Best adoption anime
209 anime about adoption, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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3.8His and Her Circumstances
TV · 1998 · 26 ep
His and Her CircumstancesKareshi Kanojo no JijouTV · 1998 · 26 ep3.8Miyazawa Yukino is the perfect student. Kind, intelligent, pretty and modest, it's unbelievable that such a person could exist. Little did everyone know Yukino's perfection was just a facade. An act to fulfill her desire for praise and…
3.8Date A Live V
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
Date A Live VTV · 2024 · 12 ep3.8Shidou Itsuka faces greater peril than ever due to his continued involvement with Ratatoskr. He has already sealed 10 Spirits, and Isaac Westcott, leader of Deus Ex Machina Industries, has finally decided to kill Shidou and plunder the…
3.8Anne Shirley
TV · 2025 · 24 ep
Anne ShirleyTV · 2025 · 24 ep3.8On the beautiful Prince Edward Island in Canada, an orphan named Anne Shirley is mistakenly sent to Green Gables, the home of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. They choose to adopt her anyway, as Anne finds friendship, love, and happiness in…
3.8Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie Part 2
Movie · 2021 · 1 ep
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie Part 2Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Eternal Movie 2Movie · 2021 · 1 ep3.8The threat of the Dead Moon Circus still looms over Usagi Tsukino and the Sailor Guardians. Driven into a corner, the Earth plunges further into darkness as nightmares continue to spread. The Outer Sailor Guardians sense that something is…
3.8Major Movie: Yuujou no Winning Shot
Movie · 2008 · 1 ep
Major Movie: Yuujou no Winning ShotMovie · 2008 · 1 ep3.8Goro briefly returns to Japan after a triumphant campaign in the US. He is heading towards Fukuoka where he played baseball when he was a fifth grader. Having just moved into a new town, this is where Goro faced a critical point in his…
3.8Stars Align
TV · 2019 · 12 ep
Stars AlignHoshiai no SoraTV · 2019 · 12 ep3.8Due to the apparent incompetence of its members and lack of results, the boy's soft tennis team is on the verge of being shut down. Toma Shinjou, captain and seemingly only motivated member, seeks the help of newly transferred, and old…
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3.8Kyousougiga
TV · 2013 · 10 ep
KyousougigaKyousou Giga (TV)TV · 2013 · 10 ep3.8In Kyoto, nothing changes. No, not that Kyoto, but rather the Mirror Capital Kyoto, the world inside of a painting! Colorful, beautiful, but static, the people of this world live an idyllic, if boring life. That is, until Koto appears…
3.8From Up on Poppy Hill
Movie · 2011 · 1 ep
From Up on Poppy HillCoquelicot-zaka karaMovie · 2011 · 1 ep3.8Yokohama, 1963. Umi is a high school student living in her family's hillside home overlooking the sea. Every morning she hoists two signal flags towards the bay, sending out a message. A poem about the flags is published in the school…
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3.8Migi&Dali
TV · 2023 · 13 ep
Migi&DaliMigi to DaliTV · 2023 · 13 ep3.8After finally adopting a child, the Sonoyamas were unprepared for the mystery that would soon unravel. Hitori seems to be the perfect son for his loving parents. He's handsome, intelligent, and grateful for his new lavish life—but he has a…
3.8The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm
OVA · 2021 · 3 ep
The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue StormMahoutsukai no Yome: Nishi no Shounen to Seiran no KishiOVA · 2021 · 3 ep3.8Just prior to Chise becoming a part-time student, during Cartaphilus' brief nap… Chise receives an invitation to the academy, and she, with the help of Elias and the others, begins preparing. One such busy day, a spriggan arrives at their…
3.8Fresh Precure!
TV · 2009 · 50 ep
Fresh Precure!TV · 2009 · 50 ep3.8Love Momozono is a 14-year-old student at Yotsuba Junior Highschool that tends to care more for others than for herself. One day she visits a show of the famous dance unit "Trinity" and decides to become a dancer, too. On the same event…
3.7OVERTAKE!
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
OVERTAKE!Overtake!TV · 2023 · 12 ep3.7Haruka Asahina is a 16 year old high school boy racing F4 cars while staying at Komaki Motors, an auto-body shop in Shizuoka prefecture. Komaki Motors is a family-run shop that regularly competes in F4 with the team comprised of: owner…
3.7BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story- Season 2
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story- Season 2Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story Season 2TV · 2023 · 12 ep3.7Arriving in Japan, underground golfer Eve wants nothing more than to play a match against Aoi Amawashi, the "Innocent Tyrant" prodigy that caught her eye. However, the girls, wishing to finally settle the score on who is the better golfer…
3.7Haré+Guu
TV · 2001 · 26 ep
Haré+GuuJungle wa Itsumo Hare nochi GuuTV · 2001 · 26 ep3.7Haré was a happy boy living out his days in the jungle with his mother, but then one day Guu showed up and became a member of their household. Throughout the series he faces many hardships as he tries to keep Guu out of trouble in…
3.7Haré+Guu Deluxe
OVA · 2002 · 6 ep
Haré+Guu DeluxeJungle wa Itsumo Hare nochi Guu DeluxeOVA · 2002 · 6 ep3.7After the events in the city, Haré and family come back to the Jungle. But it is never calm for Haré as he first must deal with an unstable substitute teacher, then with some big news: Weda is pregnant. The answer to how and…
3.6My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
TV · 2020 · 12 ep
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta...TV · 2020 · 12 ep3.6Wealthy heiress Katarina Claes is hit in the head with a rock and recovers the memories of her past life. It turns out the world she lives in is the world of the game Fortune Lover, an otome game she was obsessed with in her past life…
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3.6An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf BrideMaou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii?TV · 2024 · 12 ep3.6Zagan might be the most feared evil sorcerer, but when it comes to social interactions, he’s the most inept. All those days studying the dark arts won’t help him when he falls in love at first sight with Nephelia, the beautiful elven…
3.6Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister
TV · 2024 · 24 ep
Tying the Knot with an Amagami SisterAmagami-san Chi no EnmusubiTV · 2024 · 24 ep3.6Uryuu Kamihate is a high school student striving to enter Kyoto University’s medical school. After being raised at an orphanage, Uryuu is taken in by the chief priest at Amagami Shrine, where he begins to live as a freeloader—and to…
3.6Pokémon Horizons: The Series
TV · 2023 · 141 ep
Pokémon Horizons: The SeriesPokemon (2023)TV · 2023 · 141 ep3.6A new dream and adventure set throughout the entire Pokémon world unfolds in a brand new Pokémon-series following a girl named Liko and a boy named Roy.
3.6Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
TV · 2007 · 26 ep
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerSMahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerSTV · 2007 · 26 ep3.6Set 10 years after Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's, Nanoha, Fate, Hayate and the rest of the crew are now working full time in the Time-Space Administration Bureau. Nanoha is a combat instructor, Fate is a special investigator, and Hayate…
3.6Natsume's Book of Friends: Nyanko-sensei & The First Errand
Special · 2013 · 1 ep
Natsume's Book of Friends: Nyanko-sensei & The First ErrandNatsume Yuujinchou: Nyanko-sensei to Hajimete no OtsukaiSpecial · 2013 · 1 ep3.6This anime DVD has a completely original story not told in the manga or its earlier anime adaptations. Note: Given to subscribers of LaLa and LaLa DX magazines. (Source: AniDB)
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3.6TIGER & BUNNY 2
ONA · 2022 · 13 ep
TIGER & BUNNY 2Tiger & Bunny 2ONA · 2022 · 13 ep3.6Fighting for peace — and their sponsors — the odd couple of Wild Tiger and Barnaby continue to work as superheroes. But with the number of superheroes increasing around the world, how will these two veterans fare!? (Source: Netflix)
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3.6Candy Candy
TV · 1976 · 115 ep
Candy CandyTV · 1976 · 115 ep3.6This 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 she met the "handsome…
3.6RE:cycle of the PENGUINDRUM Part 2 I Love You
Movie · 2022 · 1 ep
RE:cycle of the PENGUINDRUM Part 2 I Love YouRe:cycle of the Penguindrum Part 2: I Love YouMovie · 2022 · 1 ep3.6The second film in a duology compiling the Mawaru Penguindrum anime with new elements. In order to save the life of their younger sister Himari, twin brothers Kanba and Shoma Takakura search for the Penguindrum under the command of a…
3.6Living in a world without magic
Special · 2022 · 1 ep
Living in a world without magicMahou no Nai Sekai de Ikiru to Iu KotoSpecial · 2022 · 1 ep3.6Graduation work of Akiwashi.
3.6Blue Exorcist
TV · 2011 · 25 ep
Blue ExorcistAo no ExorcistTV · 2011 · 25 ep3.6This world consists of two dimensions joined as one, like a mirror. The first is the world in which the humans live, Assiah. The other is the world of demons, Gehenna. Ordinarily, travel between the two, and indeed any kind of contact…
3.6Fairy Tail
TV · 2009 · 175 ep
Fairy TailTV · 2009 · 175 ep3.6Across the Fiore kingdom, wizards join guilds and make their pay by filling magical needs—but one guild has a reputation as the roughest, rowdiest, most dangerous of all: Fairy Tail! When four young Fairy Tail members unite, their bond is…
3.6The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an AristocratSekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suruTV · 2021 · 12 ep3.6The world's number one assassin has been reincarnated as the eldest son of a family of aristocrat assassins. In exchange for being reincarnated in another world, a goddess has imposed upon him one condition. "Kill the Hero who is…
3.6Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga
TV · 2017 · 12 ep
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto SagaAo no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujouou-henTV · 2017 · 12 ep3.6In the late Edo Period, a demon known as the Impure King killed thousands of people. After defeating the demon, the Knights of the True Cross kept its left eye safely sealed away on Academy grounds - but now someone has stolen it! Hearing…
3.6PandoraHearts
TV · 2009 · 25 ep
PandoraHeartsPandora HeartsTV · 2009 · 25 ep3.6Oz Vessalius, heir to one of the duke houses, has just turned fifteen. His life is rich and carefree, darkened only by the constant absence of his father. At his coming-of-age ceremony, however, everything changes. For no reason that he…
3.6Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle
Movie · 2020 · 1 ep
Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the JunglePokemon Movie 23: KokoMovie · 2020 · 1 ep3.6The story is set in Okoya Forest, a Pokémon paradise protected by strict rules that forbid outsiders from setting foot inside. The film centers on Coco, a boy who was raised by Pokémon and also considers himself as one, treating the…
3.6Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream
TV · 2011 · 51 ep
Pretty Rhythm: Aurora DreamTV · 2011 · 51 ep3.6Prism Stars are performers on the new popular ice show, Prism Show. They are superidols whose techniques, singing and fashion sense are a cut above all others. Aira and Rizumu are two Prism Stars whose goal is to become the best, the Prism…
3.6Jungle wa Itsumo Hare nochi Guu Final
OVA · 2003 · 7 ep
Jungle wa Itsumo Hare nochi Guu FinalOVA · 2003 · 7 ep3.6Haré's family receives a video letter from Weda's home in the city. Witnessing how sad and lonely Weda's mother and Bel are without her, Weda decides to take Haré and Guu back to the city for a while. After Haré…
3.5The Fruit of Grisaia
TV · 2014 · 13 ep
The Fruit of GrisaiaGrisaia no KajitsuTV · 2014 · 13 ep3.5The anime revolves around Mihama Academy, a prison-like school built to preserve fruit that has fallen too far from its tree. It is home to five female students who each have their reasons for enrolling in the academy and live their life…
3.5How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
TV · 2021 · 13 ep
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the KingdomGenjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku SaikenkiTV · 2021 · 13 ep3.5Suddenly summoned to a fantasy world and betrothed to the princess, Kazuya Souma is crowned the new king after providing the royal family with impressive advice. To rule the kingdom, he's taking the nontraditional (and very human) route of…
3.5A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
A Salad Bowl of EccentricsHenjin no Salad BowlTV · 2024 · 12 ep3.5Sousuke Kaburaya, an impoverished detective, met Sara, a princess from another world with magical powers. Sara began living with Sousuke, and she quickly adjusted to life in modern Japan. Meanwhile, Livia, a female knight who came from the…