— underrated anime!
animes i think are under-watched and deserve more attention/more ppl talking abt it!! also check out my animelist to get more recommendations! C:
Items in this hypelist
Mystery
SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary
2024 - 2 Seasons, 22 Episodes
Kobato decides to become an honest, humble citizen after enduring a bitter experience known as “wisdom work.” He forms a pact with Osanai, his classmate with the same goal, and they plan to enter high school leading quiet lives. But for some reason, inexplicable events and disasters keep happening around them. Will Kobato and Osanai ever manage to live ordinary, peaceful lives?
Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions
2023 - 2 Seasons, 26 Episodes
Ron Kamonohashi was once regarded as a genius at the top detective training academy. But after a fatal mistake, he was expelled and forbidden to become a detective. Years later, police officer Totomaru Isshiki knocks on Ron’s door seeking help on a serial murder case. He finds Ron, now a messy-haired recluse, who agrees. Together, this mismatched detective team begins solving their first mystery!
Undead Murder Farce
2023 - 12 Episodes
In this world, creatures like vampires and werewolves still walk about, but Aya Rindo can’t say the same for herself. This beautiful disembodied head, carried by her maid Shizuku Hasei, is a detective in search of her stolen body. One evening, they meet half-human Oni Slayer Tsugaru Shunichi, who offers a lending hand. Now, the trio is traveling through Europe, solving mysteries along the way.
Action
Mission: Yozakura Family
2024 - 27 Episodes
Taiyo Asano has been on his own ever since his parents died and the only one who seems to care for him is his childhood friend and classmate, Mutsumi Yozakura. But Mutsumi has a secret—she is the head of a family of spies! And on top of that, her brother Kyoichiro is dangerously protective of her! To stop Kyoichiro from killing him, Taiyo and Mutsumi must take the ultimate leap—marriage! Because in the Yozakura family, family cannot kill family.
Blood Blockade Battlefront
2015 - 2 Seasons, 24 Episodes
One day, New York City as we know it vanished overnight into a mysterious fog. Now known as Hellsalem's Lot, it has become a place where another world beyond imagining is connected to our reality. The balance within this new world is protected by a secret society known as Libra. Leo, a journalist and photographer who arrives in the city, is unexpectedly recruited to join their ranks.
Kemono Jihen
2021 - 12 Episodes
When a series of animal bodies that rot away after a single night begin appearing in a remote mountain village, Inugami, a detective from Tokyo who specializes in the occult, is called to investigate. While working the case, he befriends a strange boy who works in the field every day instead of going to school. Shunned by his peers and nicknamed “Dorotabo” after a yokai that lives in the mud, he helps Inugami uncover the truth behind the killings — but supernatural forces are at work, and while Dorotabo is just a nickname, it might not be the only thing about the boy that isn’t human.
Fantasy
Children of the Whales
2017 - 12 Episodes
As a magic wielder, young archivist Chakuro knows his time is short, but everything changes when a girl from the outside appears on his island.
Artiswitch
2021 - 6 Episodes
Nina is a witch who works at one of the street shops of Harajuku. With her magical powers and supernatural abilities, Nina is able to satisfy the needs of her artsy customers. Although, these customers are only allowed to meet Nina when their true desire is well known to her.
Drifting Home
2022 - Movie, 2h
One fateful summer, a group of elementary school kids set adrift on an abandoned apartment building must look within themselves to find a way back home.
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
2011 - Movie, 1h 56m
The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster and saved mysterious boy named Shun. However, Shun disappears and Asuna embarks on a journey of adventure to the land of Agartha with her teacher Mr. Morisaki to meet a Shun again. Through her journey she comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.
Supernatural
Children of the Sea
2019 - Movie, 1h 51m
Ruka é uma jovem garota cujos pais são separados e cujo pai trabalha em um aquário. Quando dois meninos, Umi e Sora, que foram criados no mar por dugongos, são levados ao aquário, Ruka se sente atraída por eles e começa a perceber que ela tem o mesmo tipo de conexão sobrenatural com o oceano que eles. O poder especial de Umi e Sora parece estar conectado a eventos estranhos que ocorrem cada vez mais frequentemente, como o aparecimento de criaturas marinhas longe de seu território e o desaparecimento de animais de aquário em todo o mundo. No entanto, a natureza exata do poder dos meninos e dos eventos anormais é desconhecida, e Ruka é atraída para investigar o mistério que cerca seus novos amigos.
Shadows House
2021 - 2 Seasons, 25 Episodes
A faceless clan lives in a large mansion, masquerading as nobles. Their caretakers are living dolls who spend their days cleaning up the dirt the tenants leave behind. But there’s a deeper mystery at play… and the secret of the house will be unveiled.
Natsume's Book of Friends
2008 - 7 Seasons, 90 Episodes
Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him.
Drama
Summer Ghost
2021 - Movie, 40m
Trois lycéens se rendent sur un aéroport abandonné où un fantôme est réputé apparaître selon certaines conditions. Conformément à cette légende urbaine, Ayane apparaît: « Je ne vois pas tout le monde. Seulement ceux qui essaient de caresser la mort... ». Les trois amis rentrent chez eux, mais Tomoya décide de retourner auprès d’Ayane. Débute alors une dangereuse relation qu’il tente de dissimuler à ses amis.
Colorful
2010 - Movie, 2h 7m
Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed suicide. Watched over by a neutral spirit named Purapura, the soul must figure out what his greatest sin and mistake in his former life was, before his time limit in Makoto's body runs out. He also has a number of other lesser duties he must complete, such as understanding what led Makoto to commit suicide in the first place and learning how to enjoy his second chance at life.
Her Blue Sky
2019 - Movie, 1h 48m
High school student Aoi Aioi lives with her elder sister, Akane, after a tragic accident took their parents away 13 years ago. Because Akane has since been taking care of her single-handedly, Aoi wants to move to Tokyo after her graduation to relieve her sister's burden and pursue a musical career, inspired by Akane's ex-boyfriend Shinnosuke "Shinno" Kanamuro. Shinno was part of a band until he left for Tokyo to become a professional guitarist after the sisters' parents passed away, and he was never to be seen again.
Slice of Life
Sing a Bit of Harmony
2021 - Movie, 1h 49m
Satomi is fine being alone until an AI named Shion joins her class with a song and a promise to make her happy. While Shion’s musical numbers and princess gowns don’t quite pass as human, her antics bring Satomi closer to four other classmates. Together, they make memories worth saving, but even our most precious data can be erased.
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
2020 - 12 Episodes
First-year high schooler Midori Asakusa loves anime so much, she insists that "concept is everything" in animation. While she spends her time doodling endless ideas and settings in her sketchbook, she hasn't taken the first step to creating anime, insisting that she can't do it alone. After Asakusa's money-loving best friend Sayaka Kanamori notices her genius and drive – and when it becomes clear that their classmate and charismatic fashion model Tsubame Mizusaki wants to be an animator – the energetic trio start an animation club. Together, the three aim to realize the "ultimate world" that exists in their minds, as they come to see the power that fiction and imagination have on their lives and the world around them.
Negative Positive Angler
2024 - 12 Episodes
Tsunehiro’s life isn’t easy. After a doctor gives him two years to live and debt collectors come knocking, he falls from a bridge. In the knick of time, Hana and her crew spot Tsunehiro and pull him to safety. Before returning, they anchor offshore to fish and Tsunehiro catches a huge sea bass in a bout of beginner’s luck. As his apartment building crumbles, Tsunehiro’s new life begins to unfold!
Comedy
VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral After Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream
2024 - 12 Episodes
Yuki Tanaka is a VTuber at Live-On, one of Japan’s largest VTuber companies, as the polite and ladylike Awayuki Kokorone. One day, she forgets to end the stream, and viewers see her real personality—irreverent, improper, and prone to imbibing after a long day. Yuki is surprised to find that her accident caused her rankings to multiply, so she doubles down and gets to work. She’ll be a star yet!
Asobi Asobase
2018 - 12 Episodes
During recess, Olivia, a foreign transfer student who doesn't know English, plays a game of "look-the-other-way" with Hanako Honda, a loud-mouthed airhead. Their rowdy behavior spurs the ire of Kasumi Nomura, a deadpan loner constantly teased by her older sister for her tendency to lose games. Not willing to compete, Kasumi declines Olivia's offer to join the fun, but eventually gets involved anyway and dispenses her own brand of mischief. Soon, a strange friendship blossoms between the peculiar trio, and they decide to form the "Pastime Club," where they are free to resume their daily hijinks. Whether it be failing to learn English, trying desperately to become popular, or getting caught by teachers at the wrong time, school life will never be boring when these girls are up to their hilarious antics.
Zombie Land SAGA
2018 - 2 Seasons, 24 Episodes
A typical morning. The usual music. Their normal lives. The peace these seven girls experience will suddenly be destroyed. By the living dead... zombies. A reality that they never wanted a part of, an amazing and terrifying zombie world. They all share one wish: "We want to live." These girls will struggle through this saga, in order to achieve a miracle.
Heaven's Design Team
2021 - 13 Episodes
I made the light, the water, and the earth below. Now it's time to make the life that dwells upon it. Actually... that sounds like a giant headache, so I'll contract it out! Heaven's Design Team is an agency that creates made-to-order life forms for their client, God. Why does this life form look like that? Why does this life form live this way? Watch the trials and successes of the designers and engineers forced to breathe life into God's absurd requests!
Migi&Dali
2023 - 12 Episodes
The boy's name was Hitori. A stork brought the angel into the lives of a middle-aged couple who were not blessed with children. His parents were kind, his house spacious, and his meals hot. But to protect the happiness he had received, Hitori continued to hide an important secret from his parents.
Isekai
ZENSHU
2025 - 12 Episodes
Natsuko Hirose, una joven animadora prodigio, debuta como directora con un anime exitoso. Su siguiente reto es una comedia romántica sobre el primer amor, pero al no haberlo vivido, no puede plasmarlo en el guion gráfico, frenando la producción.
Romance
Romantic Killer
2022
Living her best single life, romance is the last thing on Anzu's mind — until a tiny match-making wizard suddenly turns her life into a clichéd romcom.
Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible
2023 - 12 Episodes
First year high schooler Junta Shiraishi is a mob character who goes unnoticed even when he's standing right next to you. But his classmate, "heroine-level beauty" Kubo, always notices him and is there to tease him. Anyone can become special to someone, but it might be a little too early to call these feelings "love." Perhaps this story is still two-steps from being a romantic comedy--let's call it a sweet comedy where a background character becomes visible!
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You
2023 - 2 Seasons, 24 Episodes
Rentaro Aijo was rejected 100 times in middle school. He visits a shrine and prays for better luck in high school. The God of Love appears and promises that he'll soon meet 100 people he's destined to date. But there's a catch—once destiny introduces someone to him, the two must happily love each other. If they don't, they'll die. What will befall Rentaro and his 100 girlfriends in high school?
Hello World
2019 - Movie, 1h 37m
A shy high schooler in Kyoto meets a man claiming to be his future self, who tells him he’s hacked into the past to save their first love.
We Never Learn
2019 - 13 Episodes
Nariyuki Yuiga is in his last and most painful year of high school. In order to gain the “special VIP recommendation” which would grant him a full scholarship to college, he must now tutor his classmates as they struggle to prepare for entrance exams. Among his pupils are “the sleeping beauty of the literary forest,” Fumino Furuhashi, and “the Thumbelina supercomputer,” Rizu Ogata–two of the most beautiful super-geniuses at the school! While these two were thought to be academically flawless, it turns out that they’re completely clueless outside of their pet subjects…!? As Nariyuki’s life is turned upside down by these quirky girls who just never learn, he must do everything he can to get them accepted into college! The stage is set for this romantic comedy featuring prodigies who never learn when it comes to studying and love!
Insomniacs After School
2023 - 13 Episodes
Ganta Nakami is a high school student who suffers from insomnia. He meets Isaki Magari, a girl with the same condition. A relationship forms as they share a secret and catch up on their sleep in their school’s abandoned observatory.
Horror
Angels of Death
2018 - 16 Episodes
어느 건물의 최하층에서 눈을 뜬 소녀, 레이첼. 레이첼은 기억을 잃은 탓에 왜 그곳에 있는지 모르는 상태였다. 밖으로 빠져나가기 위해 건물 안을 헤매던 레이첼의 앞에 나타난 것은, 사신처럼 낫을 들고 얼굴에 붕대를 두른 살인귀 잭이었다. '부탁이야, 날 죽여 줘.' 그 맹세를 계기로 두 사람의 기묘한 인연은 맺어졌다. 과연 이곳은 어디이고, 둘은 왜 건물에 갇혔으며, 그들을 기다리고 있는 운명은 무엇인가....
