Shows Like Tune In to the Midnight Heart
If you liked Tune In to the Midnight Heart (2026), 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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My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU (2013)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedySo exactly what’s going to happen when Hachiman Hikigaya, an isolated high school student with no friends, no interest in making any and a belief that everyone else’s supposedly great high school experiences are either…
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Clannad (2007)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and comedyTomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student resentful of his life. His mother passed away from a car accident when he was younger, causing his father to resort to alcohol and cigarettes. This results in fights…
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You and I Are Polar Opposites (2026)
★ 8.6/10Also animation and comedySuzuki's a high school girl in love, but the guy she's fallen for is nothing like her! While she's cheerful, outgoing, and always trying to fit in, her classmate Yusuke Tani is stoic, quiet, and doesn't seem to care…
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The Dangers in My Heart (2023)
★ 8.6/10Also animation and comedyKyotaro Ichikawa, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school's social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his…
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Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedyShikimori seems like the perfect girlfriend: cute, fun to be around, sweet when she wants to be… but she has a cool dark side that comes out under the right circumstances. And her boyfriend Izumi loves to be around…
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Horimiya: The Missing Pieces (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedyA new anime project that adapts popular side stories that were left out of the main anime series. As the graduation ceremony at Katagiri High School comes to an end, Kyouko Hori, her boyfriend Izumi Miyamura, and their…
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Teasing Master Takagi-san (2018)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedy"If you blush, you lose." Living by this principle, the middle schooler Nishikata gets constantly made fun of by his seat neighbor Takagi-san. With his pride shattered to pieces, he vows to turn the tables and get back…
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Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! (2012)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedyAs one of the thousands of Japanese students afflicted with "chunibyo," a state where they're so desperate to stand out that they've convinced themselves that they have secret knowledge and hidden powers, Yuta spent…
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Honey Lemon Soda (2025)
★ 8/10Also animation and dramaAfter middle school, with its bullying and nicknames, Uka Ishimori is excited for a fresh start at Hachimitsu High School. Kai Miura, a cool and uninhibited boy, sits next to her in class. Uka remembers she met Kai in…
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Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedyAlya is a transfer student enjoying popularity at her new high school, often sporting a cold shoulder while earning high marks in class. She ignores her nerdy classmate, Kuze Masachika, except for when she blurts out a…
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Pseudo Harem (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedyEiji Kitahama joins the drama club with dreams of having a harem like the ones from his favorite manga. Rin Nanakura, an underclassman, finds herself crushing hard on Eiji, and tries on different personas in his…
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The Ramparts of Ice (2026)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and dramaWeighed down by memories she can't shake, high schooler Koyuki Hikawa keeps everyone at arm's length — until three schoolmates draw her out of her shell.
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Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedyHigh school student Chiyo Sakura has a crush on schoolmate Umetarō Nozaki, but when she confesses her love to him, he mistakes her for a fan and gives her an autograph. When she says that she always wants to be with…
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The Dreaming Boy Is a Realist (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and dramaDid Wataru's intentions slip by Aika because she was getting impatient?! This is the start of a romcom revolving around two people who just can't get their feelings across and both think their love is unrequited!
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School Rumble (2004)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedyHigh school can be hard enough with just academics alone, but when love enters into the picture, it can unravel into a comedy of errors. Tenma has fallen for oblivious Karasama and class delinquent Harima has fallen…
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In the Clear Moonlit Dusk (2026)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and dramaYoi Takiguchi is a first-year high school student, admired for her handsome looks and honest heart, which earned her the nickname “Prince.” One day, she bumps into Kohaku Ichimura, an upperclassman and another…
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Kokoro Connect (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and comedyFive members of the school culture club—Taichi Yaegashi, Iori Nagase, Himeko Inaba, Yui Kiriyama, and Yoshifumi Aoki—encounter a bizarre phenomenon one day when Aoki and Yui switch personalities without warning. The…
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Real Girl (2018)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and comedyTsutsui Hikari (a.k.a "Tsuttsun") is a high school student who is content with his virtual life of anime and video games. One day, he gets stuck cleaning the pool with Iroha, a real live girl who is stylish, sassy and…
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Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedyFirst 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…
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ORESUKI Are you the only one who loves me? (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and comedyKisaragi Amatsuyu is invited out alone by the cool beauty upperclassman Cosmos and his childhood friend Himawari. Expecting to hear their confessions, he triumphantly goes to meet each of them in turn. But Cosmos and…