Drama/Acquired Taste/Modern/TV/Shoujo Titles

Drama: (Genre) Titles that show a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces. See also: "Action Drama".

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.

TV: (Type) All anime series done for TV should go into this slot.

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.co­m/glossary.html as the source of this information; see also: ↗Wikipedia:Shoujo Manga.)

Title Rating Synopsis
A

Ayashi no Ceres
Rent Twin brother and sister Aki and Aya Mikage are about to celebrate their 16th birthdays. Earlier on, Aya had visited a psychic and was told the fated day when the moon and stars of 16 would meet is coming, and that all hell and doom would break loose. Mysteriously their grandfather invites them over for a "birthday party" and gives them a gift which brings out new powers. Now suddenly the entire Mikage family wants Aya killed since "she will bring them nothing but harm." Aki is no longer allowed to see Aya. Along with that, an ancient legend of a Tennyo (girl from the heavens) is said to have come down to Earth and bathed in a river. A nearby fisherman spotted her and stole her hagoromo (feathered robe) that was hanging on a tree nearby. Without it she could not return to her home in the heavens, and was forced to marry the man and have his children.
C
Ceres, Celestial Legend Rent See Ayashi no Ceres
F
Fille Révolutionnaire Utena Buy See Shoujo Kakumei Utena
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~
O
Ominous Ceres Rent See Ayashi no Ceres
R
Revolutionary Girl Utena Buy See Shoujo Kakumei Utena
S

Shoujo Kakumei Utena
Buy

Once upon a time there was a princess grieving over the deaths of her mother and father. Before this princess appeared a prince traveling upon a white horse.

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
妖しのセレス Rent See Ayashi no Ceres
Genre
Action(1) Comedy(1) Romance(3)
Setting
Fantasy(2)
Demographic
Style
Artistic(1) Surreal(1) Weird(1)
Keywords
Deities(1) Epic(1) Friendship(2) High School(2)
Shoujo Ai(2) Slice of Life(1)
Type
Release Year
2004(2) 2000(1)

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