Movies and TvShows featuring "otaku-culture" theme.
A diligent teen winds up living with his spunky childhood friend, a trainee witch, to protect her from a dire prophecy. But can they survive high school?
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend follows the life of Tomoya Aki, an otaku who desires to create a visual novel featuring a main heroine based on a real-life girl. With the help of his beautiful and talented female friends, Tomoya embarks on a journey of love, friendship, and game development.
Alya 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 flirtatious line to him in Russian. Little does she know, Kuze understands Russian, though he pretends not to. Let’s see where this wacky love story takes them!
When cosplayer Ririsa joins Okumura's manga club, the line between 2D and 3D blurs when she asks him to be her photographer.
Bakuman。 (2010) follows the journey of two best friends, Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi, as they pursue their dream of creating a successful manga series. With their unique blend of creativity and determination, they navigate the competitive world of manga publishing, facing challenges, making sacrifices, and forming relationships along the way. As they aim to achieve their dreams of becoming professional manga artists and have their work serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, they discover that the path to success is not as straightforward as they initially envisioned.
Traumatized by a childhood incident with a friend who took exception to his love of traditional dolls, doll-artisan hopeful Wakana Gojou passes his days as a loner, finding solace in a room at his high school. With nobody to share his obsession, he has trouble finding friends or even holding conversation. But after the school's most popular girl, Marin Kitagawa, reveals a secret of her own, he discovers a new purpose for his sewing skills. Together, they'll make her cosplay dreams come true.
Mahiro Yasaka is just an ordinary high school student, until one day he is suddenly attacked by a dangerous monster. Just when everything seems to be lost, he is saved by a strange girl named Nyaruko, who claims to be the shape-shifting deity Nyarlathotep from horror author H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It is a romantic comedy TV show that follows the story of two stem researchers who fall in love and try to scientifically prove their feelings for each other. With an emphasis on scientific theories, experiments, and investigations, this anime-based show explores the complexities of love and relationships in a humorous and entertaining way.
Takafumi's uncle wakes after a 17-year coma. He had actually gone to another world, and has returned with magical powers. But now that he's back, Takafumi must help him to survive in his home world.
Mizuto and Yume, former junior high school sweethearts, reunite as step-siblings after their parents announce a marriage. To prioritize their parents' relationship, they create a rule where 'the first one to get aroused' loses.
The Wallflower follows the story of Sunako Nakahara, a goth girl who lives in a mansion with four male models. When her aunt makes a deal with the boys to turn Sunako into a proper lady, they face hilarious challenges and unexpected romance.
Yotsuya Yuusuke is a loner who likes to spend his time playing video games. One day, he and his classmates Shindou Iu and Hakozaki Kusue are transported to a fantasy world where they are given a mission to save human civilization. In order to return home, they must complete various quests and face dangerous creatures along the way. Yotsuya, Iu, and Kusue must rely on their wits and skills to survive and fulfill their destiny.
SKET DANCE is a manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara and serialized, beginning in July 2007, in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. Sket Dance won the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga Award in 2009 for best shōnen manga. An anime adaptation, produced by Tatsunoko, premiered on April 7, 2011 on TV Tokyo.
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku follows the story of Narumi and Hirotaka, two otaku coworkers who try to maintain their relationship while dealing with the challenges of adult life. As they navigate the ups and downs of modern romance, they also balance their love for anime, gaming, and their demanding jobs. With their shared interests and unique quirks, Narumi and Hirotaka's relationship provides a refreshing take on love and otaku culture.
Konoha Akisato is an illustrator that loves beautiful girls and bishojo games. Her dream is to become a super-popular illustrator, so she is working hard at a bishojo game production company, but reality isn't that kind... With the golden age of social network games in full force, Konoha's company isn't doing well, and she works as a sub illustrator, spending her days painting the backs of random background characters. One day, the owner of a game shop gives her a classic bishojo game. With all her excitement over the golden age of bishojo games, she opens the package to "Dokyusei," and is enveloped by a bright light. Konoha then realizes that she just traveled back in time! She ends up in the year 1992! It's the dawn of the bishojo game era! Konoha ends up working at a company called Alcohol Soft. Will she be able to think about, draw, and create all the beautiful girls she’s ever wanted?! A story about a girl and her overwhelming love for beautiful girls—"Now, let's begin!"
It didn’t take long for pint-sized Tamaki’s lightning reflexes to catch the eye of starving Kendo instructor Toraji. This second-rate sensei is an embarrassment to the sport, and his Kendo club is running out of members. His only hope for redemption – and a full belly – is to get Tamaki to sign-on as his star pupil. Unfortunately, this sword-wielding prodigy is a serious anime addict, so it’ll be a challenge to get her to step away from the television and into the dojo. But once she feels like a part of the team, Tamaki will put down the remote and pick up her sword as Toraji turns his girls into a fearsome sisterhood of the bamboo blade!
Eromanga Sensei is a story about a high school student named Masamune Izumi, who is a successful light novel author under the pen name 'Eromanga Sensei.' He leads a solitary life as a hikikomori, rarely leaving his room. However, his life takes a turn when he discovers that his mysterious illustrator Eromanga Sensei is actually his shut-in step-sister, Sagiri. Together, they embark on a journey to create manga while navigating the complexities of their relationship.
Blend S is a TV show about a high school girl named Maika Sakuranomiya who gets a job at a cafe where the waitresses have to act like different character types. Maika is assigned to act as a sadistic character, despite being naturally gentle. The show follows Maika's experiences as she tries to fit into her role at the cafe and deals with hilarious situations and interactions with her co-workers and customers.
Grand Blue is a TV show about a college student named Iori Kitahara who moves to a seaside town for his freshman year. He joins a diving club called Grand Blue and gets caught up in hilarious misadventures involving drinking, partying, and scuba diving. The show offers a slice-of-life experience with a comedic touch.
Akihabara is the center of the universe for the coolest hobbies and quirkiest amusements. In the spring of 1999, bright-eyed Nagomi Wahira moves there with dreams of joining a maid café. She quickly dons an apron at café Ton Tokoton, AKA the Pig Hut. But adjusting to life in bustling Akihabara isn't as easy as serving tea and delighting customers. Paired with the dour Ranko who never seems to smile, Nagomi must do her best to elevate the Pig Hut over all other maid cafés vying for top ranking. Along the way she'll slice out a place for herself amid the frills and thrills of life at the Pig Hut. Just when Nagomi's dreams are within her grasp, she discovers not everything is as it seems amid the maid cafés of Akihabara.