Self-explanatory. High school (grades 10-12) should play a major role in the title. Azumanga Daioh is an excellent example of this category. A typical High school series will include a Sports Festival, a Cultural Festival, and a school Trip.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
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| A | ||
| Arms Alchemy | Rent | See Busou Renkin |
| B | ||
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Busou Renkin |
Rent |
The story begins when high school student Mutou Kazuki is killed one night saving a mysterious girl from a monster, only to wake up and find it was only a dream. However, he soon finds out how real that dream was when a giant serpentine monster attacks him and his sister. Tsumura Tokiko, the girl from his dream, explains that the monster is a homunculus. Kazuki had been attacked and killed by it when rescuing Tokiko, however the girl revived him by placing a kakugane in his chest. |
| G | ||
| Grade School Excursion! Run For It! | Watch | See Urusei Yatsura TV Special |
| K | ||
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Kekkaishi |
The 14-year-old Sumikawa Yoshimori is struggling at both being a high school student and a direct descendant of the Kekkaishi, renown for being a clan of exterminators of monsters. He is the leading candidate for being named the heir of the family, but so is his nextdoor neighbor, his childhood friend and rival Yumikura Tokine. And although Tokine might be a girl, she is a few years older than him, a perfect student, very cute and a very strong fighter. The only way that Yoshimori can live up to his grandfather’s expectations is to prove himself to be fearless, skilled and somehow exceed Tokine! |
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Kyou Kara Maou |
Rent |
Yurri Shibuya was just happy being a high school until he gets pulled through to another world of magic and adventure, where he is told that he is the 27th reincarnation of the Maou. He is now the Maou, the ruler of a race of deamons, and that his country of Shinma is at war with the humans. |
| N | ||
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Natsuiro no Sunadokei |
Watch |
On the last day of high school, right before the summer break, Makimura Koutarou decides that he is going to confess to the school idol, Serizawa Kaho-chan (by talking Ai, the younger girl living next door to him, into delivering his love letter) - only to be turned down instantly. On his way home that night, he confronts a trench-coated stalker in the shadows and ends up being showered with a strange powder. The next morning when he wakes up, six weeks have passed and his school is having a memorial service for Serizawa Kaho, with everyone being sympathetic at the death of his girl friend. He learns that Kaho-chan died in an accident as she was hurrying to meet him on a date? |
![]() Negima!? |
A New look at the Negima franchise. This series focuses on the magic side of Negima and features more battles and a lot more comedy. The Pactio system is different as each girl receives 3 cards and they each do a different thing, one being for pure comedy. Takamichi also plays are larger role where he was a sideline character in the original. | |
| Negima!? TV 2006 | See Negima!? | |
| R | ||
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Ranma 1/2 |
Buy |
Saotome Ranma is a boy with a problem. He is cursed so that whenever cold water hits him, he turns into a young red haired girl. Further complicating maters is that his father Genma has arranged for Ranma to marry one of the daughters of Tendou Souun, his former training companion. Of the daughters Kasumi (the sweet one and homemaker), Nabiki (the scheming one), and Akane (the violent one), Akane is chosen to be Ranma's bride. |
| Ranma 1/2 Nettôhen | Buy | See Ranma 1/2 |
| S | ||
| Sandglass of Summer Colors | Watch | See Natsuiro no Sunadokei |
| T | ||
![]() Tetsuwan Birdy Decode |
Tsutomu Senkawa is an average high school kid who is busy studying for his senior entrance exams. Tsutomu goes out for some fresh air, after a hard day's work studying for a big test, when he runs into a guy fleeing from a pretty young lady. The pursued man is actually an interplanetary criminal on the run from a Federation agent called Birdy Cephon Altera. Caught in the midst of this chase, Tsutomu gets thrown by the man at Birdy, which kills Tsutomu. Fortunately for Tsutomu, there is a way to keep him alive, although it comes at the price of discarding his body. He ends up merged into Birdy's body. |
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| U | ||
| Urusei Yatsura All-Star Bash | Watch | See Urusei Yatsura TV Special |
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Urusei Yatsura TV Special |
Watch |
After Ataru's mother, Moroboshi-san, recaps the first 21 episodes of Urusei Yatsura, Ataru and his class go on a field trip to visit historical places in Japan (Golden Temple and more). A kunoichi (female ninja) named Kaede accidently loses a secret document and her master demands she find it. As it happens, Ataru discovers is, thus Kaede must pursue him in order to gain the scroll. Because she's so nice, she doesn't just take it from him. As such, Ataru assumes she has feelings for him. Unfortunately for him, Lum-chan has rented a school uniform and has been tagging along to make sure he doesn't stray. Will Kaede regain the scroll? Will Ataru kiss Kaede? Will anyone survive Lum-chan? |
| ネギま!? (Japanese) | See Negima!? | |
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