2002/Modern/High School Titles

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Modern: (Setting) These are titles which have a modern feel to them; the story takes place in the present day (of the creation of this anime), give or take a few years.

High School: (Story/Location) Self-explanatory. High School (grades 10-12) should play a major role in the title. A typical High School series will include a Sports Festival, a Cultural Festival, and a School Trip. Related categories: "Elementary School", "Middle School", "College".

Title Rating Synopsis
A

Aquarian Age
Rent The amateur rock band T. L. Signal (featuring slob guitar player Shingo, know-it-all keyboarder Junichi, and quiet harmonica player/singer/songwr­iter Kyouta facing his upcoming school exams), is suddenly given a chance to make studio recordings and given radio air time, raising their popularity index for the girls significantly. Difficult times for Kyouta's girlfriend and college student Yoriko, and things get worse when she learns there's her own fate she has to follow... for the Age of Aquarius is dawning, and each of those five groups who used to live in the shadows until now will soon claim domination over mankind. Which doesn't stop several of the main characters to pursue their showbiz careers...
Aquarian Age - Sign for Evolution Rent See Aquarian Age

Azumanga Daioh
Buy

A wildly funny series following the lives of a wacky group of schoolgirls and their teachers through three years of high school.

C
Canary--Put This Feeling Into Song Watch See Kanaria--Kono Omoi o Uta ni Nosete
Canvas Motif of Sepia Watch See Canvas ~Motif of Sepia~

Canvas ~Motif of Sepia~
Watch While being a very gifted artist, the high school student Asau Daisuke is currently suffering from a serious creative block, which is preventing him from painting. His close childhood friend, Tachibana Amane, can only stand by and try to help her Daisuke over come his problems. But when several other girls get close to Daisuke and strive to help him, Amane becomes fearful of losing him and his attention, and afraid that he will never understand just how deep an unspoken love she feels for him.
Case Closed Rent See Meitantei Conan

Chou-Gals! Kotobuki Ran
Rent Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran focuses on a teenage girl named Kotobuki Ran. Her father, mother, brother, grandfather and grandmother are police officers. However, she doesn't want to be a policewoman.. after all she just want is to have fun as a 'GAL'. Hanging out in Shibuya with her friends, she always get in some kind of funny trouble. (summary from AnimeNFO)
Corazón Hambriento (Spanish) See Hungry Heart - Wild Striker

Cosplay Complex
Buy Chako and her friends can't wait for the Cosplay World Series! Their East Oizuki Academy team has earned quite a reputation throughout Japan, and she knows they can also win the world championship. Only one thing stands in their way--a lack of interest. The team doesn't have an adult sponsor, and can't keep up enrollment. As a result, they must fight rivals, find new members who want more than to see the girls disrobe, and learn to change costumes in a flash.
D
Detective Conan Rent See Meitantei Conan
F

Full Metal Panic
Buy

A hidden military organization named Mithril mobilizes three crack troops (Sousuke, Kurz, & Mao) to secretly protect a young Japanese girl, Chidori Kaname, from being kidnapped. Sousuke Sagara is assigned to be her personal bodyguard and must go undercover as a fellow high school student while not letting her know she's in danger or that he's protecting her. Unfortunately, Sousuke has little experience in understanding life as a normal high school student thus he considers just about any little action or thing around him to be a threat on Kaname.

G
Gals, Super Gals! Kotobuki Ran Rent See Chou-Gals! Kotobuki Ran

Green Green OVA
Watch The students at the all-girls Hanaoka high school were excited when they heard that a group of boys would be attending for semester. What they were expecting was a group of smart and elegant boys, but they end up with was a pack of shy country boys, with a couple of real perverts in the mix.
H

Hungry Heart - Wild Striker
Troubled by being compared to his athletic older brother, Kyosuke Kano decides to give up not only on soccer, but also on all school sports. Now aged 16 and in his first year of high school, Kyosuke somehow finds himself being the training coach to the girl’s soccer club. The experience reawakens his love for the sport and he decides to start playing again by joining his high school’s boys soccer club. Kyosuke’s natural ability and enthusiasm quickly make him a starter on the team, as his team begins train and strive for the high school championships.
Genre
Action(4) Comedy(6) Drama(4) Mystery(1)
Romance(6) Romantic Comedy(2) Suspense(1) Tragedy(2)
Setting
Fantasy(1) Sci-Fi(1)
Demographic
All Ages(1) Children(1) Shoujo(1) Shounen(1)
Style
Kawaii(2) Silly-funny(2)
Keywords
Competition(1) Dating Sim Spinoff(1) Depression(1) Ecchi(2)
Elementary School(1) Epic(1) Fan Service(2) Friendship(2)
Gun-action(1) Harem(1) Magic(2) Mahou Shoujo(1)
Martial Arts(1) Mecha(1) Music(2) Otaku Theme(1)
Pantsu(1) Police(1) School Comedy(1) Slice of Life(2)
Sports(2) Supernatural(2) Swordplay(1) Violent(1)
Type
OVA(4) TV(6)
Release Year
2006(1) 2005(1) 2004(1) 2003(3) 2001(3) 2000(1) 1999(1) 1998(1)
1997(1) 1996(1)
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