Final Approach - Recommendations

dreadful says...

If you're in the mood for mandatory marriages and reinforced by the national government or powerful syndicate romance saturated with cuteness of female cast members and annoy the hell out of male leads, then those are for you. While final approach gets a bit more serious, both are light easy going love comedies where female leads struggle for attention from their beloved.

XMrNiceguyX says...

The similarities are stunning. We have a girl, which is forcefully being engaged upon a not willing boy, we have me in black suits and we have violance aimed at the willing female by the unwilling boy. One of the differences is that the ages of the people in Rizelmine are somewhat younger than the ones in Final Approach. The main difference is however the involvements of other characters. I had the feeling there were some more important characters than in Rizelmine (which mainly focussed on the pair) Final Approach also uses chibi art, where Rizelmine does not.

llsektorll says...

Almost a "clone" basic story line. A marriage set up by the government. Rizel loves everything about Tomori even though he treats her badly. Like I said the core story is a "clone" with minute differences.

Himitsu says...

It's the same storyline down to its core: a forced marriage, but that's not the main reason why I'm recommending it. I'm recommending this because the character relationships and how the protagonist reacts is the same, this results in similar comedy styles. If you enjoyed the faceless "muscle muscle" bodyguards in Final Approach, you'll like the little antics of Rizelmine's three papa's. Rizelmine gave a well rounded conclusion and is very funny. Final Approach had a lot of fun "chibi" moments.

abunai says...

The theme of arranged marriage, with or without compulsion, is a popular one in Japanese anime. Numerous anime make this the gimmick of the story, with a powerful agency or person to enforce the "shotgun wedding". In Final Approach, as well as in Rizelmine, it's the government of Japan (yes, really!) behind the marriage plans.

As silly as the premise may be, the topic of forced marriage works very well to support a sweet romance, in both cases.

Canal says...

The story of Final Approach and Rizelmine is similar: a high school boy is being forced to marry an unknown girl who suddenly shows up at his house along with some government agents. There are many hilarious scenes since the girl tries everything to get the boy to like her but things don't always go smoothly.

Iced says...

Both Final Approach and Rizelmine are about people who have been forced together, and how they deal with their new situations. One of the characters in each anime is over-the-top into it, and the other is completely against it. See how love can open even the most closed of hearts in these two anime!

rumble14 says...

Same basic story. Guy is forced to marry someone and later learns he has developted feelings for that person. Both shows are very short but hilarious and fun.

nosaint317 says...

This simularity in these two animes aren't hard to so. Both male protagonist are forced into cohabitating and being engaged to a woman they've never met or can't remember meeting previously. Both are strongly against it at first but then develope positive feeling for the other over time. And both have women have reinforced authority...

Zaig says...

These anime have a guy forced into marriage with a quirky female, who he finds exasperating simply to be around - unfortunately for him, they have to live together due to questionable governmental acts! The length of all episodes are near fifteen minutes of comedy/romance too.

sabrielsharmony says...

both of these shows are about arranged marriage to make the government happy. although i personally prefer rizelmine to the other both are a good ekploration of the arranged marriage genre.

Sesshieluv says...

You would like Seto no Hanayome, because like Final Approach, the main character is forced to marry a girl he just meets. Since the stories are very similar, its more than certain that if you liked Final Approach you're going to love Seto no Hanayome!

abunai says...

The theme of arranged marriage, with or without compulsion, is a popular one in Japanese anime. Numerous anime make this the gimmick of the story, with a powerful agency or person to enforce the "shotgun wedding". Sometimes, the enforcing agency is weird enough in its own right to be a gimmick in itself. In Seto no Hanayome, it's a group of yakuza mermen (yes, really!) whereas in Final Approach, it's the government of Japan (yes, really!). At any rate, the stories of both anime are over-the-top silly, but with a sweet and romantic love story to redeem them.

Omurqi says...

Both Seto no Hanayome and Final Approach have a main character who more or less gets forced to become the partner of / marry a girl he never met before. Both have a kind, gentle female with lots of strength and have a, how to call it, otaku-ish kind of humor. Enjoyed the silly aspects and "romance" between the main characters? Then I'm sure you'd enjoy the other as well.

wolfangel87 says...

The main characters in Final Approach and Ranma seem to be facing something that they did not want or need: marriage! In Final Approach the government is regulating a policy of arranged marriage to certain partners for productivity's sake. Similarly an arranged marriage gets placed on the shoulders of Ranma who has a secret of his own. Both series are very comical and revolve around the main characters' interactions with one another.

Rfsancho says...

Both are great shows with the two leads being thrust onto one another in a forced marriage. The only difference is that Final Approach has a willing lead, and Ranma 1/2 has them both unwilling. But they have similar comedic elements with not much of a story to follow, which makes for a fun and easy watch.

Inu230 says...

Characters facing arranged marriage and forced to cohabitate.

• Female character gets violent when things don't go her way. When male character tries to defend himself third parties give him the stink eye.
• Male character gives into female character with little struggle. When she wants something she gets it. When he says "no" or in her view is being stubborn - which is pretty much all the time - she gets violent. 

If your taste runs towards male oppression and women winning for ridiculous reasons these are for you.

Tomte says...

"Hi im [insert female main character here], and im you'r wife". So begins both FA and Maburaho, a bit to simmilar i think. Then both series turn of in different directions (as for the plot considered). Both series include the basic situation comedy and character-interaction-drama.

llsektorll says...

Very similar to Final Approach, Maburaho has girl saying "im your wife" and the antics start from there. More ecchi such as awkward situations, the accidental falling on boobs, and walking in on girls changing kinds of situations; all while maintaining a very comedic atmosphere. Differences including Maburaho being about a loser boy who has genes of best mages in history and every girl wants to get in his pants.

llsektorll says...

Although similar both stories are different and very well done. Green Green has the "clingy" girl towards one guy that doesnt seem interested thing going for it. If thats what you liked in Final Approach expect more in here. I little more Ecchi in green green and the comedy will having you laughing every other minute. Good love realization build up in the lead male charecters in both animes.

Estuko says...

The humor in these series are very similar, and some of the topics are too... They are both ecchi and very cute, so if you liked one you are bound to like the other one too ^^

akatsukiJuS says...

they are both romantic comedies in wich at the beguinning the girl is into the boy but the boy dislikes her...

There is also marrige themes in them.

The difference i think would be the type of comedy but  both are really funny.

YomiRead says...

What is there to say? Both of these series have the unwaveringly-in-love girl vs. the unagreeable bloke. FUNNY! <--- Itazura na Kiss is either exceptionally humorous or it's just me - cramming 11 episodes, in one night, instead of sleeping might make things more funny than they really are. Then again, a series that doesn't let you sleep is probably pretty good to begin with. ;)  

XMrNiceguyX says...

Note: this is a somewhat loosely recced series, as there are a lot of differences as opposed to few similarities. The main similarity is the chibi art. If you like the chibi art used in Final Approach, you might want to check Dragon Half out. Keep in mind though that Dragon Half is fantasy and might not appeal to you, it as well does not have the willing girl/unwilling boy theme. The humor, however, are in both series the main genre.

XMrNiceguyX says...

The first thing I tink about when I tried to couple these two series is: chibi art. A lot of the humor is somewhat amplified by switching to chibi art from normal art. Not only does this give the humor an unique character, it also gives the series a sort of trademark. Naturally there are some other similarities too. The willing girl and the unwilling boy theme for example. There are some differences too though: in DearS, the female is rather clueless about how the world works, while the females in Final Approach do not. This also brings me to the fact that DearS is purely fiction, while Final Approach is somewhat closer to non-fiction,

llsektorll says...

If you liked the stuck with one person till you realize how much you love them story then this is a very good one to pick up. Although a little different from Final Approach in that the female lead isnt as "clingy" to the male lead, the story is still very well done. Final Approach fans won't be dissapointed.

llsektorll says...

A promise made to each other when they were young about marriage ties the male and female lead together. The female lead, Aoi, loves the male lead, Kaoru, very much. Just the male lead only remembers her as a faint childhood memory. Very similar to Final Approach because they live with each other and inevitably fall in love.