Quantcast

Coming of Age/Drama/Fantasy Titles

Coming of Age: (Story/Location) A story in which the main character is confronted with issues related to their transition from adolescence (innocence) to adulthood (responsibility). Most typically found in a modern romance story in which the main character has to confront his/her feelings over their (first) love and/or deciding about the path in life (setting goals, attending college, getting a job etc.).

Drama: (Genre) Titles that show a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces. See also: "Action Drama".

Fantasy: (Setting) Titles that deal in might and magic will fall into this category.

Title Rating Synopsis
D
Die Macht des Zaubersteins Buy See Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
F

Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
Buy Nadia is based loosely on the works of Jules Verne, or rather more accurately takes place in a Vern-esque world. It is the world of the acrobat Nadia, her pet lion cub King, and the young genius inventer Jean. When Jean rescues Nadia during a flying-machine contest at the world's fair, the two embark on a fast-paced adventure together.
K

Kamichu!
Buy In a quiet village town, the supernatural and ordinary coexist in a quiet harmony. And then one day, a normal junior high school girl named Hitotsubashi Yurie tells two of her school friends that she has suddenly become a god last night. But she still has problems to get the boy she likes to even remember her name...
L

Loveless (TV)
Buy Twelve-year old Aoyagi Ritsuka lost his only kin when his brother, Aoyagi Seimei, was killed under mysterious circumstances. One day, he meets Wagatsuma Soubi, who claims to know his brother. It turns out that Soubi and Seimei used to be a fighting pair, whereby Soubi was the "Fighting Machine" and Seimei was the "Sacrifice". Now that Seimei is gone, Soubi 'belongs' to Ritsuka who will become his new "Sacrifice". After learning that Seimei was killed by an organization known as the "Seventh Moon", Ritsuka decides to join forces with Soubi and investigate the truth behind his brother's death.
M

Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto
Buy In a society very much like the one we have today, there are certain people born with the ability to apply magic, and a world-wide administration limiting and organizing the use of magic. During her summer holidays 17 years old Kikuchi Yume travels to Tokyo as to complete her apprenticeship to become an official mage, for which she'll live as a guest in the house of her instructor, a very handsome but lonely man. Together with her fellow apprentice Angela she'll find out what it means to be a mage, and what magic can and can't do to the life of those who apply it or ask for its application.
N
Nadia - Il mistero della pietra azzurra Buy See Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
Nadia the Secret of Blue Water Buy See Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
Nadia, le secret de l`eau bleue Buy See Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
S
Someday's Dreamer Buy See Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto
T
Things Precious to A Mage Buy See Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto
U

Uta Kata
Buy A very quiet Ichika is attending Kamakura Girl High School with her three friends, Satsuki who had a sturdy mind, Keiko who was a gentle girl, and Michiru who has something mysterious about her. On the last day of the first term, on her way home with her friends, Ichika realizes that she has lost her cellphone with its special treasured charm, so she hurries back to school. She finds her cellphone but it appears to be on the other side of a large, ancient mirror. A cute, friendly young girl appears in the mirror, offering to return the item in exchange for a simple promise: Ichika has to do the summer homework for this girl who came into this world for "sightseeing". And so begins the summer friendship between Ichika and Manatsu and the story of their magical adventures, for the 12 stones in Ichika's charm have turned into magical stones to summon elemental djinns.
うた∽かた (Japanese) Buy See Uta Kata
かみちゅ! (Japanese) Buy See Kamichu!
ふしぎの海のナディア Buy See Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
ラブレス (Japanese) Buy See Loveless (TV)
Genre
Action(3) Comedy(1) Horror(1) Romance(2)
Suspense(1) Tragedy(1)
Setting
Modern(3)
Demographic
All Ages(3) Children(1) Seinen(1) Shoujo(1)
Shounen(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Kawaii(1) Moe(1) Surreal(1)
Keywords
Adventure(2) Bishounen(2) Dark(1) Deities(1)
Depression(1) Fan Service(1) Fighting(1) Friendship(1)
High School(1) Magic(2) Mahou Shoujo(2) Middle School(1)
Shounen Ai(1) Soul Mates(1) Supernatural(2) Yaoi(1)
Yuri(1)
Type
TV(5)
Release Year
2005(3) 2004(1) 2002(1) 1991(1) 1990(1)
  Jump to:

Community Anime Reviews

anime mikomi org