Who doesn't like romance anime? Even the men of the most masculine are enchanted by the incredible love stories told in the anime. In this article, we will see a list of the most romantic anime of all time.
This is one of the most popular genres in the anime world, which often depicts reality and destroys any cliché romance movie. In this list, I will include only the animes that are truly worth watching.
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Romantic anime to cry to
Many romantic anime makes us cry a lot. The anime list below can take a tear out of your eye:
Clannad
Anime composed of 2 seasons shows the life of Tomoya and Nagisa. They begin to strengthen their relationship until starting a romantic life full of challenges. This is undoubtedly one of the best romance anime and one of the most beautiful of all time, with a great soundtrack and makes any man cry.
Sukitte Ii na yo
This anime tells the story of Tachibana Mei, who never made friends or had a boyfriend. Until a boy named Kurosawa Yamato showed interest in her and Mei's depressing life begins to change. The anime is short, beautiful, light and has 12 episodes, a great romance anime.
Shigatsu wa kimi no uso
If you want to cry, watch this story that shows the depressing life of Arima Kousei, who lost the ability to play the piano. Until finally a wonderful girl named Kaori appears in his life and changes everything. The anime is spectacular, with beautiful animation and 22 episodes.
Nana
This anime has a very adult atmosphere, tells the story of 2 girls named Nana who start living together. One is a vocalist for a band, the other wants a normal romantic life. Many things happen making it one of the most dramatic and exciting anime around.
Romeo x Juliet
The tragic and famous love story told in animation and a slightly different way. However, the anime maintains the same drama and romance, making it a great option for those who appreciate this beautiful piece of romantic anime.
Bokura ga Ita
This anime tells the story of a girl who ends up getting involved with a boy she considers convinced, since she conquered 2 thirds of the girls. However, this boy hides a bitter past, whose protagonist will try to understand.
Honorable Mentions - Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai
Other romance anime that make you cry
- Kimi ga Nozomu Eien;
- Ao Haru Ride;
- I was there;
- Full Moon wo Sagashite;
- Nagi no Asukara;
- Plastic Memories
- Ef: A Tale of Melodies
- AnoHana;
- The half moon rises in the sky;
- Angel Beats;
Romantic anime with comedy
Below we will see a list of the funniest romantic comedy anime:
Kaguya-sama Love is War
The romantic comedy revolves around the student council president and the vice president. Both are extremely intelligent, rich, and popular, and they develop feelings for each other, but neither of them wants to it it, as they believe confessing their feelings would be a way to submit to the other. Instead, they engage in a mental battle to make the other confess first, using elaborate tactics and psychological games.
Golden Time
This romantic comedy takes place in college where a boy named Banri is attracted to a stalker girl named Kouko. The big problem is that in the past he suffered an accident in which he lost his memory. Perfect anime with 24 episodes that grabs you from the beginning to the end.
Toradora
Tell the story of Ryuuji, a guy obsessed with cleanliness who has a scary look and is in love with a girl. He meets the friend of this girl named Taiga, a short tsundere who is in love with his friend, so the two form a partnership to try to get closer to them. One of the most popular romance anime of all time.
Ore Monogatari
A kawaii desu romantic comedy that tells the story of a giant guy who has never been loved, meets a beautiful girl who falls in love with him. Perfect anime from start to finish, full of comedy and cute scenes. A very peculiar romantic anime!
Romance is present in 90% of comedy anime.
Zero no tsukaima
A romantic comedy with action composed of 4 seasons of 12 episodes. The anime tells the story of a Saito who is summoned by a girl named Louise from a magic school in another world. He ends up becoming her pet, and then a long love story begins.
Maid-Café
The anime tells the story of a student president who is poor and works at a Maid-Café to maintain the house. Until the most popular boy in high school falls in love with her and starts chasing her, the big problem is that she hates boys.
Lovely Complex
This romantic comedy tells the story of a tall girl and a short boy who constantly fight and tease each other. Until things start to change and a complicated romance happens between the two. One of the most famous romantic comedy anime of all time. A very classic romance!
Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko
This very funny anime tells the story of Tomo, an athletic and tough high school girl who is childhood friends with Junichirou, a boy she secretly fell in love with. While Tomo deals with his personality and the conflicts of looking like a boy, she and Junichirou face many funny and awkward situations as they try to deal with their feelings for each other.
Nisekoi
Nisekoi follows the story of Raku Ichijou, a high school student who is the son of a yakuza leader. When Raku meets Chitoge Kirisaki, a transfer student who is the daughter of another rival gang leader, they are forced to pretend to be in a relationship to prevent a war between the two gangs, even though Raku is already in love with another girl from his past.
Other romantic comedy anime:
- Oregairu;
- Sakurasou no pet na kanojo
- Haganai;
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions;
- Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun;
- Ouran High School Host Club;
- Special A;
- Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun;
- Nodame Cantabile;
- Mel e Trevo;
- Pray no Imouto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai;
- Fruits Basket
Cute Romance Anime (Kawaii)
Ao Haru Ride
The anime tells the story of Futaba, who likes a boy named Kou, when trying to get close to him everything went well until he disseems. When Kou reappears again, some more very dramatic problems arise.
Kimi ni Todoke
This anime tells the story of Sawako an innocent girl who ends up scaring colleagues because of her name and appearance that reminds Sadako of the Call. Until she meets and falls in love with a boy, but as they are both slow the romance is cute and slow, but it is still considered one of the best shoujo romance anime of all time.
Snow White with the Red Hair
The name of the anime is literally “The red hair of snow-white”, tells the story of a girl who wants to become a herbalist, who meets a prince from a neighboring kingdom. The story progresses a little slow, but it's a cute romance anime.
Horimiya
The anime follows the story of Kyoko Hori, an exemplary and popular student in school, and Izumi Miyamura, a boy with an alternative and discreet style, who hides his true personality behind baggy clothes and glasses. When Hori discovers that Miyamura has a completely different side, they start to grow closer and learn more about their true personalities, forming an unexpected friendship that eventually blossoms into a romance.
Other cute romance anime:
- Sasameki Koto;
- Kanon;
- Sakura Trick (yuri)
- His and Her Circumstances;
- School Rumble;
- Amagami SS;
Other romance anime
We recommend that you also read our article: Romance anime with children.
The list of romantic anime is really large. Unfortunately, it is not good to put a giant list for you to read; however, I want to make honorable mentions to the famous movie that was released this year Kimi no na wa and all the other movies by Makoto Shinkai that are about romances.
The film Kimi no na wa tells the story of 2 young people from distant cities who start to switch bodies, one of the best romance anime of all time, dominated the Japanese and worldwide animation box office.
Several other action animes or comedies focus a little on romance, such as Kokoro Connect, Sword Art Online, Nodame Cantabile, and several others that you must watch. To conclude the article, I would like to leave a short list of more romance anime that I recommend researching and watching later, as well as an extra AMV.
- ReLife - comedy, everyday life, romance;
- Tsuki ga kirei - School romance anime;
- Chobits - romantic comedy;
- Plastic Memories - Romance, Drama to make you cry;
- Guilty Crown - Action with a beautiful romance;
- Koi Kaze;
- Hana Yori Dango;
- Onegai Teacher;
- Masamune-Kun's Revenge - Romantic Comedy;
- Nisekoi - Romantic comedy;
- Bakuman;
- Accel World. - Action;
- Aldnoah.Zero. - Action;
- Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - Romantic comedy;
- Re: Zero Starting Life in Another World - Action;
TOP 100 romance anime
Finally, I will share a ranking of the 100 best romance anime according to a poll that received more than 700,000 votes. This TOP will only have the name of the anime because it is massive. It does not mean that the focus of anime is romance, the ranking considers the best romance anime of all time.
I hope you enjoyed our list of romance animes! Have you watched them all? You can suggest romance animes in the comments on the site!
- Kaichou Wa Maid-sama
- Toradora!
- Say "I love you";
- Kamisama Kiss
- Wolf Girl and Black Prince
- Kimi ni Todoke
- Blue Spring Ride
- My Little Monster
- Ouran High School Host Club
- Special A
- Lovely Complex
- Noragami
- Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso
- Golden Time
- Fruits Basket
- Akagami No Shirayukihime
- Yona of the Dawn
- Nisekoi
- Inu x Boku Secret Service
- The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
- Spice and Wolf
- Vampire Knight Guilty
- Snow White with the Red Hair
- Itazura na KISS
- Skip Beat!
- Your Name
- Zero no Tsukaima
- Your Lie in April
- Ore Monogatari
- Stigma of the Wind
- Kokoro Connect
- Plastic Memories
- Charlotte
- Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
- Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
- Bokura ga Ita
- Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance
- Spirited Away
- Clannad
- Kyoukai No Kanata
- Inu-x-boku-secret-service
- Chivalry of a Failed Night
- Hiiro no Kakera
- Rosario + Vampire
- Kotoura-san
- Sword Art Online
- Lovestage
- Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi
- Gosick
- Vampire Knight
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Diabolik Lovers
- Sailor Moon
- High School DxD
- Steins;Gate
- Guilty Crown
- Nodame Cantabile
- Fushigi Yuugi
- The Story of Saiunkoku
- One Week Friends
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
- Kiss Him, Not Me
- No Game No Life
- Peach Girl
- Btooom!
- Akatsuki No Yona
- Chobits
- Dance With the Devils
- Nagi no Asukara
- Koe no Katachi
- Junjō Romantica
- [Orange]
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
- Rurouni Kenshin: Trust
- Eureka 7
- Spice and Wolf II
- Naruto Shippūden
- Boys Over Flowers
- The Wallflower
- Kodocha
- Shakugan no Shana III
- Oh My Goddess!
- Marai Nikki
- Hotarubi no Mori e
- Kotonoha No Niwa
- Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
- Please Teacher!
- Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru;
- Karin
- Akame ga KILL!
- Yuri!!! on Ice
- Amagami SS
- Tokyo Mew Mew
- Relife;
- Watashi ga Motete Dousunda;
- Ai Yori Aoshi;
- Nana;
- Full Metal Panic!
- Monogatari
