Summary

• J.C. Staff has a diverse collection of anime, ranging from knee-slapping comedies to touching slice-of-life stories.
• Despite a few exceptions, J.C. Staff has produced many successful adaptations and worked with big names in the industry.
• Some notable titles from J.C. Staff include "Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?", "Maid Sama!", and "Honey and Clover."

The best J.C. Staff anime are a deep mix of knee-slapping comedies, touching slice of life, fantasy, and everything in between. As one of the best studios in anime history, J.C. Staff has had opportunities time and again to work with some of the biggest names in manga and the anime industry.

However, although J.C. has had a plethora of successful adaptations, including the one-time Konosuba movie they were licensed to produce called KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! - Legend of Crimson, there has been a title or two that J.C. Staff were said to have flopped.

One big name is One-Punch Man, as the studio received much criticism for their adaptation of the second season of the popular series previously produced by Madhouse. However, aside from these few exceptions, J.C. Staff still has a robust collection of amazing anime that they oversaw the complete production of.

10 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Is a Modern Take On Mythology

Based on the light novel by Yasuda Suzuhito and Omori Fujino

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, also called Danmachi, a short form of the Japanese title, is a unique twist on the dungeon-hunting fantasy anime genre. The series follows Bell Cranel, as he ventures through the streets of Orario and the ranks of supernatural humans and Gods who explore the city’s dungeons. After making a contract with the lonely goddess, Hestia, Bell embarks on a revolutionary retelling of all sorts of mythology, often mixing Greek gods like Zeus and Apollo with figures like Takemikazuchi, the Japanese god of thunder.

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9 Maid Sama! Gives Insight on One of Japan’s Most Interesting Professions

Based on the manga by Fujiwara Hiro

Maid Sama!, often referred to by its Japanese name, Kaichou wa Maid-sama is one of the greatest shojo anime series of recent decades despite its cancelation, as it not only targets a female demographic, but bleeds into the universality of pure romance. The story follows Ayuzawa Misaki, who has arduously climbed to the position of student council president at a school with a glaringly dominant male-to-female ratio.

Despite this, Misaki is still able to build an image of strength and authority, cementing her place in the school’s government, which is often boosted to exaggeration in most anime series. However, everything hangs in the balance once Misaki’s part-time job at a maid café is discovered by the ladykiller, Usui Takumi. Maid Sama! is a slow-burning romance full of support and secrets.

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8 Honey and Clover Weaves a Story of Artists’ Love

Based on the manga by Umino Chica

Honey and Clover is a classic but frequently overlooked anime that follows a group of students through the ups and downs of art school. The main character, Takemoto Yuuta, studies architecture, but doesn’t exactly know where his post-graduation life will take him. However, when Takemoto meets the talented Hanamoto Hagumi, he immediately falls in love. As the series continues, the two grow closer, but Takemoto is unable to voice his feelings, and instead Honey and Clover expands into a growingly complex drama involving Takemoto’s flatmates and friends as well.

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7 A Certain Scientific Railgun Is a Side-Story That Trumps the Original

Based on the manga by Kamachi Kazuma and Fuyukawa Motoi

A Certain Scientific Railgun is an anime perfect for science nerds, as it concocts a fresh mix of fantasy and science fiction, and branches off from its parent story, A Certain Magical Index. A Certain Scientific Railgun is a side-story based on one of the most beloved characters from the latter series, Misaka Mikoto, one of the strongest espers in Academy City, ranked “Level 5” and nicknamed “The Railgun.”

Taking a step away from the original story, A Certain Scientific Railgun still expertly and strictly adheres to the same universe, as Mikoto and her friends, who almost all make appearances as supporting characters of A Certain Magical Index, set out to cook up a magical story even more moving than the original.

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6 Nodame Cantabile Provides a Lens Into the Classical Music Scene

Based on the manga by Ninomiya Tomoko

Nodame Cantabile is a romantic comedy that takes eccentricity in the classical music world to its limit, as the story follows the talented pianist and violinist, Chiaki Shinichi. Nodame Cantabile is highly recommended to fans of Your Lie in April, as Nodame Cantabile touches on similar communities, but provides a more mature perspective on the classical musical world and rather tones down the angst and sorrow that underlines the majority of Your Lie in April.

Despite Shinichi’s dream of playing among the best of the best musicians abroad, his fear of planes has him grounded in his home country of Japan. However, this conveniently leads to the budding story of love through music school, as Noda Megumi, a pianist who refers to herself as “Nodame,” moves in next door. Sooner than later, the two meet and Megumi falls madly in love, unraveling a touching but often hilarious story of music and romance.

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5 Food Wars! Takes Cooking to the Extreme

Based on the manga by Saeki Shun, Tsukuda Yuuto, and Morisaki Yuki