This is a list of romantic anime television series, films, and OVAs. While not all inclusive, this list contains numerous works that are representative of the genre. For accuracy of the list, the most common English usage is followed by Japanese name and romaji version. The column for year represents the first premiere of the work, in the case of series the year of the first release.

English name Japanese name Type Year Regions
1001 Nights Senya Ichiya Monogatari Movie 1969 JA
5 Centimeters per Second Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru Movie 2007 JA/EN
9 Love Stories Ai Monogatari: 9 Love Stories OVA 1993 JA
1st Sorcerous Stabber Orphen TV 1998 JA/EN
A Bridge to the Starry Skies Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi TV 2011 JA
A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi TV 2011 JA
A Town Where You Live Kimi no Iru Machi TV 2013 JA
A Whisker Away Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu Movie 2020 JA
Adventures of the Little Mermaid Ningyo Hime Marina no Bouken TV 1991 JA
Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero Hagure Yūsha no Esutetika TV 2012 JA/EN
Air TV 2005 JA/EN
Aishiteruze Baby Aishiteruze Beibe TV 2004 JA
Ai Yori Aoshi TV 2002 JA/EN
Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi TV 2003 JA/EN
Akane Maniax Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Gaiden OVA 2004 JA
Amagami SS TV 2010 JA
Amagami SS+ TV 2012 JA
Andersen's Children's Story: The Mermaid Princess Andersen Douwa - Ningyo Hime Movie 1975 JA
Angel Tales Tenshi no Shippo TV 2001 JA
Ano Ko ni 1000% OVA 1989 JA
Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution TV 2002 JA
Aquarion Evol TV 2012 JA/EN
Arakawa Under the Bridge TV 2010 JA
Aria the Scarlet Ammo Hidan no Aria TV 2011 JA/EN
As The Moon, So Beautiful Tsukigakirei TV 2017 JA/EN
Ashita no Nadja TV 2003 JA
Ask Dr. Rin! TV 2001 JA
Azuki-chan TV 1995 JA
Belladonna of Sadness Kanashimi no Belladonna Movie 1973 JA
Beloved Angel Angelique Koi suru Tenshi Angelique TV 2006 JA
Beyond the Boundary Kyoukai no Kanata TV 2013 JA
Blue Spring Ride Ao Haru Ride TV 2014 JA
Bobby's In Deep Movie 1985 JA/EN
Boys Be TV 2000 JA/EN
Boys Over Flowers Hana Yori Dango TV 1996 JA/EN
Brighter Than the Dawning Blue Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na -Crescent Love- TV 2006 JA
Brothers Conflict TV 2013 JA/EN
Bronze: Zetsuai Since 1989 OVA 1996 JA
Candy Candy TV 1976 JA
Cardcaptor Sakura Kādokyaputā Sakura TV 1998 JA/EN
Ceres: Celestial Legend Ayashi no Ceres TV 2000 JA/EN
Charlotte (anime) Charlotte TV 2015 JA/EN
Chibi Vampire Karin TV 2005 JA/EN
Chobits TV 2002 JA/EN
Clannad TV 2007 JA/EN
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners ONA 2022 JA/EN
Da Capo (visual novel) TV 2003 JA/EN
Dance in the Vampire Bund Dansu in za Vanpaia Bando TV 2010 JA/EN
Dance With Devils TV 2015 JA
Darling in the Franxx TV 2018 JA
Date A Live TV 2013 JA/EN
Diabolik Lovers Diaborikku Ravāzu TV 2013 JA
D.N.Angel Dī Enu Enjeru TV 2003 JA/AN
DNA² TV 1994 JA/AN
Eden of the East TV 2009 JA/EN
Ef - a tale of memories TV 2007 JA/EN
Elfen Lied Erufen Rīto TV 2004 JA/EN
Engaged to the Unidentified Mikakunin de Shinkōkei TV 2014 JA
Eureka Seven TV 2005 JA/EN
Fate/stay night TV 2006 JA/EN
Fortune Arterial Fortune Arterial: Akai Yakusaku TV 2010 JA
From Me To You Kimi Ni Todoke TV 2009 JA
Fruits Basket Furūtsu Basuketto TV 2001 JA/EN
Full Metal Panic! Furumetaru Panikku TV 2002 JA/EN
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu Furumetaru Panikku? Fumoffu TV 2003 JA/EN
Full Moon wo Sagashite TV 2002 JA/EN
Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play TV 1995 JA/EN
Future Diary Mirai Nikki TV 2011 JA/EN
Glasslip TV 2014 JA
Gakuen Alice (Alice Academy or Alice School) Gakuen Arisu TV 2005 JA/EN
Ginban Kaleidoscope Ginban Kareidosukōpu TV 2005 JA/EN
Glasslip TV 2014 JA
Golden Time TV 2013 JA
Gosick TV 2011 JA
Guilty Crown TV 2011 JA/EN
He Is My Master Kore ga Watashi no Goshujin-sama TV 2005 JA
Here is Greenwood OVA 1991 JA/EN
High School DxD Born TV 2015 JA/EN
His and Her Circumstances Kare Kano TV 1998 JA/EN
Honey and Clover Hachimitsu to Kurōbā TV 2005 JA
Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere TV 2011 JA/EN
H2O: Footprints in the Sand TV 2008 JA
I My Me! Strawberry Eggs TV 2001 JA/EN
Ichigo 100% TV 2005 JA
If Her Flag Breaks Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara TV 2014 JA
If I See You in My Dreams TV 1998 JA/EN
Inuyasha TV 1996 JA/EN
Inu x Boku SS TV 2012 JA/EN
Is this a zombie? Kore wa zombie desu ka? TV 2011 JA
I've Always Liked You Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai Movie 2016 JA
Kaguya-sama: Love is War Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai - Tensai-tachi no Ren'ai Zunōsen TV 2019 JA/EN
Kamisama Kiss Kamisama Hajimemashita TV 2012 JA/EN
Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox Kanokon TV 2008 JA/EN
Kanon Kanon TV 2006 JA/EN
Kids on the Slope Sakamichi no Apollon TV 2012 JA/EN
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You Kimi ni Todoke TV 2009 JA/EN
Kimikiss: Pure Rouge KimiKisu TV 2007 JA
Kirarin Revolution Kirarin Reboryūshon TV 2004 JA
Kodomo no Omocha (Child's Toy), Kodocha TV 1996 JA/EN
Kokoro Connect Kokoro Konekuto TV 2012 JA/EN
Kotoura-san TV 2013 JA
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai! TV 2012 JA/EN
Lovely Complex Love*Com TV 2007 JA
Love Hina Rabu Hina TV 2000 JA/EN
Magic-Kyun! Renaissance TV 2016 JA
Maiden Spirit Zakuro Otome Yōkai Zakuro TV 2010 JA
Maburaho Maburaho TV 2000 JA/EN
Maison Ikkoku Mezon Ikkoku TV 1986 JA
Marmalade Boy Mamarēdo Bōi TV 1994 JA/EN
Mashiroiro Symphony Mashiroiro Symphony: Love is pure white TV 2011 JA
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Māmeido Merodī Pichi Pichi Pitchi TV 2004 JA
My Guardian Characters Shugo Chara! TV 2007 JA/EN
My Little Monster Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun TV 2008 JA
My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute! Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai (OreImo) TV 2010 JA
My Love Story!! Ore Monogatari!! TV 2015 JA
Myself ; Yourself TV 2007 JA
Mysterious Girlfriend X Nazo no Kanojo X TV 2012 JA/EN
Nakaimo - My Sister Is Among Them! Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru! TV 2012 JA/EN
Nana nana TV 2006 JA/EN
Neighborhood Story Gokinjo Monogatari TV 1995 JA
Omamori Himari Omamori Himari TV 2010 JA
One Week Friends Isshukan Friends TV 2014 JA
Orange (manga) TV 2016 JA/EN
Oreshura Ore No Kanojo To Osananajimi Ga Shuraba Sugiru TV 2013 JA
Ouran High School Host Club Oran Koko Hosuto Kurabu TV 2006 JA/EN
Paradise Kiss Paradaisu Kisu TV 2005 JA/EN
Peach Girl Pīchi Gāru TV 2005 JA/EN
Place to Place Acchi Kocchi TV 2012 JA
Plastic Memories TV 2015 JA/EN
Please Teacher Onegai Teacher TV 2002 JA/EN
Prétear Shin Shirayuki-hime Densetsu Purītia TV 2001
Princess Jellyfish Kuragehime TV 2010
Ranma ½ TV 1989 JA
Red Data Girl Ārudījī Reddo Dēta Gāru TV 2013 JA/EN
Riddle Story of Devil[1] Akuma no Ridoru TV 2014
Rosario + Vampire Rozario to Banpaia TV 2008 JA/EN
Rumbling Hearts Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien TV 2003-2004 JA
Samurai Harem: Asu noYoichi TV 2009 JA
Sankarea TV 2012 JA
Say "I love you" Sukitte Iinayo TV 2012 JA/EN
School Days (visual novel) TV 2007 JA
School Rumble Sukūru Ranburu TV 2004 JA/EN
Shakugan No Shana TV 2005 JA/EN
Shuffle! Shaffuru! TV 2005 JA/EN
Skip Beat! Sukippu Bīto! TV 2011 JA/EN
Sugar Sugar Rune Shuga Shuga Rūn TV 2005 JA
Sky With A Rising Half-Moon Hanbun No Tsuki Ga Noboru Sora TV 2006 JA
Snow White with the Red Hair Akagami no Shirayukihime TV 2015 JA/EN
Sola (manga) TV/OVA 2007 JA
Song Of The Prince Uta no prince sama TV 2011 JA
Special A / S · A: Special A S·A Supesharu Ē TV 2008 JA/EN
Spice and Wolf Imagin TV 2008 JA/EN
Suzuka TV 2005 JA/EN
Sword Art Online TV 2012 JA/EN
The Last: Naruto The Movie Naruto Movie 2014 JA/EN
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo TV 2012 JA
The President is a Maid! Kaichou wa Maid-sama! TV 2010 JA
The Wallflower Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge TV 2006 JA/EN
The World God Only Knows Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai TV 2010 JA/EN
The World God Only Knows II Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai 2 TV 2011 JA/EN
The World's Greatest First Love Sekai-Ichi Hatsukoi TV 2011 JA
To Love-Ru To Love-Ru TV/OVA 2008 JA
Tokyo Mew Mew Tōkyō Myū Myū TV 2002 JA/EN
Toradora! TV 2008 JA/EN
UFO Baby Dā! Dā! Dā! TV 2002 JA
Ultra Maniac Urutora Maniakku TV 2003 JA/EN
Vampire Knight TV 2008 JA/EN
Waiting in the Summer Ano Natsu de Matteru TV 2012 JA
We were there Bokura ga Ita TV 2006 JA
Weathering With You Tenki No Ko Movie 2019 JA/EN
Witch Craft Works TV 2014 JA
Wolf Girl and Black Prince Ōkami Shōjo to Kuro Ōji TV 2014 JA
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches Yamada-kun to 7-nin no majo TV 2013 JA/EN
Yona Of The Dawn Akatsuki no Yona TV 2014 JA
Your Lie in April[2] Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso TV 2014 JA/EN
Your Name Kimi no na wa Movie 2016 JA/EN

References

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  1. ^ Richard Eisenbeis (8 April 2014). "Your Complete Spring 2014 Anime Guide". Kotaku. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. ^ Aatish Kamble (23 December 2015). "30 Best Romance Anime You Should Watch". OtakuCrunch. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2015.