Best orphan anime
270 anime about orphan, 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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3.3Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox
Movie · 2007 · 1 ep
Yobi, The Five Tailed FoxCheonnyeon-yeowoo YeowoobiMovie · 2007 · 1 ep3.3Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox revolves around a kumiho, a nine-tailed fox that can assume different forms including human. Kumiho are familiar figures in Korean folk tales, and they are usually depicted as magical creatures that take female…
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3.2Tales from Earthsea
Movie · 2006 · 1 ep
Tales from EarthseaGed SenkiMovie · 2006 · 1 ep3.2In the land of Earthsea, crops are dwindling, dragons have reappeared, and humanity is giving way to chaos. Journey with Lord Archmage Sparrowhawk, a master wizard, and Arren, a troubled young prince, on a tale of redemption and…
3.2Moonrise
ONA · 2025 · 18 ep
MoonriseONA · 2025 · 18 ep3.2In a not-too-distant future, humanity has established a loosely organized world government with everything managed by an international AI network called Sapientia. People live peaceful lives by loyally obeying its rational decisions…
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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…
3.2Naruto: The Lost Story - Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village
Special · 2003 · 1 ep
Naruto: The Lost Story - Mission: Protect the Waterfall VillageNaruto: Takigakure no Shitou - Ore ga Eiyuu Dattebayo!Special · 2003 · 1 ep3.2A routine rank-C mission turned into a full-blown battle as the Hidden Fall village is attacked by enemy ninjas. Now Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura must help the leader of the Hidden Fall, Shibuki, protect his village and show him what being a…
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3.2H2O: Footprints in the Sand
TV · 2008 · 12 ep
H2O: Footprints in the SandTV · 2008 · 12 ep3.2Takuma Hirose is a blind young male high school student, though the cause for his blindness is undetermined. In order to heal his medical condition, he is sent to live in a village with his uncle. There, he meets several girls, three of…
3.2Naruto: The Cross Roads
Special · 2009 · 1 ep
Naruto: The Cross RoadsSpecial · 2009 · 1 ep3.2This year is the 10th anniversary of Naruto's serialization start. This work will feature an episode with Team Kakashi from Naruto's youth era. It will be surprisingly different from the TV series, don't miss it‼
3.2Please☆Twins!: The Summer Never Ends
OVA · 2004 · 1 ep
Please☆Twins!: The Summer Never EndsOnegai☆Twins: Natsu wa OwaranaiOVA · 2004 · 1 ep3.2Two weeks have passed since the dilemma between Maiku, Karen and Miina was resolved, but their lives are more hectic than ever. Karen has become possessed in her newly discovered brother and Miina is desperate for attention as well, which…
3.2Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris
Movie · 1987 · 1 ep
Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess ErisSaint Seiya: Jashin ErisMovie · 1987 · 1 ep3.2Eris is the goddess of chaos and uses the body of Elien, who is a friend of Hyoga, to revive herself. She obtains the golden apple to drain Athena's life energy to make her ressurection complete and to be able to turn the world in a place…
3.2Kinokoinu Mushroom Pup
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
Kinokoinu Mushroom PupKinoko InuTV · 2024 · 12 ep3.2Picture book author Hotaru Yuuyami lost his beloved dog, Hanako. He was in the depths of a dark and deep sadness, regretting his inability to do anything about it. One day, he notices a pink mushroom growing under the snow willow tree in…
3.1The tale of outcasts
TV · 2023 · 13 ep
The tale of outcastsNokemono-tachi no YoruTV · 2023 · 13 ep3.1In Victorian England, the young orphan Wisteria begs for scraps. Able to see through demons’ disguises, she befriends the immortal Marbas, lonely after centuries of solitude. He finds kinship with the human girl, even while evading the…
3.1Naruto Narutimate Hero 3: Tsuini Gekitotsu! Jounin vs. Genin!! Musabetsu Dairansen Taikai Kaisai!!
OVA · 2005 · 1 ep
Naruto Narutimate Hero 3: Tsuini Gekitotsu! Jounin vs. Genin!! Musabetsu Dairansen Taikai Kaisai!!OVA · 2005 · 1 ep3.1A contest is made by the Fifth Hokage called Jonin vs Genin. The point is to collect crystals for points, with the higher-ranked Chunin and Jonin holding crystals worth more points. The Genin have blue crystals, while the Chunin and Jonin…
3.1Please☆Twins!
TV · 2003 · 12 ep
Please☆Twins!Onegai☆TwinsTV · 2003 · 12 ep3.1Maiku Kamishiro's past has always been somewhat of a mystery to him. The only clue he has to who is family might be is an old photograph showing two young children, a boy and a girl, playing in a small pool outside of a blue house. In an…
3.1Genji Monogatari
Movie · 1987 · 1 ep
Genji MonogatariMovie · 1987 · 1 ep3.1Based on the literary work of Shikibu Murasaki, The Tale of Genji is a story of the Emperor`s second son born by a courtier. Made a commoner, he served as a retainer to the court.
3.1Da Li Si Rizhi
ONA · 2020 · 12 ep
Da Li Si RizhiONA · 2020 · 12 ep3.1We follow the daily life of Shi Chen, a young man looking for his brother. In order to find him, he goes to the Dali Court. One thing leads to another and he eventually becomes an officer working under Bing Li, a senior official with the…
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3.1Kurogane Communication
TV · 1998 · 24 ep
Kurogane CommunicationTV · 1998 · 24 ep3.1In the near future, Earth has been devastated by an immense war. Haruka, one of the few survivors, lives in the ruins of Japan. Knowing no other survivors, she lives with five robots. Spike, the youngest robot, serves as her best friend…
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3.1JUNI TAISEN：ZODIAC WAR
TV · 2017 · 12 ep
JUNI TAISEN：ZODIAC WARJuuni TaisenTV · 2017 · 12 ep3.1The record of the bloody battle between the twelve proud warriors— The 12th Twelve Tournament that gets held every twelve years… Twelve brave warriors who bear the names of the signs of the zodiac fight each other for the lives and souls…
3.1The Demon Prince of Momochi House
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
The Demon Prince of Momochi HouseMomochi-san Chi no Ayakashi OujiTV · 2024 · 12 ep3.1Himari’s 16th birthday will be one she never forgets. Unexpectedly, she receives a will detailing her inheritance of a mysterious estate: the Momochi House. She arrives only to discover that the home was built on the cusp between the human…
3.1Naruto: Akaki Yotsuba no Clover wo Sagase
Special · 2003 · 1 ep
Naruto: Akaki Yotsuba no Clover wo SagaseSpecial · 2003 · 1 ep3.1The grandson of the 3rd Hokage, Konohamaru, finally has a crush on a girl, but he has a big problem she is soon to be moving away from the hidden leaf village. Konohamaru trying to make her stay seeks out the legendary crimson four-leaf…
3.14 CUT HERO
ONA · 2023 · 10 ep
4 CUT HEROSi Ge YongzheONA · 2023 · 10 ep3.1It’s the year 952 on Cartland Calendar, Demon King Krotin and four demon lords lead the demon army to attack the Cartland Kingdom in the northern part of the central continent. When the war is at a stalemate, a brave man Jad Dove fights…
3.1Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045
ONA · 2020 · 12 ep
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045ONA · 2020 · 12 ep3.1After a global financial crisis, the world is engulfed in an AI-driven "sustainable war." It's up to Section 9 to counter new forms of cyber threats. (Source: Netflix)
3.1Arjuna
TV · 2001 · 13 ep
ArjunaChikyuu Shoujo ArjunaTV · 2001 · 13 ep3.1Juna was just an ordinary high-school girl, right up until the day she died in a motorcycle accident. But there, in the twilight of death, she saw the future of the barren earth destroyed by the Raaja, and was offered a second chance at…
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3.1The Skull Man
TV · 2007 · 13 ep
The Skull ManSkull ManTV · 2007 · 13 ep3.1Otomo City: where freedom and justice have atrophied to the bone; where conspiracy rules the day and death stalks the night... Death in the form of the Skull Man, a literal Grim Reaper whose skeletal grin presages grisly mayhem and murder…
3.1Happy☆Lesson (TV)
TV · 2002 · 13 ep
Happy☆Lesson (TV)TV · 2002 · 13 ep3.1Hitotose Chitose was always alone and untrusting of people but when 5 female teachers appear and started living together with him in his family's house as his mothers, things started to change and pick up, together with Hazuki-nee and…
3.1Happy☆Lesson
OVA · 2001 · 5 ep
Happy☆LessonOVA · 2001 · 5 ep3.1One guy. Five girls. One roof. It`s a recycled idea, but it never gets old. Happy Lesson is a kinetic take on an old genre. Chitose shares his house with five ladies. One might think the continued attention of this many girls would be a…
3.1Green Legend Ran
OVA · 1992 · 3 ep
Green Legend RanOVA · 1992 · 3 ep3.1A story of future Earth - A warning for mankind: In the future, our planet will be transformed into a strange new world where human life struggles on an Earth without rain or oceans - only vast, parched deserts. Two youths fight for…
3.0AYAKA
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
AYAKAAyakaTV · 2023 · 12 ep3.0As an orphan, Yukito Yanagi’s life is filled with questions, but that all changed when he meets his father’s disciple who takes him to his birthplace on Ayaka. A strange island filled with legends of dragons and mysterious beings. But…
3.0Panda! Go Panda!
Movie · 1972 · 1 ep
Panda! Go Panda!Movie · 1972 · 1 ep3.0Panda Kopanda (Panda! Go Panda!) is a 30 minute movie made in 1972. Miyazaki created the original idea, the script, the layouts, and did key animation, and Takahata directed the film. The story is about a little girl, Mimiko, who was left…
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3.0Gravity Rush: The Animation - Overture
OVA · 2016 · 1 ep
Gravity Rush: The Animation - OvertureGravity Daze The Animation: OuvertureOVA · 2016 · 1 ep3.0The 20-minute animation that bridges the gap between the original Gravity Rush and Gravity Rush 2. Featuring Kat "Gravity Queen" and her friends Raven and Syd. Can they find more clues about the fearsome enemy threatening to unravel the…
3.0SUPER LOVERS
TV · 2016 · 10 ep
SUPER LOVERSSuper LoversTV · 2016 · 10 ep3.0A high school boy named Haru and his mother are living overseas. His mother orders him to take care of and "civilize" his adoptive brother Ren, a wild young boy who dislikes talking with other people. While their relationship is…
3.0VISUAL PRISON
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
VISUAL PRISONVisual PrisonTV · 2021 · 12 ep3.0Beautiful immortals have gathered in Harajuku to compete for a grand prize: Immense power! For years now the artists behind worldly culture and music have secretly been vampires, including those who produce Visual Kei. Now, they perform…
3.0Day Break Illusion
TV · 2013 · 13 ep
Day Break IllusionGenei wo Kakeru TaiyouTV · 2013 · 13 ep3.0Since ancient times long past, this world has been ruled by two tarot cards: Diablos Tarot—The tarot of the devil that feasts on the souls of living humans and uses that nourishment to bring countless pain and suffering. Elemental…
3.0Gilgamesh
TV · 2003 · 26 ep
GilgameshTV · 2003 · 26 ep3.0After an explosion at an archaeological excavation research facility in the Middle East, the world is changed in unthinkable ways. The sky is suddenly a mirror, electronic devices mysteriously no longer work properly, and children who are…
3.0Final Approach
TV · 2004 · 13 ep
Final ApproachTV · 2004 · 13 ep3.0Ever since their parents died a few years ago, Ryo and his sister Akane have been living alone together. Despite their difficult situation, they are still living reasonably happy and normal lives. However, everything is about to be flipped…
3.0E's Otherwise
TV · 2003 · 26 ep
E's OtherwiseTV · 2003 · 26 ep3.0The newest and deadliest weapon of the future has arrived, and it’s more powerful than ever before. The next stage of human evolution, a race of “metahumans” with powerful psychic abilities, has begun to appear on Earth. These mutants…
3.0The Flying Ghost Ship
Movie · 1969 · 1 ep
The Flying Ghost ShipSoratobu YuureisenMovie · 1969 · 1 ep3.0Hayato's city is devastated by a giant robot, his parents are killed in the massacre. The only friend left to him is his dog Jack, the only things left are mom's shoe and a picture of a man and a woman who, as his father tells him on his…