Mao-chan - Recommendations

• TV (24 eps)
• 2000

Keitaro Urashima is somewhat of a failure. In order to fulfill a promise he made to a girl fifteen years ago, he has tried time and again to get into Tokyo U but has never managed to pass the exam. However, fate smiles upon him and he ends up working for his aunt, managing an all-girls dorm! Living with the feral Kaolla, the timid Shinobu, the sake-loving Mitsune, the blade mistress Motoko and the punch-happy Naru, can Keitaro keep his focus and keep his promise? And will he ever end up meeting that girl from his past?

• TV (16 eps x 5 min)
• 1999

One day, Dejiko, Puchiko and the strange ball-shaped Gema-Gema crash land their UFO in the middle of Akihabara. Without a single yen to their name they have nowhere to go, but following an unexpected and generous offer from the manager of a nearby store, the trio begin working at the shop in exchange for renting the room upstairs. Alongside Dejiko’s self-confessed rival Rabi-en-Rose, as well as a mysterious bear that has mastered the ability to appear happy, sad, depressed and angry all at once, the insanity is only just beginning! From shooting window shoppers with Dejiko’s Laser Eye Beam and the appearance of a bizarre farting impostor, to a sudden attack on the city by Godzilla, life at Gamers is certainly livening up.

• TV (26 eps)
• 2002

Ten-year-old genius Chiyo, animal-loving Sakaki, loudmouth Tomo, athletic Kagura, weight-conscious Yomi and dim-witted Osaka are six friends who share laughs, good times, and a high school homeroom. With scary (and sometimes perverted) teachers, school festivals, penguin suits and general hilarity abounding, you can be sure that there's never a dull day in the life of one of these students!

• TV (49 eps)
• 1994 - 1995

MKR is a Clamp anime about three girls who are taken from Tokyo during a school field trip, and transported into a fantasy world. Hikaru Shidou, Umi Ryuzaaki, and Fuu Hououji must fight a slew of enemies, overcome trials and tribulations, and face their inner demons to save Cephiro, a wonderfully detailed world, from a dastardly evil and powerful Priest, Zagato.

• TV (46 eps)
• 1992 - 1993

Life can be tough when you're a teenager. Enter Tsukino Usagi, an average, if somewhat clumsy, junior high student whose voracious appetite for sweets and capacity for tears are offset by her enthusiasm for life. Her normal existence is suddenly turned upside down when a talking cat named Luna comes into her life. Suddenly, Usagi finds herself with the ability to transform into the superhero known as Sailor Moon. Fighting the occasional monster may be the least of her worries, though...

• OVA (4 eps)
• 1988 - 1989

Many years in the future, crime is out of hand. In order keep the city safe, the Tank Police were created. The Tank Police are an elite unit that uses massive tanks to bring criminals to justice, yet many feel they do more damage than they are worth. Leona is a rookie, and within her first few days on the force she is already knee-deep in trouble.

• TV (24 eps x 14 min)
• 1999 - 2000

It was just a juvenile search for adventure that brought young mystic Nakahito face to face with the android mega-weapon, Kurumi. With just a kiss, she is activated and answers only to him. Now they embark on a comedic journey that will carry them across Japan to discover the secrets of the Steel Angels and how such technology has come to exist before the advent of television. In their travels they will encounter spies, army agents and rogue Steel Angels but the real discoveries lie in the heart of a young teen and the miracle he has awakened with a kiss.

• OVA (4 eps x 29 min)
• 1997 - 1998

In early 20th century Tokyo, The Kouma Wars have finally ended and life is going back to normal. In case such an attack was ever to happen again, a special team known as The Imperial Defence Force, Flower Divison, is created. Using a theater as a cover, young girls with spiritual powers are recuited to pilot steam-powered machines to defend the city. However, the girls lack teamwork skills on and off the battlefield, often ending in disaster. When the demons begin to attack again, a new leader is called in to lead the team and put on a theater show of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Can he turn the bickering girls into a military team, not to mention amazing actresses, before a new wave of demons destroy the city?

• TV (12 eps)
• 2018

In a certain corner of a certain park in a certain Ueno area of Tokyo exists the secret base of the "justice organization" called "Colors." A group of three elementary school girls lead Colors, and the members of the group roam the park day and night (actually just until evening) to protect the peace of the park.

• TV (6 eps)
• 2006

Time has passed since the war involving the curvaceous Papillon Soldiers, and much of the city has been destroyed. A new start means a new job in a lingerie bar for Tsubomi – the alter ego of the superhero Papillon Rose. The buxom babe, along with her Papillon colleagues Anne  and Shizuku, have lost their memories in the aftermath of the war. Soon, a new enemy appears in the form of the Susanoo sisters – three aliens who bring devastation and a variety of sexually-deviant monsters. Earth’s only hope is Rama, a panty-obsessed cat who has the power to help return the Papillon girls’ memories. Will he help them remember in time, or is Akihabara doomed to be overrun by these risqué invaders?