This is a term coined to identify things like jiggling breasts, cleavage shots, panty shots, bra shots, closeup shots of women's breast, legs, butt, etc., and mild nudity all for the purposes of "servicing" the audience and having no relevance to the plot or characters of a series. The term has a second meaning covering things like massive action sequences, explosions, fights, etc., but it mostly refers to the first meaning.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| C | ||
 Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch |
Buy |
Having been invaded and conquered by the Britannic Empire, Japan now struggles under its rule. The country once called Japan is now known as Area 11 and its citizens are called Elevens. The iron-rule of the Empire’s subjugated areas are enforced by mobile armoured combat suits called Knightmare Frames. But when one of their secret projects is captured by terrorists, a force strong enough to threaten their control is set loose ... |
| Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion | Buy | See Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch |
| D | ||
 DearS |
Rent | The crash landing of a spaceship on earth over a year ago is still the rage in the news. And the mysterious beautiful aliens called "DearS", who are now stranded on earth, are slowly being integrated into the local society. Takeya-kun has problems enough being a high school student living alone, and with Neneko, the landlords daughter, always letting herself into his flat. On the way home one day, he finds and shows kindness to a young lady. When she follows him home he is surprised to find out that she is one of these alien DearS, and now she is calling him goshujinsama (master). |
 DearS: A Ball of Gold |
Rent |
Miu is given a Tombola (lottery) ticket by the fish merchant, and procedes to win a trip for four to the fabulous new Atar Studio Bathhouse! Since the couple she stays with is out of town, she invites Ren, Takeya and Neneko to come along. |
| F | ||
 Full Metal Panic ~Fumoffu~ |
Buy | This is the sequel/sideseries to Full Metal Panic and follows the manga. Now that the events in FMP are over, Sosuke and Chidori are once again classmates in high school. However, Sosuke hasn't lost any of his military training and starts things off by blowing up his shoe locker after discovering someone had been in it and may have booby trapped it (a girl had left him a love letter in the locker). From there, it just gets better as the series parodies various elements of Japanese life or just has the two in wacky school-related adventures. Will Chidori and her trusty harisen be able to whack Sosuke into a normal man she can have a relationship with? Or will Chidori become more like Sosuke and become a military babe he would really love? |
| Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu | Buy | See Full Metal Panic ~Fumoffu~ |
| I | ||
| It's my rabbit and it's Cue!! | Buy | See Usagichan De Cue |
| M | ||
 Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo! |
Everyone calls it "Beatrice". That strange power that responds to the will of certain people and is capable of doing many wondrous and dangerous things. And Yoshimura Mamoru has been accepted to a high school that specializes in teaching the use of the strange ‘magic power’ to its students. On his way to school, he sees a pretty 2nd year student standing under the cherry trees. After a few words with her, she suddenly blushes and asks him to go out with her! In his first class, he is surprised to notice that everybody is staring at him - because of the rumor that Takasu Ayako, the ‘angel of death’ actually confessed to him! And then suddenly, he is summoned to the student council chambers and is offered a position with Takasu-sempai's on her student committee! It is going to be a very busy school year for Mamoru. |
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| MoHS | Buy | See Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu |
| N | ||
 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? |
| P | ||
 Project A-Ko |
Rent |
Sixteen years after a "meteorite" destroyed one of the world's major cities, it has been rebuilt into a futuristic marvel. A-Ko, a resident of this city, attends Graviton High School. Not only must she deal with being late to class, tests, and her rival B-Ko, but now alien invaders! |
| S | ||
| Sandglass of Summer Colors | Watch | See Natsuiro no Sunadokei |
 Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu |
Buy | Haruhi Suzumiya is bored. Good grades, nice figure, and a star athlete, Haruhi is bored with normal people. She goes out with every guy that asks but then breaks it off with them within a week. She joins a new club every day looking for that club that is fun. Not finding any, she quits. She is just looking for an interesting person who might be an alien, time traveler, slider, or esper. One day her classmate Kyon suggests that she make her own club. Buoyed by this idea, she creates a new club called the SoS Brigade. It means 'A Club that will create the most fun according to Haruhi Suzumiya' Brigade. A club that will entertain the world. |
| Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu | Buy | See Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu |
| T | ||
| The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya | Buy | See Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu |
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