, in this beautifully expressive tale. |
| MariMite | Buy | See Maria-sama ga Miteru |
| MariMite: ~Haru~ | Buy | See Maria-sama ga Miteru ~Haru~ |
| T | ||
| The Virgin Mary is Watching You | Buy | See Maria-sama ga Miteru |
| The Virgin Mary Watches Over Us ~Spring~ | Buy | See Maria-sama ga Miteru ~Haru~ |
| マリア様がみてる | Buy | See Maria-sama ga Miteru |
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