Kyoto Animation
by TsarStepan | created - 02 Oct 2020 | updated - 17 Dec 2020 | PublicKyoto Animation has been honored with the 2020 Diversity Award From Women in Animation.
Which of the following anime series* from the beloved Kyoto Animation studio is your favorite?
Let's dive into the gorgeous, imaginative worlds brought to us by the wonderful creators of Kyoto Animation.
*TV series only; excluding movies, though it pains me to leave off the absolute stunner of a tearjerker that is A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016).
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1. Full Metal Panic! (2002–2006)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Sousuke Sagara, a member of a covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, tasked with protecting Kaname Chidori, a spirited Japanese high school girl.
Stars: Tomokazu Seki, Satsuki Yukino, Jason Douglas, Yukana
Votes: 5,892
2. Air (2005)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Yukito Kunisaki is on a journey, seeking a girl with wings who flies in sky, as mentioned in a childhood tale.
Stars: Daisuke Ono, Tomoko Kawakami, Monica Rial, Aya Hisakawa
Votes: 1,499
3. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006–2009)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
The crazy adventures of the SOS Brigade, led by the insane but charismatic Haruhi.
Stars: Tomokazu Sugita, Aya Hirano, Yûko Gotô, Daisuke Ono
Votes: 9,142
4. Kanon (2006–2007)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
As a young child, Aizawa Yuuichi had often visited his cousin in the city; however, something drastic happened to keep him away for seven long years. Now, Yuuichi returns, his memories of those days are simply gone.
Stars: Chris Patton, Tomokazu Sugita, Mariko Kôda, Jessica Boone
Votes: 1,634
5. Lucky Star (2007–2008)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Having fun at school, doing homework together, cooking and eating, playing video games, watching anime. All these little things make up the daily life of anime and chocolate lover Izumi Konata and her friends.
Stars: Aya Hirano, Emiri Kato, Kaori Fukuhara, Aya Endô
Votes: 2,468
6. Clannad (2007–2008)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A high school student who cares little about school or others meets a lonely girl who had to repeat a year while all her friends finished high school. He decides to hang out with her and soon meets more friendly students.
Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, David Matranga, Mai Nakahara, Luci Christian
Votes: 10,360
7. Clannad: After Story (2008–2009)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A sequel to the anime based on the recently concluded Key Clannad franchise. After Story is a new path that opens in the original visual novel after all other options have been traversed.
Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, David Matranga, Luci Christian, Mai Nakahara
Votes: 12,347
8. K-On! (2009–2010)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
K-ON is about 5 high school girls who become friends through the Light Music Club. Yui the lead guitarist, Tsumugi the keyboardist, Mio the bassist, Azusa the rhythm guitarist, and Ritsu the drummer. K-ON is the story of 5 aspiring musicians and their journey through high school together.
Stars: Aki Toyosaki, Yôko Hikasa, Satomi Satô, Minako Kotobuki
Votes: 4,495
9. Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy
Follow the adventures of three ordinary girls as they learn their most important lessons the hard way. Meanwhile, a pocket-sized professor makes life difficult for a robot who just wants to be normal.
Stars: Shizuka Furuya, Hiromi Konno, Mariko Honda, Minoru Shiraishi
Votes: 3,511
10. Hyouka (2012)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Hyouka centers on Oreki Hotarou and his life in the Classic Literature Club. His mundane world is flipped upside down as they begin to solve various mysteries.
Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, Satomi Satô, Adam Gibbs, Madeleine Morris
Votes: 6,155
11. Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012–2014)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Yuuta suffered from "chuunibyou" while he was in middle school. When he graduated, he try to forgot about it but he accidentally got into a contract with Rikka and disrupts his desperately ordinary life.
Stars: Jun Fukuyama, Maaya Uchida, Chinatsu Akasaki, Leraldo Anzaldua
Votes: 4,877
12. Tamako Market (2013)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Tamako's life becomes complicated with friendships, rivalries and the arrival of a peculiar bird.
Stars: Aya Suzaki, Yûki Kaneko, Juri Nagatsuma, Takumi Yamazaki
Votes: 1,114
13. Free! (2013–2018)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Four high school students: Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa and Rin, all took part in a swimming tournament shortly before the end of high school and then lost touch with each other. Years later, they reunite.
Stars: Jamie Marchi, Johnny Yong Bosch, Todd Haberkorn, Greg Ayres
Votes: 3,602
14. Beyond the Boundary (2013–2014)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
High school student Mirai finds that her schoolmate Akihito is an immortal being and half a spirit. When Akihito learns that Mirai is a spirit world warrior their lives become intertwined.
Stars: Kenichiro Ohashi, Risa Taneda, Minori Chihara, Monica Rial
Votes: 2,926
15. Amagi Brilliant Park (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
The film is set in an amusement park in the Tokyo suburbs of Japan, with a princess at the center of the story.
Stars: Kôki Uchiyama, Ai Kakuma, Ayako Kawasumi, Yuuka Aisaka
Votes: 1,395
16. Sound! Euphonium (2015– )
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Kumiko, a girl with absolutely no ambition, decides to change herself now that she has started her high school life and try to leave her hobby, playing euphonium in orchestra aside but she totally cannot forget it anyway.
Stars: Tomoyo Kurosawa, Ayaka Asai, Moe Toyota, Chika Anzai
Votes: 1,440
17. Myriad Colors Phantom World (2016– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Fantasy
When phantoms cause trouble, it's up to Haruhiko and his Phantom Hunting Club teammates to take care of them! If they can, that is.
Stars: Sumire Uesaka, Saori Hayami, Hiro Shimono, Maaya Uchida
Votes: 943
18. Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017–2022)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Office worker Kobayashi's boring life changes after she drunkenly saves a dragon. To pay her back, Tohru takes human form and becomes her maid.
Stars: Maria Naganawa, Mutsumi Tamura, Yuuki Kuwahara, Daisuke Ono
Votes: 5,224
19. Violet Evergarden (2018)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Family
In the aftermath of a great war, Violet Evergarden, a young female ex-soldier, gets a job at a writers' agency and goes on assignments to create letters that can connect people.
Stars: Yui Ishikawa, Erika Harlacher, Raissa Bueno, Aya Endô
Votes: 29,604
20. Tsurune (2018– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Sport
Minato Narumiya used to be passionate about kyudo until an incident caused him to abandon the sport altogether. Inspired to take up his bow again in high school, he and his friends now take aim for first place in the prefecture tournament.
Stars: Yûto Uemura, Aoi Ichikawa, Ryôta Suzuki, Shogo Yano
Votes: 590
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