Modern/Shounen Titles

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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.

Shounen: (Target Group) (↗shounen (少年) = "boy", "juvenile"; opposite of "Shoujo") A demographic of manga readers (generally considered 10 to 16 years of age). Refers to anime based on manga that was originally serialized in a magazine targeting boys of any age. See also: ↗Wikipedia:Shounen.

Title Rating Synopsis
A
Ajimu Beach Story Buy See Ajimu Kaigan Monogatari

Ajimu Kaigan Monogatari
Buy One morning as 17-year-old Nakaido Hirosuke arrives at the train station on his way to high school, he catches sight of a beautiful girl, Ajimu Yasuna, and immediately falls for her - but has a bad start to say the least. Yet over time the two of them get to know each other and become friends, but he can't confess his feelings and she is unsure of hers: Yasuna's heart still holds the memory of her friend who left her two years ago. And then another girl makes her move towards Hirosuke...

Aniyome
Buy Kagura Takashi has lived with his brother Satoshi since the death of their parents some time ago. Because of that fact, Takashi is able to go to school and lead a normal life. However, he is always compared to his older brother in every thing that he does. Takashi seems to never measure up to what Satoshi has done. The final straw for Takashi was when Satoshi married Miwa, a woman that lived in the same apartment complex and who Takashi was deeply in love with. Because of that, a deep hatred of his brother rises within Takashi. So with the help of Nagayama Azusa, one of his teachers, Takaski sets out to take what he wants.

Aoki Densetsu Shoot!
Watch The Kakegawa used to be one of the worst soccer teams, until one man appeared: Kubo! He was a young and talented player. He actually had the chance to join the top teams, but he refused the offer and instead stayed with the Kakegawa as offensive player. Kubo had charisma, and due to that, he was able to supervise the Kakegawa`s training and efforts; the team became much better. (summary from BestAnime.com)
Ashita no Yoichi! Watch See Asu no Yoichi!

Asu no Yoichi!
Watch Having been raised and trained for the past sixteen years as a traditional samurai 'bushi', Yoichi was surprised when his father suddenly announces that there nothing more that he could teach his son, but he arranges for Yoichi to continue training at a dojo owned by one of their relatives. So now Yoichi must leave the tranquility of his remote rural mountain life and move to the city to live with his uncle's family to continue his studies. And if learning how to cope with city life were not hard enough, he finds himself living with 4 beautiful sisters and having to endure a ‘training’ regiment more severe than he could ever imagine.....
B

Bakuman 3
Watch Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi have come a long way since they started making manga in middle school, but trials still await them as they head towards their goal of getting an anime adaption for one of their manga. As they continue to grow as artists and as people, they will be faced with new friends, new rivals, and new hurdles to overcome.

Bentou no Gokui
Rent Kitamura brings a gigantic bentou to school: His parents are on a business trip, so his grandma is taking care of him for the time being. While everyone else is happy to be allowed to eat from this bentou, Takasu considers it a challenge to his own housewife skills; during the following days he tries to make creative special bentous in order to "beat" his mysterious opponent... before he learns what making bentou is ultimately about.
Blue Legend Shoot! Watch See Aoki Densetsu Shoot!

Buzzer Beater (2005)
Watch Based on the manga of Inoue Takehiko (who published the SLAM DUNK series), this series follows an eclectic and strange collection of basketball players (set in a futuristic time,) who aspire to create a team to join the Intergalactic Basketball League to play against the alien (devil horned) Gorans, and challenge their apparent mastery of this earth-sport.
C
Cast Away - Airan Island Buy See Nagasarete Airantou
Come Pick Me Up! & I'm always on your side Rent See Ichigo 100% Special 2
Crazy Shrine Maidens Rent See Kannagi
Crazy Shrine Maidens (OVA) Watch See Kannagi (OVA)

Cutie Honey (Live-Action Movie)
Rent When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation (fueled by love) to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, Honey teams up with the seemingly cold police woman Natsuko Aki and hot shot journalist Seiji Hayami as well as battle the four "claws" of the Panther Claw gang to save her uncle and the rest of the city.
Genre
Action(13) Action Comedy(4) Adventure(5) Comedy(45)
Drama(22) Horror(1) Mystery(1) Parody(13)
Romance(30) Romantic Comedy(28) Suspense(2)
Setting
Fantasy(12) Sci-Fi(9)
Demographic
All Ages(3) Children(2) Seinen(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(2) Classic(2) Creepy(1) Dark(4)
Fragmentary(10) Kawaii(5) Silly-funny(12) Surreal(6)
Weird(2)
Characters and Their Abilities
Animals(1) Artificial Girls(8) Bishounen(1) Deities(1)
Kemonomimi(1) Mahou Shoujo(1) Ninja(1) Samurai(1)
Shinigami(1) Superhero(1)
Story Elements and Location
Coming of Age(6) Competition(4) Depression(2) Elementary School(1)
Family Affairs(6) Fighting(9) Friendship(4) Harem(29)
High School(39) Magic(6) Martial Arts(6) Mecha(1)
Middle School(6) Music(3) Occult(1) Otaku Theme(4)
Psychics(3) School Comedy(11) Slice of Life(10) Soul Mates(2)
Spiritual(1) Sports(9) Supernatural(4) Swordplay(5)
Tenchi Clone(1) Time Travel(2)
Keywords
Anime-Manga Bundle(1) Boys Love(1) Comedy Fantasy(1) Dating Sim Spinoff(6)
Live Action(1) Reboot(2) Sequel(13) Shoujo Ai(1)
Spinoff(2) Spinoff-Sequel(3) Video-game inspired(1) Yuri(2)
Objectionable
Bondage(1) Ecchi(14) Erotic Comedy(4) Fan Service(41)
Hentai(1) Incest(1) Lolicon(2) Pantsu(11)
Pervert(6) Softcore(1) Stalking(2) Violent(2)
Vulgar(3)
Type
Movie(2) Omake(3) OVA(35) Short(4)
TV(40) TV Special(3)
Release Year
2013(3) 2012(4) 2011(5) 2010(4) 2009(7) 2008(5) 2007(5) 2006(5)
2005(20) 2004(12) 2003(5) 2002(4) 2001(4) 2000(4) 1996(1) 1995(1)
1994(1) 1993(1) 1992(2) 1991(1) 1990(2) 1989(1) 1988(1) 1987(2)
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