Best boarding school anime
86 anime about boarding school, 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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3.8A Certain Scientific Railgun
TV · 2009 · 24 ep
A Certain Scientific RailgunToaru Kagaku no RailgunTV · 2009 · 24 ep3.8Academy City is a highly developed place in terms of technology. It is said to be 20 to 30 years ahead of the rest of the world, and 80% of its 2.3 million residents are students. The focus of studies here is directed towards esper powers…
3.8Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Akebi’s Sailor UniformAkebi-chan no Sailor-fukuTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.8It’s Komichi Akebi’s first year of junior high and she has her heart set on one thing: Robai Private Academy’s sailor uniform. As the next chapter of her life gets closer, she dreams of all the exciting new experiences she’ll get to…
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3.8Princess Principal
TV · 2017 · 12 ep
Princess PrincipalTV · 2017 · 12 ep3.8The "spy action" series follows five girls in 19th century London, a city within the Albion Kingdom divided into east and west by a large wall. The girls serve as undercover spies enrolled as students at the prestigious Queen's Mayfair…
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3.8Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting GamesTai-Ari deshita. Ojousama wa Kakutou Game nante ShinaiTV · 2026 · 12 ep3.8Mitsuki Aya has one goal at the elite Kuromi Girls’ Academy: to become a refined young lady like the school’s flawless “White Lily,” Yorue Mio. But her image of Mio shatters when Aya accidentally catches her...playing fighting games?!…
3.8Aikatsu!
TV · 2012 · 50 ep
Aikatsu!TV · 2012 · 50 ep3.8Ichigo Hoshimiya is a regular, ordinary middle school girl. But when her best friend, Aoi, invites her to join the idol training academy, Starlight Academy, her whole world is turned upside down. As she encounters all kinds of rivals and…
3.8Maria Watches Over Us 4th Season
TV · 2009 · 13 ep
Maria Watches Over Us 4th SeasonMaria-sama ga Miteru 4thTV · 2009 · 13 ep3.8Life for the young women at Lillian Girls’ Academy couldn’t be more exciting! The Yamayuri Council is working on a theater production with the all-boys Hanadera Academy, and the school festival is quickly approaching. But Yumi’s duties…
3.7SANDA
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
SANDASandaTV · 2025 · 12 ep3.7In a future where children are few and regarded as Japan's most valuable assets, Christmas has become a mere legend of the past. For the students of Daikoku Welfare Academy—a boarding school where they are educated, protected, and…
3.7A Little Princess Sara
TV · 1985 · 46 ep
A Little Princess SaraPrincess SaraTV · 1985 · 46 ep3.7Sara, a pretty girl born into a rich British family in India, is treated like a little princess at a dormitory school in London. Sara’s sweet school life turns to tragedy when she learns of her father’s death and the family’s bankruptcy…
3.6My Hero Academia Season 5
TV · 2021 · 25 ep
My Hero Academia Season 5Boku no Hero Academia 5th SeasonTV · 2021 · 25 ep3.6The rivalry between Class 1-A and Class 1-B heats up in a joint training battle. Eager to be a part of the hero course, brainwashing buff Shinso is tasked with competing on both sides. But as each team faces their own weaknesses and…
3.6Boarding School Juliet
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Boarding School JulietKishuku Gakkou no JulietTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.6Grigio Academy Boarding School. The students that attend this school come from two countries, and reside in their own dormitories. Inazuka and Persia are leaders of rival dorms, but in secret they love each other. Now, they have to keep…
3.6Umamusume: Pretty Derby
TV · 2018 · 13 ep
Umamusume: Pretty DerbyUma Musume: Pretty DerbyTV · 2018 · 13 ep3.6In a world very much like our own, great race horses of the past have a chance to be reborn as "horse girls"—girls with the ears and tails of horses as well as their speed and endurance. The best of these horse girls go to train at Tokyo's…
3.6I'm in Love with the Villainess
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
I'm in Love with the VillainessWatashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou.TV · 2023 · 12 ep3.6The world turns upside down when a corporate drone wakes up as Rae Taylor, the heroine in her favorite otome game, Revolution. Rae is elated at the opportunity to court Claire François, the game’s villainess and the object of her…
3.6Maria Watches Over Us: Printemps
TV · 2004 · 13 ep
Maria Watches Over Us: PrintempsMaria-sama ga Miteru: HaruTV · 2004 · 13 ep3.6The spring term is beginning for the students at Lillian Girls' Academy. Friends are reunited, but for the Yamayuri Council, it's a bittersweet time. Yoko, Eriko, and Sei are busy preparing to depart Lillian while Sachiko, Rei, and Shimako…
3.6Chivalry of a Failed Knight
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
Chivalry of a Failed KnightRakudai Kishi no CavalryTV · 2015 · 12 ep3.6The "school sword action" story revolves around Magic Knights, modern magic-users who fight with weapons converted from their souls. Ikki Kurogane goes to a school for these Magic Knights, but he is the "Failed Knight" or "Worst One" who…
Mature
3.6A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMAAwajima HyakkeiTV · 2026 · 12 ep3.6At Awajima Opera School, girls from across Japan strive to earn a place on stage. Wakana is driven by her love of musical theater, while Kinue studies with quiet discipline. Scholarship student Emi draws attention from all—but especially…
3.6Yumeiro Patissiere SP Professional
TV · 2010 · 13 ep
Yumeiro Patissiere SP ProfessionalYume-iro Pâtissière SP ProfessionalTV · 2010 · 13 ep3.6Done with the Contest in Paris, Ichigo and her friends find themselves heading back to Japan to sharpen their skills. However this time around they will have to do this separated. Some new team members will be added to Team Ichigo and they…
3.6Hana-Kimi Season 2
TV · 2026 · 13 ep
Hana-Kimi Season 2Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 2nd SeasonTV · 2026 · 13 ep3.6Mizuki Ashiya is back for another year of posing as a boy at a male boarding school for one noble reason: to meet her idol, Sano. Only now, Sano’s in on her secret–and keeping it to himself–which makes matters more complicated when Nakatsu…
3.5Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for MobsOtome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desuTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.5Office worker Leon is reincarnated into a particularly punishing dating sim video game, where women reign supreme and only beautiful men have a seat at the table. But Leon has a secret weapon: he remembers everything from his past life…
3.5Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon LordAkuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Ura-Boss desu ga Maou dewa ArimasenTV · 2024 · 12 ep3.5This college kid wants nothing more than a quiet life. So when she’s reborn as Yumiella, the hidden villainess of an Otome RPG, she’s not exactly thrilled. Still yearning for peace, she abandons her evil duties to live a more discreet…
3.5Sakigake!! Otokojuku
TV · 1988 · 34 ep
Sakigake!! OtokojukuTV · 1988 · 34 ep3.5Otokojuku - a private school for juvenile delinquents that were previously expelled from normal schools. At this school, Japanese chivalry is taught through feudal and military fundamentals. Similar to an action film, the classes are…
3.5Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - BNW no Chikai
Special · 2018 · 3 ep
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - BNW no ChikaiSpecial · 2018 · 3 ep3.5Bundled with the television anime's fourth Blu-ray Disc release. It will center on Narita Taishin, Winning Ticket, and Biwa Hayahide.
3.5Symphogear
TV · 2012 · 13 ep
SymphogearSenki Zesshou SymphogearTV · 2012 · 13 ep3.5With the coming of spring, Hibiki Tachibana and Miku Kohinata start their first year in high school school at the prestigious Lydian Music Academy. That their idol, the singer Tsubasa Kazanari, also attends Lydian is just an added bonus…
3.5Hana-Kimi
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
Hana-KimiHanazakari no Kimitachi eTV · 2026 · 12 ep3.5Mizuki Ashiya is on a mission: disguise herself as a boy and enroll in a male boarding school to meet her idol, high jump star Izumi Sano. But after successfully infiltrating the school, she discovers he’s suddenly quit the sport! Now…
3.5Maria Watches Over Us
TV · 2004 · 13 ep
Maria Watches Over UsMaria-sama ga MiteruTV · 2004 · 13 ep3.5At Lillian Girls’ Academy, a renowned all-girls Catholic school, pairs of girls become soeurs, or “sisters”, in order to support and guide each other during their time at school. The shy Yumi Fukuzawa thought she was far too ordinary to…
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3.4Strawberry Panic
TV · 2006 · 26 ep
Strawberry PanicTV · 2006 · 26 ep3.4Aoi Nagisa transfers to one of the three affiliated all-girl Catholic schools on Astraea Hill, St. Miator's Girls' Academy. There, she discovers a community of fellow students entwined in an intricate hierarchy, in which two Etoiles…
3.4Maria†Holic Alive
TV · 2011 · 12 ep
Maria†Holic AliveTV · 2011 · 12 ep3.4Miyamae Kanako, a high school girl, who is allergic to boys, enrols in an all-girls school, hoping to find a female romantic partner. However, her ideal candidate, Shidou Mariya, turns out to be a mischievous cross-dressing boy, who…
3.3Maria†Holic
TV · 2009 · 12 ep
Maria†HolicTV · 2009 · 12 ep3.3It’s not easy to find the perfect girl, even when you’re the same sex! Kanako thought attending an all girls school would be the perfect way to meet the girl of her dreams, but after her hot new roommate turns out to be a guy in drag, and…
3.3The Poem of Wind and Trees
OVA · 1987 · 1 ep
The Poem of Wind and TreesKaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru KanaOVA · 1987 · 1 ep3.31887, at a remote, elite boarding school in France: Serge Battour returns after his graduation, and remembers the days of his youth... 1880, at the same school: Son of a viscount and a Roma prostitute (both deceased), Serge is intelligent…
3.3Kunon the Sorcerer Can See
TV · 2026 · 13 ep
Kunon the Sorcerer Can SeeMajutsushi Kunon wa MieteiruTV · 2026 · 13 ep3.3Kunon, a young man who cannot see, has the goal of creating new eyes with water magic. After just five months of learning sorcery, Kunon surpassed his own mentor and honed his talent as he tried to do a feat that's never been done before…
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3.3Dead Account
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
Dead AccountTV · 2026 · 12 ep3.3Always ready for a fight! Destruction for destruction’s sake! The online streamer Aoringo is a troll, making the worst of the worst of boundary-pushing flamebait content and raking in the revenue from the hate-watchers. You may think he’s…
3.3Cutie Honey F
TV · 1997 · 39 ep
Cutie Honey FTV · 1997 · 39 ep3.3On her sixteenth birthday, Honey Kisaragi goes to meet her father. However, he shows up injured and on the run. Out of nowhere, a group of thugs and a monster show up. A detective, Seiji Hayama, rescues Honey and her father. Unfortunately…
3.3Himitsu no AiPri
TV · 2024 · 51 ep
Himitsu no AiPriTV · 2024 · 51 ep3.3The main characters, Himari Aozora and Mitsuki Hoshikawa, enter Paradise Private Academy. Himari, who aspires for AIPRI, dreams of making 10,000 friends! But for the shy and anxious Himari, it might be a bit difficult... Himari…
3.2Riddle Story of Devil
TV · 2014 · 12 ep
Riddle Story of DevilAkuma no RiddleTV · 2014 · 12 ep3.2The story is set at Myoujou Academy, a private girls' boarding school. The 10th year's Kurogumi class has 12 assassins with their sights on one target, Haru Ichinose. Tokaku Azuma is a recent transfer student who is also targeting…
3.2Vampire Knight: Guilty
TV · 2008 · 13 ep
Vampire Knight: GuiltyVampire Knight GuiltyTV · 2008 · 13 ep3.2As a direct continuation of the first season, Zero comes back after his disappearance from the academy. Despite her relief, Yuuki, whose past is still shrouded in mystery, wonders what exactly happened to Zero during the separation. As…
3.1Mikagura School Suite
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
Mikagura School SuiteMikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku (TV)TV · 2015 · 12 ep3.1The story of the original light novels and manga revolves around high school girl Eruna Ichinomiya, who enters the Mikagura Academy dreaming of a boarding school life filled with beauty. However, Eruna finds out that in the culture clubs…
3.1Candy Boy: Nonchalant Talk of the Certain Twin Sisters in Daily Life
ONA · 2008 · 7 ep
Candy Boy: Nonchalant Talk of the Certain Twin Sisters in Daily LifeONA · 2008 · 7 ep3.1Twin sisters, Yukino and Kanade Sakurai, room together in the dorms at their high school, enjoying school life with their friends and one another. One day, Sakuya Kamiyama, an underclassman, seeks out Yukino, while Kanade learns from a…