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 |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
 Air TV |
Buy |
Kunisaki Yukito is a traveler, ever seeking the 'girl in the sky' from a legend passed down in his family. His journey takes him to a small seaside town, where he meets Misuzu, a girl who seems eager to become his friend. A story spanning a thousand years begins to unfold against the background of their peculiar relationship. |
 Aishiteru Ze Baby |
Buy | A crisis in the Katakura family changes the life style of a carefree high school playboy, when Kippei is asked to look after his five-year old cousin, Yuzuyu. Kippei tries to complain and avoid the responsibility but Yuzuyu's quiet charm soon wins him over. In trying to be a mom to his little cousin, Kippei learns some hard lessons on how to be responsible, as well as helping Yuzuyu deal with issues at her pre-school and her longing for her absent mother. And what about Kokoro, the cute classmate, who seems to show some measure of interest in Kippei? |
| Aishiteruze Baby | Buy | See Aishiteru Ze Baby |
| Aqua Age | Buy | See Mizuiro Jidai |
 Asatte no Houkou |
Buy |
A girl and a woman – tied together by their secret desires, a young man and a small roadside shrine rumored to be able to grant wishes. Karada is troubled by being looked after by Hiro, her older brother. The death of their parents some four years ago brought an older brother back into her life and since then, he has been looking after her. Nogami Shoko met a Japanese boy in America, they became close and then he suddenly left. Now some four years later, Shoko returned to Japan - feeling a bit lost and empty. And on one hot and fateful summer day, they meet on a lonely rural path next to a small revered shrine. |
| B | ||
| Babe My Love (French) | Buy | See Aishiteru Ze Baby |
 BECK |
Buy |
Yukio (also known as Koyuki) is somewhat of a fourteen-year-old loser. He's not very popular, athletic or musically talented. In fact he is so lame that his favorite musician is a canned-mainstream-te |
| Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad | Buy | See BECK |
| Big Windup (R1 title) | See Ookiku Furikabutte | |
| 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. |
| D | ||
| Double Wish | Watch | See W - Wish |
| E | ||
 ef - a tale of memories |
Rent | The story revolves around 2 sisters, Kei and Chihiro Shinou. Kei spends her mornings helping her 'Oni-chan' Hiro Hirono get up in the morning. But Hiro has started to see another girl named Miyako Miyamura who is a bit of a troubled student and Kei feels that she is a bad influence on him. But lately Kei has noticed someone following her around. Chihiro just stays at the train station and reads. One day a boy Renji stops by and starts talking to her. Chihiro likes this boy but she has a problem: About ten years ago she got into an accident and now cannot remember the previous day. Her only link to the past is a hand written diary that one of her previous selves has written. |
 ef ~ a tale of memories |
Buy | a beautiful series revolving around the relationships of Hiro, Miyako,Kei, Renji and Chihiro. Who will Hiro pick? the little sister Kei that he has known for years or the mysterous Miyako whom he just met? and will Chihiro be able to remember who her beloved Renji-kun is, with memories lasting only 13 hours? |
| F | ||
 Fruits Basket |
Buy |
Tooru Honda is a 16-year old girl living in a tent in the nearby mountain woods. Her father died when she was very young and her mother had just recently died in a car accident. Not wanting to put her grandfather (on her father's side) out while his house is being renovated, she told him she would stay with friends so no one knows she's living in a tent. In the meantime, she goes to school and works her part-time job on a cleaning crew so that she can pay her high school tuition (in Japan, high school is like college in the US). |
| Furuba | Buy | See Fruits Basket |
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