Best rural anime
455 anime about rural, 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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3.8The 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…
3.8The Girl from the Other Side
OVA · 2022 · 1 ep
The Girl from the Other SideTotsukuni no Shoujo (2022)OVA · 2022 · 1 ep3.8Once upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner land and an outer land. People feared the outer land, inhabited by eerie beings, the carriers of curse. One day, on the border to the…
3.8Non Non Biyori: Okinawa e Ikukoto ni Natta
OVA · 2014 · 1 ep
Non Non Biyori: Okinawa e Ikukoto ni NattaOVA · 2014 · 1 ep3.8Suguru wins some tickets to Okinawa in a shopping mall lottery, so the whole gang plan to go on a trip there. To prepare for the trip, the girls practise being on an aeroplane and go to a convenience store to buy some travel things…
3.8Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow
Movie · 2019 · 1 ep
Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the RainbowMovie · 2019 · 1 ep3.8In the film's story, Uranohoshi Girls' High School's idol group Aqours has won the final Love Live! contest. While preparing to enroll at a new school, the first- and second-year students encounter unexpected trouble. Also, after heading…
3.8Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World - Nanika wo Suru Tame ni - Life Goes On.
Movie · 2005 · 1 ep
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World - Nanika wo Suru Tame ni - Life Goes On.Movie · 2005 · 1 ep3.8Kino is being trained by their teacher. They learn how to ride Hermes and become gifted with excellent marksmanship. However, their guilt revolving the real Kino is with them when they decide to set off on a journey. Shizou even directs…
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3.8Shiki Specials
Special · 2011 · 2 ep
Shiki SpecialsSpecial · 2011 · 2 ep3.8The official website of the Shiki television anime series confirmed on Saturday that the anime's eighth and ninth Blu-ray Disc/DVD volumes will each include an unaired episode. The eighth volume will ship with Episode 21 and the unaired…
3.8Vinland Saga Season 2: Drowning in the Shadow
ONA · 2023 · 1 ep
Vinland Saga Season 2: Drowning in the ShadowONA · 2023 · 1 ep3.8Episode 6.5 of VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2 . The short video depicts a scene not shown in the anime where Thorfinn, as he appears as a member of Askeladd's raiders, cuts down some men in the middle of a raid. When he enters a nearby house, he…
3.8Initial D Legend 1: Awakening
Movie · 2014 · 1 ep
Initial D Legend 1: AwakeningNew Initial D Movie: Legend 1 - KakuseiMovie · 2014 · 1 ep3.8Koichiro of the Akina Speedstars witnesses a mysterious driver outmaneuver rival Keisuke of the Akagi RedSuns. The race, he later discovers, was won by none other than his own co-worker, Takumi. What happens next is the stuff of street…
3.8Initial D Legend 2: Racer
Movie · 2015 · 1 ep
Initial D Legend 2: RacerNew Initial D Movie: Legend 2 - TousouMovie · 2015 · 1 ep3.8The leader of rival group Myogi NightKids, Takeshi, wants to challenge the now infamous Takumi in a race down Akina. As Takumi questions his identity as a racer, he discovers that, behind the wheel, there’s more to lose than just a simple…
3.8Ne Zha
Movie · 2019 · 1 ep
Ne ZhaNezha Zhi Mo Tong Jiang ShiMovie · 2019 · 1 ep3.8A young boy, Nezha, is birthed from a heavenly pearl by the Primeval Lord of Heaven. Born with unique powers, Nezha finds himself as an outcast who is hated and feared. Destined by prophecy to bring destruction to the world, the young boy…
3.8The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
Movie · 2023 · 1 ep
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGeKitarou Tanjou: Gegege no NazoMovie · 2023 · 1 ep3.8In Showa 31 (1956), Nagura Village was secretly controlled by the Ryuga family, who dominated Japan's political and financial circles. Mizuki, who worked at the Imperial Blood Bank, entered the village under the pretense of mourning the…
3.8Hanada Shounen-shi
TV · 2002 · 25 ep
Hanada Shounen-shiTV · 2002 · 25 ep3.8Young Ichiro Hanada lives with his parents and grandfather in a quiet rural town. He is a little brat who constantly teases his sister, insults his mother, fights with everybody, and eats a lot. Ichiro has a near-death experience when he…
3.8Oz.
Special · 2021 · 1 ep
Oz.Special · 2021 · 1 ep3.8Music video for the song Oz. by yama. The music video mostly features scenes not seen in the anime's first ending sequence. Note: This song, and parts of this music video, was originally used as the first ending theme in Ousama Ranking.
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3.8Madogiwa no Totto-chan
Movie · 2023 · 1 ep
Madogiwa no Totto-chanMovie · 2023 · 1 ep3.8This engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. This unusual school had old railroad cars for classrooms, and it was run by an…
3.7Teasing Master Takagi-san
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Teasing Master Takagi-sanKarakai Jouzu no Takagi-sanTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.7Having a friend that knows you inside out should be a good thing, but in Nishikata's case, the opposite is true. His classmate Takagi loves to tease him on a daily basis, and she uses her extensive knowledge of his behavior to predict…
3.7ZOMBIE LAND SAGA
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
ZOMBIE LAND SAGAZombieland SagaTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.7A typical morning. The usual music. Their normal lives. The peace these seven girls experience will suddenly be destroyed. By the living dead... zombies. A reality that they never wanted a part of, an amazing and terrifying zombie world…
3.7KONOSUBA -An Explosion on This Wonderful World!
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
KONOSUBA -An Explosion on This Wonderful World!Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo!TV · 2023 · 12 ep3.7This feisty young wizard will stop at nothing to master the spell that saved her life: Explosion! Megumin, the “Greatest Genius of the Crimson Magic Clan,” has chosen to devote her studies to the powerful offensive magic used by her…
3.7Claymore
TV · 2007 · 26 ep
ClaymoreTV · 2007 · 26 ep3.7A brutal scourge stalks the land. Yoma, monsters driven by a hunger satisfied by only one quarry - Humanity. The dark breed knows but a singular foe: Claymore. Human-Yoma hybrids of extraordinary strength and cunning, the Claymores roam…
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3.7SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary
TV · 2024 · 10 ep
SHOSHIMIN: How to Become OrdinaryShoushimin SeriesTV · 2024 · 10 ep3.7Kobato decides to become an honest, humble citizen after enduring a bitter experience known as “wisdom work.” He forms a pact with Osanai, his classmate with the same goal, and they plan to enter high school leading quiet lives. But for…
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3.7Rurouni Kenshin (2023)
TV · 2023 · 24 ep
Rurouni Kenshin (2023)Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023)TV · 2023 · 24 ep3.7One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent…
3.7The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up TrashSaijaku Tamer wa Gomi Hiroi no Tabi wo Hajimemashita.TV · 2024 · 12 ep3.7Stars are everything, granting abilities to Tamers. So when Ivy was born without one, her village took it as an ill omen! Now banished, she leads a lonely life of salvaging rubbish to survive. That is until she befriends Sora, a weak…
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3.7This Monster Wants to Eat Me
TV · 2025 · 13 ep
This Monster Wants to Eat MeWatashi wo Tabetai, HitodenashiTV · 2025 · 13 ep3.7Hinako lives alone by the sea, quietly drifting through life after losing her family years ago. One day, a mermaid named Shiori saves her from a monster and says she’s come to eat her—just not yet. Until then, Shiori will stay by her side…
3.7Penguin Highway
Movie · 2018 · 1 ep
Penguin HighwayMovie · 2018 · 1 ep3.7Budding genius Aoyama is only in the 4th grade, but already lives his life like a scientist. When penguins start appearing in his sleepy suburb hundreds of miles from the sea, Aoyama vows to solve the mystery. When he finds the source of…
3.7Beyond the Boundary: Daybreak
Special · 2014 · 1 ep
Beyond the Boundary: DaybreakKyoukai no Kanata: ShinonomeSpecial · 2014 · 1 ep3.7Bundled with seventh Blu-ray/DVD volume of Kyoukai no Kanata . Episode 0 happens three years prior to the TV series when the Nase siblings meet Akihito for the first time in a mission for Hiroomi. Mitsuki follows her brother on this…
3.7The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún
OVA · 2019 · 1 ep
The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a RúnTotsukuni no ShoujoOVA · 2019 · 1 ep3.7In a world split between the Inside and the Outside, those living in both realms are told never to cross over to the other side, lest they be cursed. A young girl named Shiva lives on the other side, in a vacant village with a demonic…
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…
3.7Hakumei and Mikochi
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Hakumei and MikochiHakumei to MikochiTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.7Nine centimeters (3.5 inches) tall, the tiny girls Hakumei and Mikochi live in the forest. Living in a tiny house in a tree, riding insects and birds, and making umbrellas out of leaves, these tiny girls live a tiny life. Follow their tiny…
3.7Yokohama Shopping Log
OVA · 1998 · 2 ep
Yokohama Shopping LogYokohama Kaidashi KikouOVA · 1998 · 2 ep3.7This is not so much a story as it is a slice of life. Or rather, it is a look into portions of the life of a girl named Alpha, together with the people around her. Alpha runs a little cafe on the outskirts of Yokohama. There are almost no…
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3.7Victoria of Many Faces
TV · 2026 · 9 ep
Victoria of Many FacesTefuda ga Oome no VictoriaTV · 2026 · 9 ep3.7Betrayed by her own organization, Chloe flees her life as a spy and starts over under the new identity of Victoria in the Kingdom of Ashberry. Victoria wants a simple civilian life, but the locals have other plans, becoming enmeshed with…
3.7WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me -Precious Friends-
Movie · 2022 · 1 ep
WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me -Precious Friends-Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita! Precious FriendsMovie · 2022 · 1 ep3.7The sketch comedy about becoming friends with super cute girls is headed for the big screen! Good friends Hana, Hinata, Noa, Koyori, and Kanon are once again having a fun snack party at home with Miyako’s homemade sweets. They notice that…
3.7Yuru Camp△ Season 2 Specials
Special · 2021 · 2 ep
Yuru Camp△ Season 2 SpecialsSpecial · 2021 · 2 ep3.7OVAs included with the second and third volumes of the Yuru Camp△ SEASON 2 Blu-ray/DVD. This entry contains the following: BD/DVD Volume 2: ミステリーキャンプ (Mystery Camp), May 26, 2021. BD/DVD Volume 3: 旅するしまりん (Tabi-suru Shima Rin), Jul 28…
3.7Giovanni's Island
Movie · 2014 · 1 ep
Giovanni's IslandGiovanni no ShimaMovie · 2014 · 1 ep3.7Brothers Junpei and Kanta live in Shikotan, a tiny fishing island that has been spared from the devastations of World War II. The two children are named after Giovanni and Campanella from their late mother’s favorite book, Night on the…
3.7Okko's Inn
Movie · 2018 · 1 ep
Okko's InnWakaokami wa Shougakusei! MovieMovie · 2018 · 1 ep3.7The film will tell a story not told in either the original book series or the television series — specifically, a story about "Okko" and her parents. (Source: Anime News Network)
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3.7cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood
Special · 2025 · 1 ep
cocoon – One Summer of GirlhoodCocoon: Aru Natsu no Shoujo-tachi yoriSpecial · 2025 · 1 ep3.7San and Mayu are two schoolgirls living in Okinawa during the closing months of the Pacific War. Together with their classmates, the two friends are drafted into the war effort as nurses for wounded soldiers. When ordered to die for their…
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3.7Ginga Nagareboshi Gin
TV · 1986 · 21 ep
Ginga Nagareboshi GinTV · 1986 · 21 ep3.7Born in the bitter cold of the Ouu Mountains as the son of Riki, the mightiest bear-hunting dog, is the magnificent tiger-striped puppy, Gin! To defeat the murderous Akakabuto—who seeks to build a stronghold deep in the mountains of Ou…
3.7The Legend of Luoxiaohei
ONA · 2011 · 28 ep
The Legend of LuoxiaoheiLuo Xiaohei ZhanjiONA · 2011 · 28 ep3.7The story begins on a rainy night, when a homeless little black cat is brought home by a young girl Luo Xiaobai. She names the cat Luo Xiaohei. However, Luo Xiaohei is no ordinary cat: he is a supernatural entity that hosts several small…