Slice of Life Anime

Obata Yousuke lives on Pagopago in the Fiji archipelago with his father Tetsuo, a specialist in oceanographic biology. After a storm strikes the island, Yousuke rides to the lagoon with his Jet Ski and finds a strange baby dinosaur there. He takes it to his father's laboratory and names it Coo. Coo grows and seems to be a large marine reptile (a baby plesiosaur) which lived there some 65 million years ago. But Coo soon becomes an object of interest for the French secret service, assigned to protect the nuclear interests of France in that otherwise peaceful part of the world. (Source: AniDB)

The anime's story centers on a cat named Maru, adopted by a girl named Anna from a shelter in Matsuyama city. Loved and well fed by the family, Maru gets rounder and fatter every day, spending most of his day sitting by the window and looking at the garden outside. When the family gets a new cat named Cerisier and begins doting on it, Maru gets jealous. In a fight with Cerisier, Maru is hurt by the family's words to him, and follows the advice of another cat to leave and see the world. (Source: ANN)

Story of a girl born with a bad leg. Ritsuko longs to go to school and make lots of friends but it is not so easy. Her mother is very protective of her and at school she is teased by her classmates for her strange way of walking. Will she manage to keep her smile?

Lucy's family moves from England to Australia planning to run a big farm. Starting a new life proves to be full of frustrations. Their agonizing days of despair continue until they finally obtain their farmland. However, Lucy and her sisters enjoy a range of new experiences such as discovering exotic animals and meeting with aborigines and other new people. (Source: AnimeNfo)

On a beautiful sunny day, Eievui decides to go for a walk. When passing through various landscapes, it encounters familiar faces: the different evolutions of Eievui, each having their well-deserved rest. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

In a city filled with anthropomorphic cat-people, Catman lives free of rules and boundaries, doing everything he wants, which often collides with the other inhabitants of the city. Catman dares to be bold: it’s made in Flash, which is rarely seen nowadays; there are no spoken dialogue but instead is subbed in Japanese and English and has a original soundtrack made in purpose for the series.

Yurume Aida has settled into her life at the Maison du Wish, a boarding house full of young students hoping to pass college entrance exams despite rarely progressing in their studies. When Sae Kawano's younger sister moves into the house as a last-ditch effort to get Sae to buckle down, the residents' lazy lifestyle is threatened. Now deep within their ranks, Sae's sister may be the missing piece that can turn this group of misfits around—as long as she can resist the urge to succumb to their slothful ways. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Web-exclusive next episode previews for Slow Start. These contain unique chibi animations and are released on Slow Start's official Twitter page as well as Aniplex's official YouTube channel. They are released about a day prior the full episode airing.

The series follows the adventures of Sabu, a young Edo bakufu investigator traveling with the blind master swordsman Ichi. In their travels, they assist the common people in solving mysteries and righting wrongs (usually committed by bandits or corrupt officials). Sabu is engaged to Midori, the daughter of his boss, who works as a police officer for the Tokugawa shogunate. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ichigo is a little girl who is distressed by the failing relationship between her mother and father (who is actually her step-father). After school one day she meets a driver of a magical bus and finds herself taking a ride in the bus. The bus transports her to the past to shortly after her mother and real father met. Perhaps she is meant to do something that will help her parents stay together and love one another further into the future. (Source: ANN)

A remake of the 1969-70 Moomin series. This version is more closely based on the books by the Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson.

Hoshi-sensei, a Japanese language teacher at an all-girls school, is at the mercy of his students and colleagues. Students challenge him to their shiritori word games illustrated in their daily notes, convince him to bring a dog into the classroom, and seek his advice on becoming a manga artist, while colleagues drag him along on their rounds to the pub. Matter-of-fact interactions between a cast of unique characters make for an offbeat comedy. (Source: Japan Media Arts Festival, edited)

Binchou-tan wakes up in her tattered wooden hut only to discover that her water barrel is almost empty. She decides to go to the nearby stream, only to find the fast-flowing water to be brown. Walking the path to town, past green fields, Binchou-tan finally reaches an old water pump on the central marketplace, and fills her wooden bucket. On the way home it starts to rain, so she lets the rain fill the bucket to the rim, preparing herself for the next work day. (Source: AniDB)

Second part of Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai Kanketsu-hen.

A strange monster hatches from a mysterious egg. He befriends various animals, and takes residence in Osajii's burrow. He discovers new and exciting things about everyday life. As of 2008, there are at least 37 regular TV spot episodes of Domo-kun. These 37 episodes were released on DVD in Japan in July of 2009.

(No synopsis yet.)

Shounen Ashibe follows the daily life of first-grader Ashibe Ashiya and his spotted seal pet Goma-chan. (Source: MAL News)

Bonus segments of Cinderella Girls Gekijou 4th Season streamed on The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Mobage following the television broadcast.

A collaboration between My Tear CL an eyedrops company for their new product "Ice Crash", and Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka?. The campaign produced 1 TV commercial and 2 web-exclusive commercials as well as various tie-in goods. But the new footage created for the campaign was identical between all three releases, with the rest of the footage being from the feature film besides the difference in narration. As such, MAL will reflect this campaign as a single episode entry as there was no change new anime content among the three releases.

Akiba-chan focuses on the daily life of Akiba-chan and four fellow TV and game fans in the Maison de Akiba apartments. Buildup Entertainment (Gundam: Mission To The Rise, Macross Plus) produced the computer animation with director Junya Kabe (Specter, D) and character designer Poyoyon Rock (Nurse Witch Komugi, Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko). (Source: yukianimereviews.com)

Enrico Pocchini is a kind-hearted schoolboy with a strong sense of justice who lives in the Italian town of Torino. As a new term starts, he loses his beloved teacher, Miss Delacci, who is replaced by the stern Sr. Pelboni. Eventually, the boys in Enrico's class come to respect Sr. Pelboni, and learn about love, life and human kindness. (Source: AniDB)

Kimi to Boku (You and I) is the story of an aspiring mangaka and his cat, told from the cat's perspective. It follows the friendship between the cat and the young man from when they first meet up to when they must part.

A special animated movie to commemorate the 100th anniversary of "Morinaga Milk Caramel".

Unaired episode bundled with the Makura no Danshi DVD.

Lalabel is a magical girl who arrives in the Human world to stop an evil wizard from stealing various magical objects or items. As a magical girl, she has a kitty for a companion and a magic wand. Coincidentally, she lands on the doorstep of the Tachibana couple and lives in with them during her stay in the human world. She attends the local school and begins to learn about the different things in the human world. (Source: ANN)

The adventures of a baby shark in nostalgia-filled Yauo Town. Whether it's cider on a summer day, freeze pops, radio calisthenics, festival stalls, or hanging out with friends, the world sparkles when reflected in the eyes of the baby shark. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

Extra episode bundled with the limited edition of the 6th manga volume.

Based on a seinen manga by Kikuchi Naoe and Yokomi Hirohiko, serialised in IKKI. The "story" is that a manga artist is asked by her boss to accompany him and a travel-writer on various train trips around Japan and draw a manga about it. The kicker though, is that it's completely non-fiction —the creator really did go on all these trips, and the manga simply records what happened, with no embellishment. There's a little disclaimer at the front that says "This is non-fiction, so I apologize for the lack of drama," and indeed, it mostly is just about them riding trains from place to place, waiting on platforms, etc. The "travel writer" turns out to be a super train-otaku who has vast knowledge of the train network, but also micro-manages all their trips, planning every detail down to the second. He cares mostly about following the schedule and successfully achieving his planned goals (e.g. visiting all stations on a line in a completely bizarre order to accomodate infrequent trains). The mangaka doesn't really care about trains; she's cynical, sarcastic, and rather lazy (she mainly just looks forward to the next eki-ben); he's completely gung-ho as long as he's following the schedule, and the inevitable conflicts are pretty entertaining. Throughout, though, it feels real —if you've travelled by train in Japan it will all seem very familiar, not just the scenery, but also the atmosphere and feel— and the artist does a great job of pacing and applying little tweaks to keep it consistently entertaining. In an additional bit of recursiveness, some of the characters who show up in the manga (who of course are real people, who really did show up) do so because they (really) read previous episodes of the manga! In addition of course, you can learn about various out of the way and interesting Japanese train lines and stations; some of them really do look cool. There's always this vague sense of surreality about it however, the trips are all planned by the train-guy (goal: visit all 9,843 stations in Japan) who seems to consider everything as part of a checklist rather than an experience to be enjoyed. You learn a bit about train-otaku culture too; there's really only the one guy in the story, but train-otaku culture is a sort of constant peripheral presence. (Source: AniDB)

"Dream School Grand Prix" to decide the No.1 idol school among five schools representing the Aikatsu world will be held! In this competition where top idols representing each school compete on stage, Dream Academy's new idol Noel Otoshiro is selected as one of them?! For each idol's dream, a new story starts running into the shining future! (Source: Crunchyroll)

A short amateur movie by Kojiro Shishido. Winner at the 10th annual Student CG Contest held in 2005. It shows great sensitivity towards the delicate gradations of light and shadow in the natural world, with a matching delicate soundtrack by Shishido himself. (Source: AniDB)

Set in a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by nuclear war, it tells the story of a damaged robot found by futuristic soldiers investigating a devastated area. The humanoid appeared to be household robot, reminiscent of Asimov, and when the soldiers booted it up, they were able to see what was left of videos recorded inside its memory as seen by the robot throughout the years. In just under seven minutes and with no dialogue, the film poignantly reminds us that all our experiences, the things that we hold dear in our lives, are in constant threat. (Source: Bouncing Red Ball.com)

Short specials from the DVDs.

Mametarou is a Crossbreed and this is about his daily activities and the friends he makes with his girlfriend, Hanako.

This "slow-life anime" is part of the datsuryoku-kei (ennui-style) genre of comedy that depicts the minutiae of everyday life. The series observes the daily lives of Heroes from the worlds of Tezuka Production and Tatsunoko Production, "evolved" for their modern TV appearances, and combines motion-captured improvised acting with computer animation into a series of comedy shorts. (Source: ANN)

Animated videos, advertising ice tea manufactured by the Asahi Beverage Company.

The second season of Koneko no Chii: Ponponra Daibouken is an original story written by mangaka Kanata Konami with "travel" as theme.

High school student Chizuru Yamazaki aspires to one day become a veterinarian; however, she finds her classes and club activities quite exhausting, falling behind academically as a result. Deciding to press on, Chizuru begins using a new study method in hopes of improving her grades and turning her dreams into a reality. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

A DVD release with a collection of commercials and TV spots produced by Studio Ghibli or its subsidiary Studio Kajino between the years 2000 and 2005.

Yoshio Hori is a day laborer in the 1980s during Tokyo's economic boom. Initially, Yoshio sought out Asagaya to live a free-wheeling lifestyle but that was quickly dropped as he was confronted with reality. He lives a life of extreme poverty and encounters all types of characters from Japan's sub-cultures, including yakuza, drug addicts, and alcoholics. (Source: ANN)

In the story, the three VTubers will play the roles of the Watanuki sisters, who live together in one house in the Shitamachi area of Tokyo after they lost their parents. The series will show the heartwarming everyday lives of the sisters. (Source: ANN)

Massara is an original short inspired from the song of the same name by Kiyoe Yoshioka (of Ikimono-gakari). The song is Yoshioka's first solo single. The short is directed by Keita Nagahara, and animated by the studio Enishiya Inc. The anime's story centers on a singer-songwriter, Nazuna, who is about to stop chasing her dream, and a very shy girl, Yuna. They meet and influence each other to create their own future. (Source: Crunchyroll)

Upon the broadcast of Starmyu 2nd Season's final episode on Tuesday, it was announced that it will get a special episode airing on June 27. It will be airing a 27-minute duration of the musical parts. (Source: MAL News)

Falulu is far away in the heart of the PriPara world in Puransu. The sparkle is disappearing from the idol sacred ground PriPara, and Falulu sends an SOS message to Laala and her friends. If the sparkle doesn't return, the PriPara world itself will disappear. Laala and her friends try to help Falulu, and they work together to save the PriPara world. (Source: ANN)

(No synopsis yet.)

Third season of Bananya.

Tie-in anime linked to the "Idol Land PriPara" smartphone game.

The story take place in new town called "Palm Town" which it is the new town that Patty and her Aunt Jane moved to since Jane's husband George run a medical center there. However, Patty faces some troubles because she doesn't get used to the new town and misses her hometown and also her friends. Nevertheless, she mets up with Alice and gets along with her. Soon they become best friends and are hanging out together everyday experience new things and enjoying their time. They meet a lot of different people in order to make many friends and unforgettable memories full of fun.

The anime's story centers on Akari (a quiet high schooler who has inherited a love of travel from her older sister, who took care of her in place of often absent parents) and Nagi (Akari's cheerful classmate who willingly jumps into any activity, and becomes interested in Akari due to her mysterious air), who travel throughout Japan. (Source: ANN)

Mokke Special Episodes: 1. Toorikaze (Passing Wind) 2. Mitsua Shigaeru

A collaboration between Suntory's All-Free a zero-alcohol/zero-calorie/zero-carb beverage tasting like beer and Osomatsu-san.

Created for Saitama Prefecture, the series' 7-minute episodes will promote tourist locations in the Prefecture. Every episode will include a five-minute story segment that will showcase the prefecture in spring, summer, fall, or winter. Following each story, a two-minute explanation segment will include instructions on how to travel to featured areas from Tokyo by train. Episodes will include the love story "Sakura no Omoide," the gag comedy story "Saitama Koukou Housou-bu ~Natsu no Kankou Annai~," the fantasy story "Yuusha Higan to Hime-sama no Bouken," and the family story "Winter sweet home." The anime's four episodes will be available in Japanese with subtitles in Japanese, English, Chinese (traditional and simplifed), Korean, and French. Eight people living or working in Saitama were selected from 223 applicants to voice act in the series. (Source: ANN)

Second Season of Rilu Rilu Fairilu: Yousei no Door.

Short stories capturing the bittersweet and tender moments of everyday family life, made for Marukome Co., Ltd. a miso soup paste manufacturer.

When Hiroshi was fighting against his rival Gorillaimo, he stumbled over a stone and fell on to a frog. To be surprised, the frog was still alive and it named itself Pyonkichi. (Source: AniDB)

A TV anime remake of the World Fool News ONA. Takahashi is transferred to a main anchor of a news program, which is known for being a little...weird. This is a comedy about somewhat ridiculous happenings occurring at a broadcasting station. (Source: YouTube)

To their classmates, Wada is a quiet rich girl while Yamamoto is an intimidating lone wolf…but what they don’t know is that Wada is a mobile game addict in a passionate love-hate relationship (with a 2D character) and Yamamoto has a penchant for urban legends with eyes only for her favorite YouTuber. And their biggest not-so-secret secret—these unlikely friends meet at the food court every day after school to rant, rave, and learn what makes each other tick! (Source: Yen Press)

Nisshin Seifun Group commissioned 4 commercials for a mascot, Konyara, from Studio Ghibli to promote their company. The first commercial was for their 110th anniversary.

(No synopsis yet.)

An advertisement for MyNavi Chintai (MyNavi Rental) that began airing on television on January 10, 2015. The "20-dai no Heya-hen" (Rooms for Twentysomethings) commercial shows how the MyNavi Chintai service lets young people find living spaces that fit their different lifestyles. The characters profiled include a man living alone who searched for a place "near the station," a woman with a dog who searched for an apartment that "allows pets," a couple who searched for a place "for two," and a woman searching for a room on the service. (Source: ANN)

Kaoruko is set to meet a marriage partner... but there's a person she can't forget. Someone she met in Chichibu when she was a girl. A young boy whose name she doesn't even know. Treasured memories of walking with him through Chichibu Shrine. Taking in the carpets of pink flowers at Hitsujiyama Park, the mountain stream at Nagatoro, the sea of clouds from Mitsumine Shrine. These are priceless moments she yearns to relive. Maybe... just maybe... if she heads to Chichibu she might see him again. Clinging to her faint hope and distant memories, Kaoruko resolves to find out. (Source: Official site)

John is a cheerful and energetic young boy, who lives in a small coal-mining town in England. One day he finds a small dog lost in a flock of sheep. John takes her back home and names the puppy Lassie. Soon they become good friends, just like real siblings. Lassie is a very lovely and smart dog, so everyone in the town loves her very much. But their happy life doesn't last long. Suddenly a coal-mine owner closes his company because there is no more coal left in the coal mine. John goes to meet the coal-mine owner to request a further investigation. The owner accepts John's request, but in exchange for that, he takes Lassie to Scotland. Priscilla, the owner's granddaughter and also John's friend, cannot just stand by and let Lassie suffer in a cage. She opens the cage and sets Lassie free. Lassie sets out on a very long and hard journey from Scotland to her hometown. (Source: AnimeNfo)

Anime featuring the idol group AGC38. It is set in the classes of the Musashi Asahigaoka Girls' Academy that the girls attend.

Anime shorts created by Studio 4℃ as a collaboration with the Japan Kanji Aptitude Test.

An original anime DVD bundled with a limited edition of saxyun's 4th Yurumates manga volume. The bundled DVD contained the opening animation sequence for the television anime series and its first episode, as well as two unaired episodes. The limited edition also included an exclusive booklet. (Source: ANN)

The anime will take place not in space (uchuu), but in "Puchuu," and will feature the first "Puchuu tour" in PriPara history. The PriPara idols will tour the solar system and will discover new wonders. Various trials await the idols, and things aren't straight forward. Will the idols be able to make it back to Earth safely? (Source: ANN)

Mirai Momoyama will be narrating the successes of past idols and stars from the Pretty series and cheer on their friends as they shine and aim for their dreams! (Source: Pretty All Friends Wiki)

The story follows the lives of three modern day dinosaurs as they share a room in the Dino-Shou ("Dino Manor") apartment building complex. (Source: Crunchyroll)

The series focuses on a professional boxer who chooses to become a manga artist after sustaining an injury. The man takes in two cats: Kuro, who is very timid, and her younger sister Chin. (Source: Livechart)

Extended ending showing what happened with Befort Children after the events from the last episode of the TV series. DVD release exclusive.

Picture drama included in the 1st Blu-ray and DVD volumes.

Shorts set in Saga prefecture, and are highlighting the prefecture's culture. "Yakusoku no Utsuwa - Arita no Hatsukoi" will be set in the town of Arita, and will be a youth story highlighting the scenery of Arita. "Fuyu no Chikai, Natsu no Matsuri - Takeoshi no Dai-Kusunoki" is set in the city of Takeoshi, and will center on two characters, a boy and a girl, who grow up watched over by a large camphor tree that endures the time and seasons. (Source: ANN)

The Line Novel online service where users can publish novels online through the Line app launched on Tuesday. Two animated ads were released simultaneously with the launch. (Source: ANN)

Unaired episodes of ''Cinderella Girls Gekijou 2nd Season'' included in the DVD and Blu-ray release.

A sunny summer's day, the trembling insides of a girl are painted by Dazai Osamu's hidden masterpiece, "School Girl," a "Kaku Nime" production. Dazai's new literature taste is that of a person's challenge. The format of a girl talking to herself is presented by Motosaku, a Dazai Osamu fan as well; a girls of the modern day's heart also will resound as the finishing touches are applied to this work. (Source: AnimeNfo.com)

Happy Happy Clover recounts the everyday life of a bunny named Chima and the other animals in the Crescent Moon Forest.

A man and his dog share an intimate moment. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

The 2nd PriPara film, unlike the first this shown in stereoscopic 3D.

Twelve 1-minute fictional shorts about the real-life Japanese band SCANDAL.

Promotional video for Amgakuin (AMG), a school for artists who want to become active in the entertainment industry. This PV is directed by Kengo Saitou and produced for the institute's 25th anniversary. All key figures to this animation are alumni from AMG and are now successfully working in the anime industry. The theme song is "Ikiru" by the band UNDER GRAPH. (Source: AniList)

A Japanese tourism promotion anime inviting Japanese people to visit Canada. The anime is sponsored by the Canada Tourism Bureau (Canada Kankou Kyoku) which celebrates its 150th anniversary.

A promotional video for the anime studio Bibury, founded by anime director Tensho. The studio is named after the town of Bibury in England. The video was published on the studio's website. (Source: ANN, edited)

In the United States, the Civil War has just broken out and Mr March, a physician and father of four daughters, went to the front. Madam March remains alone with her four daughters: the eldest Margaret (Meg), Josephine (Jo) budding writer, a real boy failed, Elisabeth (Beth), the timid passionate piano, and the latest addition, Amy, who loves to draw. The four girls will quickly get to know their neighbor Mr. Lawrence, which they had a little scared at first, but also to his grandson Laurie who at the age of Jo. Together, they go through many hardships, more or less happy, the furies of Aunt March, jealousies, the joys and the war in fabric background, hoping that their father will come back safe and sound... (Source: Planete Jeunesse)

Outspoken Luise and shy Lotte meet at summer camp and realize they are identical twins who were separated at birth by their divorced parents. The girls become friends and decide to switch places with each other so that they can each learn about the parent they never knew, and perhaps bring together their broken family.