Shows Like A Sign of Affection

If you liked A Sign of Affection (2024), a animation and drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Ranking of Kings (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also animation
In a world where kings are ranked, a kindly little hearing-impaired prince sets off on a journey to become a powerful king, despite all odds.
2
Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky (2026)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and drama
Kakeru Sorano, a quiet university freshman who avoids others, meets Koharu Fuyutsuki, a blind girl who faces the world with quiet brightness. When she says, “I want to see fireworks someday,” something in Kakeru…
3
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and drama
One hundred years ago, a grave tradition was born in a land where demons live among people: a human must be sacrificed to the King of Beasts. But when Sariphi, the 99th sacrifice, is offered to the King, she isn’t…
4
Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play (1995)
★ 7.5/10Also animation
Miaka, a junior high school student in Tokyo, has normal problems: fights with her mom, entrance exams, and deciding where she's going to go eat with her friends. But when she finds a mysterious book in the library…
5
Yosuga no Sora (2010)
★ 7/10Also animation and drama
Kasugano Haruka and his sister Sora have lost both their parents in an accident, and with them all their support. They decide to move out of the city to the rural town where they once spent summers with their late…
6
X (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and drama
It's the year of destiny and 15 year old Kamui Shirō, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence. He returns to protect his childhood friends, Fūma, and Fūma's younger sister, Kotori. But destiny…
7
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and drama
In an alternate history where the male population is nearly decimated, eligible men serve as concubines to the woman shogun inside the walls of the Ooku.
8
Say "I Love You." (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and drama
To trust is to set yourself up for failure. That’s the lesson Mei Tachibana learned when her heart was broken. She found a solution: never make any more friends. It’s not as easy as it sounds, but it works for Mei. At…
9
Araiya-san! Ore to Aitsu ga Onnayu de!? (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also animation
Male student Souta Tsukishima begins working at his family's public bathhouse as a back washer. While concealing her true identity, Souta's classmate Aoi Yuzuki visits the bathhouse. A relationship between the two…
10
The Fruit of Grisaia (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and drama
Mihama Academy—on the surface, a closed learning environment established to nurture students who find themselves at odds with the world around them; in actuality, an orchard-cum-prison built to preserve fruit that has…
11
LIAR GAME (2026)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and drama
When Nao Kanzaki receives a strange letter and a suitcase containing 100 million yen, she learns that she has been selected to participate in the LIAR GAME. In this high-stakes psychological battle, lies, deception…
12
Ef: A Tale Of Memories & Melodies (2007)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and drama
On Christmas Eve, Hiro Hirono meets a girl named Miyako Miyamura as she chases a purse snatcher. Hiro later finds out that Miyako also goes to the same school as he does and they start hanging out together. This makes…
13
Aoi Bungaku Series (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and drama
An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) and…
14
Orange (2016)
★ 8/10Also animation and drama
One day, Naho Takamiya receives a letter written to herself from ten years in the future. As Naho reads on, the letter recites the exact events of the day, including the transfer of a new student into her class named…
15
Tales of Wedding Rings (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and drama
Sato is a high school boy in love with his best friend Hime, an unearthly beauty from another realm. So when she moves back to her home world to get married, Sato doesn’t think twice—he follows her and crashes the…
16
Buso Renkin (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also animation
The story begins when high school student Kazuki Muto is killed one night saving a mysterious girl from a monster, only to wake up in his school dorm, believing it to have been a dream; however, he soon finds out that…
17
School Days (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and drama
A rumor states that if you take a photo of someone you like with your cellphone and keep it hidden, they'll fall for you. Will Makoto win his love by taking a picture of Kotonoha without anyone knowing?
18
The Demon Prince of Momochi House (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also animation
Himari’s 16th birthday will be one she never forgets. Unexpectedly, she receives a will detailing her inheritance of a mysterious estate: the Momochi House. She arrives only to discover that the home was built on the…
19
Gods' Games We Play (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and drama
In a world of idle gods, humans are forced into brain challenges with them. With three defeats, gods lose their right to challenge, while 10 victories spell human triumph. Fay, determined to achieve the impossible…
20
GOOD NIGHT WORLD (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also animation
Four miserable members of a dysfunctional household have no idea that they've formed a happy family unit in an immersive VR game — with each other.