Shows Like Tsurune

If you liked Tsurune (2018), 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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   Run with the Wind (2018)

   ★ 7.8/10Also animation and drama

   Kakeru, a former elite runner at high school, is chased for stealing food. He is saved by Kansei University student Haiji, who is also a runner. Haiji persuades Kakeru to live in the old apartment "Chikuseisou" where…

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   Ahiru no Sora (2019)

   ★ 8.4/10Also animation and drama

   Sora joins the high school basketball club, but his unmotivated teammates don't care about the game. To get anywhere, he has to change their minds.

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   Hinomaru Sumo (2018)

   ★ 6.6/10Also animation

   A “small” new student, Ushio Hinomaru, appears before the weak little sumo club of Oodachi High School! The words “big” and “heavy” are the rules to this sport, which does not fit this newbie any inch, but this guy…

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   Stars Align (2019)

   ★ 8.4/10Also animation and drama

   Toma Shinjo has one mission: save his school’s tennis team. And his only hope rests on the talent of Maki Katsuragi, who’s reluctant to part from his studies. This will be the team’s last summer together unless they…

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   Yu Yu Hakusho (1992)

   ★ 8.5/10Also animation

   After dying to save a boy, delinquent tough guy Yusuke Urameshi is granted another chance at life by redeeming himself as a "Spirit Detective."

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   Chihayafuru (2011)

   ★ 7.6/10Also animation and drama

   Chihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming…

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   Ace of the Diamond (2013)

   ★ 7.8/10Also animation

   Scouted for his potential, brash left-handed pitcher Eijun Sawamura joins baseball powerhouse Seido High to become the undisputed ace of the team.

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   2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team (2021)

   ★ 7.3/10Also animation and drama

   Kimichika Haijima moves back to his hometown in Fukui and reunites with childhood friend Yuni Kuroba on the volleyball court.

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   HANEBADO! (2018)

   ★ 7/10Also animation and drama

   Ayano Hanesaki, a first-year student at Kanagawa Prefectural Kitakomachi High School, has a badminton ability able to surpass others effortlessly yet avoids playing the sport. She meets Nagisa Aragaki, a third-year…

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    WIND BREAKER (2024)

    ★ 8.1/10Also animation

    Furin High School's delinquents get bad grades, but they excel at protecting their town. Then a victory-obsessed newcomer threatens the balance of power.

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    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?

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    Twilight Out of Focus (2024)

    ★ 7.7/10Also animation

    Three poignant love stories unfold in a boys' school film club as its members butt heads and navigate friendship, sexuality and boundaries.

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    The Piano Forest (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also animation and drama

    A tranquil tale about two boys from very different upbringings. On one hand you have Kai, born as the son of a prostitute, who's been playing the abandoned piano in the forest near his home ever since he was young. And…

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    Sound! Euphonium (2015)

    ★ 8/10Also animation and drama

    Spring in the first year of high school. Kumiko, a member of the brass band in junior high school, visits the high school brass band club with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire. There, she comes across Reina, her former…

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    Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life (2019)

    ★ 7.4/10Also animation and drama

    Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to…

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    Bleach (2004)

    ★ 8.4/10Also animation

    For as long as he can remember, Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see ghosts. But when he meets Rukia, a Soul Reaper who battles evil spirits known as Hollows, he finds his life is changed forever. Now, with a newfound…

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    The Irregular at Magic High School (2014)

    ★ 7.7/10Also animation

    Siblings Tatsuya and Miyuki enroll at Magic High School, where Miyuki's honors status comes between her and her underachieving older brother.

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    Classroom of the Elite (2017)

    ★ 8.4/10Also animation and drama

    Kiyotaka 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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    SK8 the Infinity (2021)

    ★ 8.4/10Also animation

    "S" is a dangerous, top secret, no-holds-barred downhill skateboarding race down an abandoned mine. When avid skateboarder Reki takes Langa to the mountain where "S" is held, Langa, who's never been on a skateboard in…

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    The Fruit of Grisaia (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10Also 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…