Paradise Kiss

Girls from both series are looking for happiness in this wide world. Yukari enters the world of fashion, while both NANAs enter the world of music. This is the beginning of their new lives full of hardships and romance. If you liked one, try out the other.

Both series are from Ai Yazawa-sama. They have the same taste, though Nana is a little bitter while ParaKiss is a little soft. They are both great!!!

Both Nana and ParaKiss have the same feeling to them. So if you've watched either one and are looking for one just like it here it is. The stories vary but have the same attitude in them.

Ai Yazawa’s work is so distinctive that no one could mistake Nana and Paradise Kiss as being written by anyone else. While the series aren't perfect, they can be considered one of the frontrunners of modern shoujo romance.

I emphasize modern because of how backward and traditional other romance anime seems when compared to Yazawa’s work. While other shoujo series are still mucking about with idealistic conceptions of the One True Love, the feelings of Yazawa’s characters are much more complex, layered, and believable. Nana and Paradise Kiss are amazing not only for convincing us that its characters love each other, but for convincing us that we know why they love each other.

Both series are about growing up, facing difficult circumstances, making difficult choices, finding love and maintaining friends. Both series are post-high school which makes them even better. If you liked one then you will surely like the other.

Nana and Paradise Kiss have angsty romance, counterculture types, and edgy fashion. The love in both of these anime is bitter-sweet and none of the characters can quite figure out what it is they want. The elements that make one of these series strong also exists in equal measure in the other.

This is certainly a guaranteed recommendation. Paradise Kiss and Nana are the main works of Yazawa Ai. She's an expert in portraying human relationships, and in both cases, as usual, she delivers without fail. You'll probably see some of the coolest and best portrayed characters ever in romance anime. The mentioned characters push the stories forward and while you watch them grow, fighting the hardships of life and love, you often completely forget they aren't of flesh and bone. Yazawa Ai also manages to do this with style, since the aesthetic part is particularly rich showing the author's personality. Also in both cases the sound department is excellent - in Nana you can almost call it perfect. They have the best seiyuus out there, an awesome op/ed compilation, and equally impressive OSTs!

These two anime simply come as a pair. If you liked the well drawn characters and modern romance of one and were left wanting for more of Yazawa's work, then the other is a must.

Nana and Paradise Kiss are like two peas in a pod. Both are products of Ai Yazawa, and both contain some of the most realistic yet larger than life characters you will ever see! Both anime have an amazing fashion sense, the clothes the characters wear have a distinct feel and reflect largely on their personalities. Although sometimes the characters seem to be duplicates, lilke Nobu (Nana) & Arashi (ParaKiss) and Misato (Nana) & Miwako (ParaKiss), it is in a more "Wow! Similarities!" way rather than becoming dull or boring. Both Nana and Paradise Kiss have brilliant soundtracks with kick ass music, humour that will bring a smile to your face, situations that will pull you in and characters you will root for (and boo) the whole way through the series!

While the story lines are different, Paradise Kiss and Nana both gave off the same feeling to me while I was watching them. If you enjoyed watching one then I think you would enjoy the other.

Created by the hopelessly romantic Yazawa Ai (Ai = love in Japanese), both series depict realistic situations and tend to focus more on character development than the action itself. If you appreciate shoujo series with a flavor of realism and do not serve your anime all covered in sugar, especially if you're familiar with Yazawa's art, you'll certainly love these.

Both Paradise kiss and Nana are centered on main characters that put all their efforts into making their dream come true, sometimes against their family and friend's advice. The decisions they will have to make both regarding their professional and love life will be hard on them, and the series give a real insight in their respective reasons and thoughts, leading to the choices they make. The characters of these anime are really complex and symptathetic, which makes it even more interesting to follow their life story.

Well, what should I say.... I am what?! ... the 1852nd person to make this recommendation! Well, things are simple, if you trust Ai-sama, creator of Paradise Kiss and Nana, and you have watched one of those 2 anime, watching the other is simply a MUST! There is no way you will not like it!

Both of the original manga series are written by Ai Yazawa. They also both deal with the forming of romantic relationships that are very realistic and true to real life.

These animes both deal with a womans 'coming of age' in a mature yet entertaining manner, and have alot of character similarities.

Like Nana, Paradise Kiss was created by Ai Yazawa, so they both have the same unique feel and animation to them. They also have very similar themes and characters (both have the theme of love [in many aspects], and, in my opinion, each character brings something special to the series'). Though they have different plots (Nana being about two girls who are very similar yet very different, and how their differences unite them; Paradise Kiss is about a normal girl being introduced and falling in love with a very different way of life than her norm), both are very enjoyable animes with breathtaking animation, wonderful characters, great plot, and much more! The only downside? Paradise Kiss is only 13 episodes long, so if you were hoping for another long series like Nana, you won't find it with ParaKiss. It's very short, but finishes off quite nicely - if it were any longer it might become too drawn out and not as enjoyable. If you liked Nana for its quirky charm, you'll definitely enjoy Paradise Kiss - it contains that same quirky charm, and vice versa.

Ai Yazawa is a great mangaka artist.I strongly recommend Nana and after that Paradise Kiss.

The feeling that these 2 anime series left in my heart is quite the same,although the stories aren't 100% the same. The plot of these two anime series is amazing,the graphics are perfect,although the graphic from Paradise Kiss might look a bit strange,with time i began to love it.

The endings are quite bitter,in my opinion.

These two anime series are also the main,and best,works of Ai Yazawa,and are a must see.The only bad thing about Paradise Kiss is that its very short.If youre looking for something long you wont find it in ParaKiss but i strongly recommend this anime series because it could easily be a real story,nothing supernatural,science fiction,its like a slice of life,very realistic.

The similarities between these two shows are many, which isn't suprising considering they're written by the same person. Both share stories of bittersweet love, growing up, building friendships and entering a "new world" (fashion and music) among other things. The animation is basicly the same as well.

Nana and Paradise Kiss while being created by the same person are very complex and have very layered feelings of the characters.  There is something more typical of the real world than in a more fantasy based one true love type of anime.  There is an edgy animated fashion in both series and a very trendy and interesting artistic style.  Both series are about young women trying to make it in the world, facing difficult choices and harsh circumstances, and who strive to make the best of their lives.

Although Paradise Kiss deals with the world of fashion and Nana deals with the world of music, both series are similar. The main characters in both series try to find out what they really want and do not hesitate to sacrifice their love in order to fulfill their dream.If you liked one, you would surely like the other. Both series are close to real life and you may already know that you cannot have everything and that the excellent career usually doesn't go together with happy love.

Paradise Kiss and NANA are written by Ai Yazawa, so they have very similar painting style. Both anime have a girl, looking for love and happiness, as a main characters. They also have very similar themes - in Nana it's the world of music and in Paradise Kiss - the world of fashion.

Both Paradise Kiss and Beck follow an unlikely group on a long journey of love and accomplishment. Although the subject matter is very different it is easy to find similarities in the main characters; they are both new to the fields that lead them down their new paths and both needed that supplement to their lives, although neither realized it before they found it.

Both of these shows take a more mature look at the teen drama. In each the main character meets some new friends and discovers a new passion. In Beck it's music, while in ParaKiss, it's fashion. The plots aren't similar at all, it's the tone and the style that make these two shows seem alike.

Both series are about outsiders, feeling bitter about their grey and boring life, who suddenly find the passion, which becomes point of their life. They manage to get out from the sterotype layout of life (school->university->work), make friends with some crazy and great people (even find love among them...) and fight the world, that isn't interrested in their job, parents, whose plans about their children's future where different and their own fears and flaws.

It's all about art, leaving daily preocupations aside and creating not  something satisfactory, but something great. Characters in both anime give their all to make a difference and stand out from the rest in the music industry in Beck and in the fashion industry in Paradise Kiss.

If you impressed by passion while watching one series and want more, the other is a perfect fit.

Besides the similar animation, Peach Girl and Paradise Kiss also have main characters with similar personalities who hesitate between two boys; although that is more central in Peach Girl, and more of a side element in Paradise Kiss. Both of the girls will have to learn to make their own decisions.

In Peach Girl and Paradise Kiss both girls have to learn how to make their own decisions in what they want to do. There is also a love-triangle between guys although it is more apparent in Peach Girl.