Drama/Comedy/Modern/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".

Comedy: (Genre) Self-explanatory - a title that primarily makes you laugh.

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

Title Rating Synopsis
C
Child's Toy Buy See Kodomo no Omocha
D
Divine Wind Thief Jeanne Buy See Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
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Fille Révolutionnaire Utena Buy See Shoujo Kakumei Utena

Fruits Basket
Buy

Tooru Honda is a 16-year old girl living in a tent in the nearby mountain woods. Her father died when she was very young and her mother had just recently died in a car accident. Not wanting to put her grandfather (on her father's side) out while his house is being renovated, she told him she would stay with friends so no one knows she's living in a tent. In the meantime, she goes to school and works her part-time job on a cleaning crew so that she can pay her high school tuition (in Japan, high school is like college in the US).


Full Moon wo Sagashite
Buy A comedy-drama about a 12-year-old girl named Kouyama Mitsuki who wants to be a pop singer even though she has throat cancer. Her life undergoes a drastic change after she's visited by a pair of Shinigami Takuto and Meroko (soul Reapers) who tell her she's only got a year to live. All that makes the girl's determination to become a singer even stronger, and her attitude drives the two Shinigami to feel sorry for her, thus they turn the girl into her own 16 year old future self and compeat for her dream to become a singer.
Furuba Buy See Fruits Basket
Furuutsu Basuketo Buy See Fruits Basket
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His and Her Circumstances Buy See Kareshi Kanojo no Jijoo
K

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
Buy 16 year old Marron goes to high school with her best friend Miyako, lives in an apartment by herself, and just so happens to have to soul of Jeanne D'Arc (Joan Of Arc). She moonlights as a thief named Jeanne who vanquishes demons that possess works of art and the people that admire them. To do this, she must steal the actual object, which is why people think she's more of a thief than a heroine. To makes things a bit more interesting, Miyako's father is the head detective on catching Jeanne, and Miyako is just as determined to catch her. Smooth talking Chiaki moves into the apartment next door to Marron, and also turns out to be a rival thief, Katiou Sinbad. Can rival thieves fulfill their purpose while falling in love?
Kare Kano Buy See Kareshi Kanojo no Jijoo

Kareshi Kanojo no Jijoo
Buy "The heroine of the story, Yukino, is in her first year of high school. Beautiful and smart, she is the envy of her classmates...or rather, such is her facade. In fact, she is extremely concerned with appearances, and can't help playing the part of the top student where people can see her."
Kodocha Buy See Kodomo no Omocha

Kodomo no Omocha
Buy

It's Sana versus Hayama in a battle for control of the classroom! But when she finally wins things don't go quite as expected and she finds herself closer to trouble maker Hayama then she ever expected...

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Phantom Wind Thief Jeanne Buy See Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
R
Revolutionary Girl Utena Buy See Shoujo Kakumei Utena
Genre
Romance(6) Romantic Comedy(1)
Setting
Fantasy(1)
Demographic
All Ages(1) Children(2) Kid at heart(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Artistic(1) Kawaii(1) Surreal(1)
Weird(2)
Keywords
Adventure(1) Animals(1) Bishounen(1) Epic(1)
Fragmentary(1) High School(2) Mahou Shoujo(1) Middle School(1)
Music(2) Shinigami(1) Slice of Life(1) Soul Mates(1)
Type
TV(6)
Release Year
2003(2) 2002(2) 2001(1) 2000(1) 1999(1) 1998(2) 1997(1) 1996(1)
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