Shows Like Akane-banashi

If you liked Akane-banashi (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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   The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity (2025)

   ★ 8.7/10Also animation and drama

   When the intimidating Rintaro meets the open-minded Kaoruko, the unlikely duo grows closer. The issue? Their neighboring high schools hate each other.

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   Honey Lemon Soda (2025)

   ★ 8/10Also animation and drama

   After 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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   From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke (2009)

   ★ 8.4/10Also animation and drama

   Nicknamed "Sadako" for her spooky appearance, high schooler Sawako begins to break out of her shell when she befriends popular boy Kazehaya.

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   Senpai Is an Otokonoko (2024)

   ★ 7.2/10Also animation and drama

   For Makoto Hanaoka, life’s about to get more complicated. Saki Aoi, a lively girl with loads of confidence, confesses her love for Makoto one day. When he fails to reciprocate, Saki declares she will be his first love!…

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   The Ramparts of Ice (2026)

   ★ 8.6/10Also animation and drama

   Weighed 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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   Bloom Into You (2018)

   ★ 7.8/10Also animation and drama

   Yuu has always dreamt of receiving a love letter but feels numb when a boy gives her one. Confused, she starts high school and meets Touko. Will Yuu's heart finally skip a beat?

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   In the Clear Moonlit Dusk (2026)

   ★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama

   Yoi 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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   Maria Watches Over Us (2004)

   ★ 6.4/10Also animation and drama

   When Yumi Fukuzawa entered the Lillian Girls' Academy, a prestigious all-girls Catholic school in Tokyo, she never imagined she would catch the eye of beautiful and demure Sachiko Ogasawara, one of the school's most…

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   Blue Box (2024)

   ★ 7.9/10Also animation and drama

   Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After…

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    Peach Girl: Super Pop Love Hurricane (2005)

    ★ 8.3/10Also animation and drama

    Momo, a high school student, is torn between two love interests, each of whom possess great qualities.

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    Kekkaishi (2006)

    ★ 7.3/10Also animation

    Yoshimori Sumimura is a 14-year-old student at Karasumori School. Following in the tradition that's come down through the generations, he is the twenty-second Kekkaishi of the Sumimura clan. But he’s constantly…

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    Charlotte (2015)

    ★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama

    All thanks to the special ability that he developed, Yuu was able to cheat his way into a very prestigious high school. With his power, he thought nothing was going to stand in his way, until he met a mysterious girl…

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    Smile Down the Runway (2020)

    ★ 7.3/10Also animation and drama

    Chiyuki Fujito was going to be a professional runway model until she stopped growing. Poor Ikuto Tsumura is not even sure if he wants to be a fashion designer because of his family responsibilities. Faced with…

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    Umamusume: Cinderella Gray (2025)

    ★ 7.5/10Also animation and drama

    Unbeknownst to those around her, the staggering potential of this ashen-haired “Beast” will soon catapult her to the national stage—and down the path of a legend.

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    Sailor Moon Crystal (2014)

    ★ 8.1/10Also animation

    Usagi Tsukino is chosen to be a guardian of justice and is sent on a quest to locate a Silver Crystal before the Dark Kingdom invades the Earth.

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    Candy Candy (1976)

    ★ 8.5/10Also animation and drama

    This story is about a girl, Candy, who is a orphan. She is a nice and optimistic girl and she has a warm heart. When she was a child, she lived in an orphanage called Pony's Home. She had a good friend called Ann. And…

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    Dance Dance Danseur (2022)

    ★ 7.4/10Also animation and drama

    This young student will do whatever it takes to become the world's best ballet dancer: the Danseur noble!

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    KAKEGURUI TWIN (2022)

    ★ 7.4/10Also animation

    Determined to climb up the social ladder, Mary Saotome invests everything she has into what her elite high school values most: high stakes gambling.

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    Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)

    ★ 8.1/10Also animation and drama

    She has a loving family and best friends, laughs and cries from time to time... Madoka Kaname, an eighth grader of Mitakihara middle school, is one of those who lives such a life. One day, she had a very magical…

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    Vampire Knight (2008)

    ★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama

    At Cross Academy, two student disciplinary committee members are tasked with keeping the peace between a human class and a night class of vampires.