Chibi Maruko-chan (1995) - Recommendations

• TV (142 eps x 19 min)
• 2009 - 2012

Being a mom is never easy, especially when the arrival of spring results in your children drawing weather maps on the walls and leaving their ice cream to melt in your bed! For Rieko Kamohara this is just a part of her daily routine. While her drunken husband works as a travelling photographer and is often away from home, Rieko has to try and balance her job as a manga artist with looking after her two young children, Bunji and Fumi. From looming deadlines and her own mother nagging her about her duties as a housewife, to being hounded by a middle aged man dressed as a fairy who claims to be the spirit of early education, it’s amazing that super mum Rieko manages to keep her sanity intact at all!

• DVD Special (7 eps)
• 2016

• TV (4 eps)
• 2015

The manga is about the many worries that girls have, such as pimples, dry skin, unwanted hair, drinking while driving, face turning red, and singing well at karaoke. The series explains matters regarding girls' bodies and minds through manga art and answers from experts.

• OVA (2 eps)
• 2010

Hibino Tsubaki has had the worst start to high school life. A boy with the same surname as her, Kyouta Tsubaki, was the top student. Kyouta took Hibino's first kiss and said he'll snatch all of her other first experiences away too.

• Web (35 eps)
• 2016

The shorts will feature the main characters in chibi form, and will begin "in a few days."

• TV (42 eps)
• 1998 - 1999

This is a cute simple story about one cute little girl named miiko. The story was tell about her dad, her mom, her perfect and mature little brother named mamoru, her love hate relationship with a cute boy named tappei, her cat (this cat also belong to tappei, they found and decided to adopted together, so it was their cat actually) named miiko--yeah, same name with miiko the lead character, this name given by tappei mom's, indeed sweet.--her selfish but everlasting friend named mari-chan, her motherly friend named yuuko, her rival for competing tappei named miiho, her secret (now not secret anymore) admirer named yoshida, her classmates, her school day, her holiday, her cheer day, her gloomy day, her happiness, her sadness, her love, her pure and innocent life. 

• OVA (6 eps)
• 2014 - 2015

The story is set at the elite Omega High School, where test results decide everything. The high-scorers in the student council, in particular the student council president, have a lot of authority. Yuria Aikawa comes to this school, and though she seems like an ordinary girl who loves fun things and her boyfriend Shuri, she's actually a super-genius who gets the top score on every test. She becomes student council president and tries to make school life more fun in various ways.

• TV (24 eps)
• 1983 - 1984

After the death of Saizou, Kabamaru's horribly strict grandfather and Iga ninja teacher, an old lady named Ran Akoko claims that she received a letter from him asking her to take care of his grandson. So Kabamaru runs off with Lady Akoko to the big city Tokyo to gorge on yakisoba, ramen, chow mein, and attend a regular school—which turns out to have weird quirks of its own.

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 2016

A recap episode, covering episodes 1-12 of Rainbow Days.

• TV (13 eps)
• 2012

Impassive girl meets trouble maker in a brand new love story! After Mizutani Shizuku, a girl whose sole interest is studying, is asked to deliver some handouts to Yoshida Haru, a boy who hasn't come to school after spilling blood on the first day, she finds herself the target of his affection. This is a story about a boy and a girl who struggle with love and friendship. Opening yourself up to other people forces you to be honest with yourself.