Shows Like Ef: A Tale Of Memories & Melodies
If you liked Ef: A Tale Of Memories & Melodies (2007), 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.
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Pandora Hearts (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and dramaOz Vessalius, heir to one of the duke houses, has just turned fifteen. His life is rich and carefree, darkened only by the constant absence of his father. At his coming-of-age ceremony, however, everything changes. For…
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White Album 2 (2013)
★ 7/10Also animation and dramaOne evening in fall, with one month left before the school festival, the last member of the ruined light music club, Haruki Kitahara, looks out the window and plays his guitar in the direction of the festival stage set…
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Aoi Bungaku Series (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and dramaAn 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…
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Rumbling Hearts (2003)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and dramaAt first, Takayuki Narumi is befriended by Mitsuki Hayase only because Mitsuki's best friend, Haruka Suzumiya has a crush on him; however since then, Takayuki, his pal Shinji Taira, and Mitsuki have grown to be the…
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Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky (2026)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and dramaKakeru 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…
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X (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and dramaIt'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…
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Lunar Legend Tsukihime (2003)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and dramaAs the result of a childhood injury, Shiki Tohno can see the lines of energy that bind all things together and by severing those lines he can destroy almost anything! Only a special pair of glasses that mute his…
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Happy Sugar Life (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and dramaSatou Matsuzaka, a girl who has never loved anyone before, falls in love with a girl named Shio Koube. The two girls are drawn to each other, and begin a happy life together. Satou won't let anyone endanger their new…
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Tokyo Revengers (2021)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and dramaTakemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that’s reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had, in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo…
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Classroom of the Elite (2017)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and dramaKiyotaka Ayanokouji enrolls at the prestigious Tokyo Koudo Ikusei Academy, but is assigned to Class 1-D, where students with behavioral problems are housed. The school awards points equivalent to 100,000 yen per month…
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Tsukigakirei (2017)
★ 8/10Also animation and dramaKotarou Azumi and Akane Mizuno became third year students at junior high school and are classmates for the first time. These two, along with fellow classmates, Chinatsu Nishio and Takumi Hira, relate to their peers…
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Wonder Egg Priority (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and dramaAi, a young girl with shut-in tendencies, who tries not to interact with others. She keeps one of her eyes hidden behind her hair. One day, she happens to stop by a deserted arcade, where she meets "Aka." Spinning the…
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Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and dramaNew kid Keiichi Maebara is settling into his new home of peaceful Hinamizawa village. Making quick friends with the girls from his school, he's arrived in time for the big festival of the year. But something about this…
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7SEEDS (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and dramaShy Natsu awakens as part of a group chosen to ensure the survival of humanity. Together, they have to survive on a changed Earth.
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Tomodachi Game (2022)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and dramaAfter his class' school trip fund is stolen, Yuichi and his best friends are abducted to play a debt repayment game; there is more than money on the line, as their bonds are tested with dark secrets and a lingering…
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Remake Our Life! (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and dramaHashiba Kyouya is a 28-year-old game developer. With his company going bankrupt, and him losing his job, he returns to his hometown. Looking at the success of creators of his age, he finds himself regretting his life…
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The Big O (1999)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and dramaForty years ago, the minds of Paradigm City's inhabitants were wiped clean of all recollections of the past. Now, ruled by a powerful corporation and cut off from the rest of the world by desolate wastelands, Paradigm…
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School Days (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and dramaA 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?
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The Fruit of Grisaia (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and dramaMihama 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…
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BEASTARS (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and dramaIn a world where beasts of all kinds coexist, a gentle wolf awakens to his own predatory urges as his school deals with a murder within its midst.