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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3.4A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!
TV · 2024 · 24 ep
A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!Youkai Gakkou no Sensei Hajimemashita!TV · 2024 · 24 ep3.4Rookie teacher Haruaki Abe is as cowardly as they come. It's hard enough for him to handle human students without whimpering-and now he's going to be teaching at a school full of monsters?! It's a classroom of horrors for Haruaki, as his…
3.4The Deer King
Movie · 2022 · 1 ep
The Deer KingShika no Ou: Yuna to Yakusoku no TabiMovie · 2022 · 1 ep3.4In the aftermath of a brutal war, former soldier Van toils in a mine controlled by the ruling empire. One day, his solitary existence is upended when a pack of wild dogs carrying a deadly and incurable disease attack, leaving only Van and…
3.4My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X - I Met My Destined One...
OVA · 2021 · 1 ep
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X - I Met My Destined One...Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta... OVAOVA · 2021 · 1 ep3.4Note: An unaired episode bundled with the special edition of the 7th manga volume.
3.4ONIHEI
TV · 2017 · 13 ep
ONIHEIOniheiTV · 2017 · 13 ep3.4The historical novel series depicts Heizou Hasegawa, who metes justice on wrongdoers and supervises the crackdown on arsonists and robbers in Japan's Edo period (1603-1868). (Source: Anime News Network)
3.4Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya
TV · 2013 · 10 ep
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆IllyaTV · 2013 · 10 ep3.4Illyasviel von Einzbern’s normal life is suddenly halted by the Kaleidostick Ruby, a magical wand on the run from her former master, who instantly decides that little Illya has all the right stuff to become the next great magical girl…
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3.4Love of Kill
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Love of KillKoroshi AiTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.4Two assassins face off. The cool bounty hunter Chateau and the mysterious and powerful Ryang-ha. Chateau and Ryang-ha become enemies after this fight—at least, they should have, but for some reason Ryang-ha takes a liking to Chateau and…
3.4Corpse Princess: Aka
TV · 2008 · 13 ep
Corpse Princess: AkaShikabane Hime: AkaTV · 2008 · 13 ep3.4After being brutally murdered along with her family, Makina Hoshimura turns into a Shikabane Hime, a living corpse contracted to the Kougon Cult, in order to exert revenge on the mysterious undead organization responsible for her death…
3.4ViVid Strike!
TV · 2016 · 12 ep
ViVid Strike!TV · 2016 · 12 ep3.4Raised up in the same orphanage, Fuuka and Rinne were once close friends but parted ways after a quarrel ended up with Rinne overwhelming Fuuka with her martial art skills. Fuuka lived a life of poverty after leaving the orphanage but an…
3.4Black God
TV · 2009 · 23 ep
Black GodKurokami The AnimationTV · 2009 · 23 ep3.4In this world, there are three identical looking people in existence who split between them an energy-like force called “Terra.” This energy can be attributed to the amount of “Luck” or “Life Energy” that an individual possesses. There…
3.4Li'l Spider Girl
Special · 2012 · 1 ep
Li'l Spider GirlWasurenagumoSpecial · 2012 · 1 ep3.4Everything started from an old book telling the story of an expert yin-yang master who defeated a giant spider in ancient times. Antique book dealer Amane Suzuri, who is trying to sell the book in order to pay the rent, would have never…
3.4Kiddy Grade
TV · 2002 · 24 ep
Kiddy GradeTV · 2002 · 24 ep3.4After fighting in numerous interstellar wars, mankind forms the Galactic Union to bring stability and to prevent conflicts between different planets. However, disputes between members of the union itself persists. In the Star Century year…
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3.4Akuma Kun
ONA · 2023 · 12 ep
Akuma KunAkuma-kun (ONA)ONA · 2023 · 12 ep3.4Akuma-kun is a boy who was adopted and risen by the former Akuma: Shingo Umoregi. He works as a paranormal investigator and solves murder mysteries with the helping hand of his half-human partner Mephisto the Third. The show, despite being…
3.4Blue Miburo Season 2
TV · 2026 · 14 ep
Blue Miburo Season 2Ao no Miburo: Serizawa Ansatsu-henTV · 2026 · 14 ep3.4The Black Ships arrive in Kyoto as the shogunate stumbles toward ruin. Living amidst the chaos is Nio, a kindhearted boy on the verge of discovering his destiny. He meets two "Miburo," Hijikata Toshizo and Okita Soji, members of the band…
3.3A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While AdventuringIsekai Yururi Kikou: Kosodate shinagara Boukensha shimasuTV · 2024 · 12 ep3.3After a god accidentally slays him, Takumi’s reborn with new skills in a monster-filled forest where he stumbles upon twins. They’re sweet, adorable, and super strong! Won over instantly, he names them Alan and Elena, becomes their…
3.3Magic Maker: How to Make Magic in Another World
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
Magic Maker: How to Make Magic in Another WorldMagic Maker: Isekai Mahou no TsukurikataTV · 2025 · 12 ep3.3On the night of his 30th birthday, one man’s dreams of wielding magic come true after he unexpectedly passes away. He wakes as Sion, a young child in another world. He and his elder sister, Marie, are the children of a lower-class noble…
3.3My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer
TV · 2023 · 13 ep
My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank AdventurerBoukensha ni Naritai to Miyako ni Deteitta Musume ga S-Rank ni NattetaTV · 2023 · 13 ep3.3The young adventurer Belgrieve retires to a quieter life after losing his leg to a beast. While gathering herbs in the woods one day, he rescues an abandoned child. Angeline trains with her father and later achieves S-Rank in the capital’s…
3.3Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse
TV · 2025 · 26 ep
Watari-kun's ****** Is about to CollapseWatari-kun no xx ga Houkai SunzenTV · 2025 · 26 ep3.3Naoto Watari lives solely for his little sister, Suzushiro, until his chaotic childhood friend, Satsuki, storms back into his life. Without uttering a single word, her very presence ignites buried memories and unravels his rigid routine…
3.3Shangri-la
TV · 2009 · 24 ep
Shangri-laShangri-LaTV · 2009 · 24 ep3.3In the distant future, earthquakes and the effects of global warming have splintered Japanese society. Some struggle hand-to-mouth in the jungle-tangled ruins of civilization. Some live comfortably within the closed-off city of Atlas…
3.3SERVAMP
TV · 2016 · 12 ep
SERVAMPServampTV · 2016 · 12 ep3.3Mahiru Shirota dislikes difficult things, preferring to live a simple life. But after rescuing a cat he names Kuro, life takes a turn for the complex. Kuro turns out to be a servamp—a servant vampire, named Sleepy Ash and the two form a…
3.3Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary SquireEiyuuou, Bu wo Kiwameru Tame Tenseisu: Soshite, Sekai Saikyou no Minarai Kishi♀TV · 2023 · 12 ep3.3After living a life devoted to serving his country and people, Inglis’ one wish to be free of a king’s burden and to train was actually heard, but as a beautiful girl! Reborn in the far future as a daughter to renowned knights, Inglis can…
3.3The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
The Family Circumstances of the Irregular WitchDekoboko Majo no Oyako JijouTV · 2023 · 12 ep3.3When witch Alyssa found a baby on her doorstep, she didn’t expect her life to take a topsy-turvy turn. Despite her bewilderment, she names the child Viola and decides to raise her. Fast-forward 16 years, and her “daughter” Viola isn’t just…
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3.3I Shall Survive Using Potions!
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
I Shall Survive Using Potions!Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!TV · 2023 · 12 ep3.3Nagase Kaoru, a 22-year-old office lady, suddenly finds herself reincarnated in another world. To help her survive in this new world, a being that amounts to its god gives Kaoru a younger body and... the ability to make insanely…
3.3ODDTAXI In The Woods
Movie · 2022 · 1 ep
ODDTAXI In The WoodsOdd Taxi Movie: In the WoodsMovie · 2022 · 1 ep3.3Note: This is a reconstruction of the television anime that will also depict what happens after its finale with a new story written by Kazuya Konomoto.
3.3SUPER LOVERS 2
TV · 2017 · 10 ep
SUPER LOVERS 2Super Lovers 2TV · 2017 · 10 ep3.3After leaving Canada to move in with Haru, Rei was finally getting used to living as the youngest of four brothers, and Haru's new café was beginning to thrive... when their mother, Haruko, showed up and said she was taking Rei with her to…
3.3Champignon Witch
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
Champignon WitchChampignon no MajoTV · 2026 · 12 ep3.3Luna, a black witch who lives quietly in a poisonous mushroom house, deep in the Black Forest. She lives in the city making high-efficiency medicines, but it is said that if the "Mushroom Witch" touches you, you'll die, and she is avoided…
3.3Blue Seed
TV · 1994 · 26 ep
Blue SeedTV · 1994 · 26 ep3.3Momiji is an average girl until the day she finds she is the descendant of the great Kushinada family. Only she, with her Kushinada blood, can stop the Aragami, demonic plant-like monsters threatening to destroy Japan. Along to help her is…
3.3The House of the Lost on the Cape
Movie · 2021 · 1 ep
The House of the Lost on the CapeMisaki no MayoigaMovie · 2021 · 1 ep3.317-year-old run-away Yui and 8-year-old Hiyori, who lost her family and her voice, have no place to go when they run into Kiwa, a strange old lady. She offers them a place to stay, in a slightly banged-up old house overlooking the sea, a…
3.3Attack No.1
TV · 1970 · 104 ep
Attack No.1TV · 1970 · 104 ep3.3Kozue Ayuhara is a highschool girl and enthusiastic volleyball player. Her dream is to play in the Japanese national volleyball team. During the series she makes it from the school district league up to the Japanese volleyball finals, step…
3.3Utawarerumono: Imperial Princess Tusukuru's Splendid Days
OVA · 2018 · 1 ep
Utawarerumono: Imperial Princess Tusukuru's Splendid DaysUtawarerumono: Tusukuru-koujo no Karei Naru HibiOVA · 2018 · 1 ep3.3Included with the premium collection release of the PS4 remake of Utawarerumono: Chiriyukumono e no Komoriuta. The anime will tell the story of Kuon's childhood days. (Source: Anime News Network)
3.2Wise Man’s Grandchild
TV · 2019 · 12 ep
Wise Man’s GrandchildKenja no MagoTV · 2019 · 12 ep3.2A young man is reborn in another world where he is adopted as a baby by the hero Merlin Wolford and named Shin. By his 15th birthday, Shin has accumulated all kinds of power by studying under Merlin, but one thing his adoptive grandfather…
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3.2BABYLON
TV · 2019 · 12 ep
BABYLONBabylonTV · 2019 · 12 ep3.2The suspense story centers around Zen Seizaki, a prosecutor with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Office. While investigating illegal acts by a certain pharmaceutical company, Seizaki stumbles across a conspiracy over an election for…
3.2Dusk Beyond the End of the World
TV · 2025 · 13 ep
Dusk Beyond the End of the WorldTowa no YuugureTV · 2025 · 13 ep3.2When growing tensions around AI spark civil unrest, Akira is caught in the crossfire when he protects his girlfriend from an assassin’s bullet. Hundreds of years later, he awakens from cryogenic sleep to an unfamiliar world. As he…
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3.2An Adventurer’s Daily Grind at Age 29
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
An Adventurer’s Daily Grind at Age 2929-sai Dokushin Chuuken Boukensha no NichijouTV · 2026 · 12 ep3.2Having spent his childhood in the slums, Hajime Shinonome desperately sought strength to survive. Now, he enjoys a peaceful and carefree life as a resident adventurer of the Komai Village. One day, during a quest, he ventured into a…
3.2Blue Miburo
TV · 2024 · 24 ep
Blue MiburoAo no MiburoTV · 2024 · 24 ep3.2It's 1863, the twilight of the shogunate, and Japan is on the cusp of monumental change. The streets of the nation's capital are soaked in blood as political upheaval and rising tensions between masterless, wandering ronin and government…
3.2Miyori no Mori
Special · 2007 · 1 ep
Miyori no MoriSpecial · 2007 · 1 ep3.2After being deserted by her parents, 11-year-old Miyori shuts her heart from the rest of the world and denies any form of human relationships. She was entrusted in the care of her grandmother who lives near a forest. Miyori will take a…
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3.1The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the StrongestMikata ga Yowasugite Hojo Mahou ni Tesshiteita Kyuutei Mahoushi, Tsuihou sarete Saikyou wo MezasuTV · 2025 · 12 ep3.1"This party does not need a useless magician who can only use support magic. You are fired, Alec Huguette." One day, Alec, a court magician who had been chaperoning the Crown Prince's dungeon-crawling party, was suddenly fired and banished…