Dating Sim Spinoff: (Type subgenre) Usually an anime starts out its life as a manga but a Dating Sim can also become an anime. Dating sims follow a set choice or path and feature Bad, Good, and True Endings. Most of the Dating Sims though are ↗ero-based an usually involve the main character trying to 'date' each of the girls in the game; the anime usually picks one of the harem of girls available and plays her 'true ending' out. Other dating sims are not usually Ero in nature but still follow the other rules. Note that even an anime based on an Ero game may not contain any erotic scenes in many cases. See also: "Video-game inspired".
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
 Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka |
Watch | One day, Junichi Nagase the 'Geno Killer' saves a girl from getting accosted by 2 thugs. Walking away from her, he curses himself for acting 'too cool'. The next day his classroom gets a new transfer student, Yuuhi Katagiri. She turns out to be the girl that he saved. She walks up to him and asks him out. After having many fantasies about her, the next day when she talks to him he bends over and gives her a kiss on the mouth. She screams about stealing her first kiss and proceeds to beat him black and blue. Later that evening he gets a visit from Yuuhi and it turns out that she is to live in his house as his fiancee. |
| Akasaka (nickname) | Watch | See Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka |
| C | ||
 Clannad (TV) |
Buy |
Clannad is set in a high-school located in some Japanese town. Okazaki Tomoya is a third-year student who doesn't take his studies seriously. Always late for class, he's seen as a delinquent by the rest of his classmates who are busy preparing for their entrance examinations. Needless to say, he hasn't too many close friends either. |
| E | ||
 ef - a tale of melodies |
This sequel to ef - a tale of memories was announced by Studio Shaft in late-June scheduled for an October 2008 release. | |
| S | ||
| School Days - bonus OVA | Rent | See School Days OVA |
 School Days OVA |
Rent | For Valentine's Day, Makoto is on the run from romantic admirers who want to give him chocolates. |
| School Days: Valentine Days | Rent | See School Days OVA |
| あかね色に染まる坂 | Watch | See Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka |
| クラナド | Buy | See Clannad (TV) |
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