The 100 Best Romance Animes – The Best List

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Who doesn’t like romance animes? Even the toughest men are enchanted by the incredible love stories told in animes. In this article, we will see a list of the most romantic animes of all time.

This is one of the most popular genres in the world of animes, which often portray reality and blow any cliché romance movie out of the water. In this list, I will include only the animes that are truly worth watching.

We also recommend reading: Best animes where love is forbidden

It is worth mentioning that most of the animes on this list can be watched on Crunchyroll, its official anime streaming platform, and you can watch them all for free.

Heartbreaking romantic animes

Many romantic animes make us cry a lot. The list of animes below can bring a tear to your eye:

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An anime composed of 2 seasons shows the life of Tomoya and Nagisa. They begin to strengthen their relationship until they start a romantic life full of challenges. This is undoubtedly one of the best romance animes and one of the most beautiful of all time, with a great soundtrack that makes any grown man cry.

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This anime tells the story of Tachibana Mei, who has never made friends or had a boyfriend. Until a boy named Kurosawa Yamato shows interest in her, and Mei’s depressing life begins to change. The anime is short, beautiful, light, and has 12 episodes, making it a great romance anime.

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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, has beautiful art, and 22 episodes.

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This anime has a very adult atmosphere, telling the story of 2 girls named Nana who start living together. One of them is the vocalist of a band, while the other wants a normal romantic life. Many things happen, making it one of the most dramatic and emotional animes out there.

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The tragic and famous love story told in animation in a slightly different way. However, the anime maintains the same drama and romance, making it a great option for those who appreciate this beautiful work of romantic anime.

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This anime tells the story of a girl who ends up getting involved with a boy she considers conceited, as he has won over two-thirds of the girls. However, this boy hides a bitter past, which the protagonist will try to understand.

Honorable Mentions - Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai

Other heartbreaking romance animes

• Kimi ga Nozomu Eien;
• Ao Haru Ride;
• Bokuga ga Ita;
• Full Moon wo Sagashite;
• Nagi no Asukara;
• Plastic Memories;
• Ef: A Tale of Melodies;
• AnoHana;
• Hanbun no tsuki ga noboru sora;
• Angel Beats;

Romantic comedies

Below we will see a list of the funniest romantic comedies:

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The romantic comedy revolves around the student council president and the vice president. Both are extremely intelligent, rich, and popular, and develop feelings for each other, but neither wants to admit it, as they believe that confessing their feelings would be a form of submitting to the other. Instead, they engage in a mental battle to make the other confess first, using elaborate tactics and psychological games.

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This romantic comedy takes place in college where a boy named Banri is attracted to a girl named Kouko, who is a stalker. The big problem is that in the past he suffered an accident in which he lost his memory. A perfect anime with 24 episodes that keeps you hooked from start to finish.

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Tells the story of Ryuuji, a cleanliness-obsessed guy with a scary look who 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 team up to try to get closer to them. One of the most popular romance animes of all time.

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A cute romantic comedy that tells the story of a giant guy who has never been loved, who meets a beautiful girl who falls in love with him. A perfect anime from start to finish, full of comedy and cute scenes. A very peculiar romantic anime!

Romance is present in 90% of comedy animes

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A romantic comedy with action composed of 4 seasons of 12 episodes each. 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.

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The anime tells the story of a student council president who is poor and works in a Maid Café to support her household. Until the most popular boy in school falls in love with her and starts pursuing her, the big problem is that she hates boys.

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This romantic comedy tells the story of a tall girl and a short boy who are always fighting and teasing each other. Until things start to change and a complicated romance happens between them. One of the most famous romantic comedies of all time. A classic romance!

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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 has a crush on. As Tomo deals with her personality and the conflicts of appearing like a boy, she and Junichirou face various funny and embarrassing situations while trying to deal with their feelings for each other.

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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 girl who is the daughter of another gang leader, they are forced to pretend to be dating to avoid a war between the two gangs, even though Raku is already in love with another girl from his past.

Other romantic comedies:

• Oregairu;
• Sakurasou no pet na kanojo;
• Haganai;
• Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai;
• Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun;
• Ouran Highschool Club Host;
• Special A;
• Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun;
• Nodame Cantabile;
• Honey And Clover;
• Ore no Imouto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai;
• Fruits Basket;

Cute (Kawaii) romance animes

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The anime tells the story of Futaba, who likes a boy named Kou. As she tries to get closer to him, everything goes well until he disappears. When he reappears, everything happens again, but some dramatic problems arise.

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This anime tells the story of Sawako, an innocent girl who ends up scaring her classmates because of her name and appearance, which resembles Sadako from The Ring. Until she meets and falls in love with a boy, but since both are slow, the romance is cute and slow, yet it is still considered one of the best shoujo romance animes of all time.

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The name of the anime is literally “The Red-Haired Snow White,” and it tells the story of a girl who wants to become an herbalist, who meets a prince from a neighboring kingdom. The unfolding of the story is somewhat slow, but it is a very cute romance anime.

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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 totally different side, they begin to get closer and discover more about their real personalities, forming an unexpected friendship that eventually turns into a romance.

Other cute romance animes:

• Sasameki Koto;
• Kanon;
• Sakura Trick (yuri);
• Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou;
• School Rumble;
• Amagami SS;

Other romance animes

We recommend that you also read our article: Romance animes with children.

The list of romantic animes is really large. Unfortunately, it’s not good to put a giant list for you to read, but 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 romance.

The movie Kimi no na wa tells the story of 2 young people from distant cities who begin to swap bodies, one of the best romance animes of all time, dominating the Japanese and global animation box office.

Several other action animes or comedies focus a bit on romance, such as Kokoro Connect, Sword Art Online, Nodame Cantabile, and many others that you cannot miss. To conclude the article, I would like to leave a brief list of more romance animes 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 that makes you cry;
• Guilty Crown – Action with a beautiful romance;
• Koi Kaze;
• Hana Yori Dango;
• Onegai Teacher;
• Masamune-Kun no Revenge – Romantic Comedy;
• Nisekoi – Romantic Comedy;
• Bakuman;
• Accel World. – Action;
• Aldnoah.Zero. – Action;
• Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun – Romantic Comedy;
• Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu – Action;

TOP 100 romance animes

To conclude, I will share a ranking of the 100 best romance animes according to a survey that had more than 700,000 votes. This TOP will only have the names of the animes as it is very large. It does not mean that the focus of the anime is romance; the ranking considers the best romances in animes 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 website!

1. Kaichou Wa Maid-sama
2. Toradora!
3. Say “I love you”;
4. Kamisama Kiss
5. Wolf Girl and Black Prince
6. Kimi ni Todoke
7. Blue Spring Ride
8. My Little Monster
9. Ouran High School Host Club
10. Special A
11. Lovely Complex
12. Noragami
13. Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso
14. Golden Time
15. Fruits Basket
16. Akagami No Shirayukihime
17. Yona of the Dawn
18. Nisekoi
19. Inu x Boku Secret Service
20. The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
21. Spice and Wolf
22. Vampire Knight Guilty
23. Snow White with the Red Hair
24. Itazura na KISS
25. Skip Beat!
26. Your Name
27. Zero no Tsukaima
28. Your Lie in April
29. Ore Monogatari
30. Stigma of the Wind
31. Kokoro Connect
32. Plastic Memories
33. Charlotte
34. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
35. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
36. Bokura ga Ita
37. Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance
38. Spirited Away
39. Clannad
40. Kyoukai No Kanata
41. Inu-x-boku-secret-service
42. Chivalry of a Failed Night
43. Hiiro no Kakera
44. Rosario + Vampire
45. Kotoura-san
46. Sword Art Online
47. Lovestage
48. Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi
49. Gosick
50. Vampire Knight
51. Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
52. Cardcaptor Sakura
53. Diabolik Lovers
54. Sailor Moon
55. High School DxD
56. Steins;Gate
57. Guilty Crown
58. Nodame Cantabile
59. Fushigi Yuugi
60. The Story of Saiunkoku
61. One Week Friends
62. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
63. Kiss Him, Not Me
64. No Game No Life
65. Peach Girl
66. Btooom!
67. Akatsuki No Yona
68. Chobits
69. Dance With the Devils
70. Nagi no Asukara
71. Koe no Katachi
72. Junjō Romantica
73. [Orange]
74. Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
75. Rurouni Kenshin: Trust
76. Eureka 7
77. Spice and Wolf II
78. Naruto Shippūden
79. Boys Over Flowers
80. The Wallflower
81. Kodocha
82. Shakugan no Shana III
83. Oh My Goddess!
84. Marai Nikki
85. Hotarubi no Mori e
86. Kotonoha No Niwa
87. Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
88. Please Teacher!
89. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru;
90. Karin
91. Akame ga KILL!
92. Yuri!!! on Ice
93. Amagami SS
94. Tokyo Mew Mew
95. Relife;
96. Watashi ga Motete Dousunda;
97. Ai Yori Aoshi;
98. Nana;
99. Full Metal Panic!
100. Monogatari