14 Best Romance Anime, Rated According To MyAnimeList

There are quite a few Romance Anime that have popped up over the years. Here's a look at some of the best according to MyAnimeList.

Love is in the air! While most anime offerings feature some romantic component or another, those that make it a central theme are likely to be popular from now until the end of time. Whether they chase a classic will-they-won't-they coupling, an intriguing love triangle, or provide endless shipping fodder for their respective fandoms, cuddling up to a good romance anime is practically always a good time.

But which are the best of them? Today, we're consulting MyAnimeList to find out which decidedly lovestruck anime series are best for romance fans to dive into.

While 2021 has had its ups and downs, anime fans are sure to still find some happiness and shed a few tears while watching plenty of shows in the romance category. From shows that are more comedic with awkward and cute interactions to shows that are more serious that require a tissue box to be nearby, there's something for everyone — so much, in fact, that we've revisited this article to add a few more.

14. Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Comedy Wa Machigatteiru. Kan (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax!) - 8.54

The third season to the My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU series (2013-2020) follows the series's characters as they are about to graduate high school. The show has mainly followed the main character, Hachiman, when he joins the Service Club at his and meets many new classmates that change his perception of high school. The season has a lot of emotion as the characters have to face the fact that high school will be over soon and they'll have to move on to be independent.

This season ran for 12 episodes with a weighted score of 8.54 (from 81,354 users). It's categorized as Slice of Life, Comedy, Drama, Romance, and School.

13. Fruits Basket 2nd Season - 8.55

The Fruits Basket (2019-2020) series follows a girl named Tohru Honda who meets and befriends members of the Soma family, who she learns secretly turn into members of the Chinese Zodiac if they are hugged by someone of the opposite sex outside their family. While the manga version was originally adapted into an anime in 2001, this remake has something that the first adaptation didn't have: a second season. This season shows stronger relationships between Tohru and the Somas, but this leads to both good times and hardships.

The second season has 25 episodes, a weighted score of 8.55 (scored by 35,158 users), and falls under the categories of Slice of Life, Comedy, Supernatural, Drama, Romance, and Shoujo.

12. Kara No Kyoukai 5: Majun Rasen (The Garden Of Sinners Chapter 5: Paradox Paradigm) - 8.57

The Garden of Sinners is a series of movies that usually follow characters Mikiya and Shiki. Shiki has a power called the "Mystic Eyes of Death Perception" that lets her see "death" and its relation to her surroundings in the form of lines. Mikiya and Shiki work together to solve strange cases where people have died mysteriously. In this 5th chapter (2008), a murderer has escaped and runs into Shiki while Mikiya investigates the man's murders in the Ogawa apartment complex.

This movie has a weighted score of 8.57 (from 99,784 users) and is categorized under Action, Mystery, Supernatural, Drama, Romance, and Thriller.

11. Bakuman. 3rd Season - 8.60

Bakuman. 3rd Season (2012-2013) includes 25 episodes of the manga duo Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi competing against numerous rivals in the Shounen Jack manga rankings. They want to get an anime adaptation, but they have bigger problems to worry about: namely, they have to compete in the ranking against artist Eiji Niizuma, and if they don't compare within six months, they'll be canceled!

This third season got a weighted score of 8.60 (as determined by 147,276 users). It is included in the categories Comedy, Drama, Romance, and Shounen.

10. Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei (The Tatami Galaxy) - 8.61

The Tatami Galaxy (2010) is a wild, strange, and heart-warming story about a man struggling with regret in his third year of college. Up until that point, he had been spending time breaking up couples with his friend Ozu without looking for a relationship for himself. When he aims to change that after meeting a mysterious person who claims to be a god, he's sent back in time to his first year in college so he can try to live without regrets.

The show consists of 11 episodes and has a weighted score of 8.61 (from 91,546 users). It's categorized as Mystery, Comedy, Psychological, and Romance.

9. Suzumiya Haruhi No Shoushitsu (The Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzumiya) - 8.67

Taking place after the anime series, this 2 hour and 42-minute movie, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010), is based on the fourth light novel of the Haruhi series. On Christmas day, Kyon makes the shocking discovery that no one remembers Haruhi or the SOS Brigade, and no one remembers their supernatural adventures! Now he must search for answers--and Haruhi!

This animated movie received a weighted score of 8.67 (scored by 237,268 users) and falls under the categories Comedy, Mystery, Romance, School, Sci-Fi, and Supernatural. In 2010 it won for the Best Theatrical Film award at the Animation Kobe Awards.

8. Howl No Ugoku Shiro (Howl's Moving Castle) - 8.67

Howl's Moving Castle (2004) is a Studio Ghibli film in which Sophie Hatter is cursed by the Witch of the Waste to become an old woman out of jealousy. Now, with the help of a mysterious and powerful wizard named Howl, who is responsible for the witch's jealousy, Sophie must travel with his colorful cast of companions in his living castle!

This movie received a weighted score of 8.67 (according to 509,352 users) and is included in the categories of Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, and Romance. It has won numerous awards, including the Best Japanese Movie Overall in the Mainichi Film Awards and an Excellence Prize, Animation in the Japan Media Arts Festival, both in 2004. Then it was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 78th Academy Awards.

7. Seishun Buta Yarou Wa Yumemiru Shoujo No Yume Wo Minai (Rascal Does Not Dream Of A Dreaming Girl) - 8.69

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (2019) is a romance story where Sakuta Azusagawa holds a girl's life in his hands and experiences plenty of conflicting emotions! He already has a girlfriend, Mai Sakurajima, but when his first crush, Shouko Makinohara, appears in a bunny costume, his life takes some unexpected turns! This is the 1 hour and 30-minute movie version.

The series has a weighted score of 8.69 (according to 142,992 users) and is included in the categories Comedy, Romance, and School. The anime is based on Hajime Kamoshida's Seishun Buta light novels, specifically volumes six and seven.

6. Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-Hen (Samurai X: Trust And Betrayal) - 8.73

Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal (1999) is a four-episode OVA before being collected into a two-hour-long movie. As part of the Rurouni Kenshin mythos, the series is a prequel story starring Hitokiri Battousai, before he became the man who would swear off killing, revealing the origins of his star-shaped scar. It also explores his relationship with Yukishiro Tomoe, which makes it fall into the Romance category.

The OVA earned a weighted score of 8.73 (as scored by 110,544 users) and falls under the categories Action, Historical, Drama, Romance, Martial Arts, Samurai, and Shounen.

5. Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso (Your Lie In April) - 8.78

Another tearjerker, Your Lie in April (2014-2015) is a 22 episode series that journeys with Kousei Arima. He's a prodigy on the piano until his mother passes and he spirals into depression. After not playing for two years, he meets violinist Kaori Miyazono, who turns his world flipped upside down!

The series has a weighted score of 8.78 (according to 735,327 users) and is in the categories Drama, Music, Romance, School, and Shounen. It won in the anime division at the 2016 Sugoi Japan® Awards.

4. Monogatari Series: Second Season - 8.78

The second season of the Monogatari Series (2013) starts a new semester and a group of friends looking to ward off the incoming darkness. This group includes Koyomi Araragi, the genius Tsubasa Hanekawa, the vampire Shinobu Oshino, the athlete Suruga Kanbaru, the spirit Mayoi Hachikuji, Koyomi's stalker Nadeko Sengoku, and tsundere Hitagi Senjogahara. Join their supernatural harem today!

It received a weighted score of 8.78 (as scored by 245,761 users) and is included in the categories Mystery, Comedy, Supernatural, Romance, and Vampire. The series has 26 episodes, but three of them are summary episodes.

3. Kaguya-Sama Wa Kokurasetai?: Tensai-Tachi No Renai Zunousen (Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War Season 2) - 8.81

The second season of Kaguya-sama: Love is War (2020) is a 12 episode run that continues to follow the lives of top students Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya. Both serve on the student council, Miyuki as the student council president with Kaguya as his vice-president. But while they would be the perfect couple, they have never confessed, because whoever confesses first will be the loser in their eyes!

This series has a weighted score of 8.81 (from 247,396 users) and falls under the categories Comedy, Psychological, Romance, School, and Seinen. Get ready for the ultimate battle of will they, won't they!

2. Clannad: After Story - 8.96

Clannad: After Story (2008-2009), aka get ready to cry the anime, is a sequel series to the slice-of-life romance series Clannad. Running 25 episodes, it picks up when main characters Tomoya Okazaki and Nagisa Furukawa graduate from high school and experience the joys and heartbreaks of growing up.

The series received a weighted score of 8.96 (determined by 481,110 users) and falls under the categories of Slice of Life, Comedy, Supernatural, Drama, and Romance. It is based on Key's visual novel and produced by Kyoto Animation.

1. Kimi No Na Wa. (Your Name.) - 9.01

Your Name. or Kimi no Na wa. (2016) is an animated movie that won the LAFCA Animation Award in 2016 and the Best Animated Film in 2017 from the Mainichi Film Awards. Its weighted score is 9.01 (as voted on by 998,113 users) and it's #10 on the top anime page.

The film revolves around high schoolers Mitsuha Miyamizu and Taki Tachibana, who wake up one day to find themselves in the other's body! Mitsuha gets to live her dream of big city life in Tokyo while Taki gets to experience the quiet life in the countryside. They need to find each other and figure out this body-swapping mystery. In addition to Romance, this anime is listed as Supernatural, School, and Drama.