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Coming-of-age anime and manga

The guide lists 141 titles tagged coming-of-age. The genre peaked in the 2010s (45 titles). Studios with the most coming-of-age titles: Studio Ghibli (11), Madhouse (9) and Kyoto Animation (7). It often comes paired with drama, romance and fantasy.

Best-known coming-of-age anime

• Bakuman 2010
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 2009
• Fullmetal Alchemist 2003
• Re:Zero 2016
• Hanasaku Iroha 2011
• Monogatari 2009
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water 1990
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2019
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica 2011
• Gurren Lagann 2007
• Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea 2013
• Treasure Island 1978
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2006
• A Place Further Than The Universe 2018
• Yu Yu Hakusho 1992
• Draw This, Then Die! 2026
• Haibane Renmei 2002
• Violet Evergarden 2018
• Interviews with Monster Girls 2017
• Infinite Ryvius 1999
• Toradora! 2008
• Kamichu! 2005
• Planetes 2003
• Den-noh Coil 2007
• Pale Cocoon 2006
• Maebashi Witches 2025
• Narenare: Cheer for You! 2024
• K-On! 2009
• Kusunoki's Flunking Her High School Glow-Up
• Kaze no Shōjo Emily 2007

Best-known coming-of-age anime films

• Spirited Away 2001
• Princess Mononoke 1997
• Your Name 2016
• Castle in the Sky 1986
• Kiki's Delivery Service 1989
• Grave of the Fireflies 1988
• The Wind Rises 2013
• Suzume 2022
• The Cat Returns 2002
• Arrietty 2010
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2006
• Whisper of the Heart 1995
• 5 Centimeters Per Second 2007
• Only Yesterday 1991
• The End of Evangelion 1997
• From Up on Poppy Hill 2011
• A Silent Voice 2016
• Wolf Children Ame and Yuki 2012
• The Garden of Words 2013
• The Boy and the Beast 2015
• Liz and the Blue Bird 2018
• A Whisker Away 2020
• Her Blue Sky 2019
• Looking for Magical Doremi 2020
• Mai Mai Miracle 2009
• No Game No Life: Zero 2017
• K-On! The Movie 2011
• The Wonderland 2019
• Look Back 2024
• Barefoot Gen 2 1986

Best-known coming-of-age manga

• RuriDragon 2022
• Initial D 1995
• Haikyu!! 2012
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
• Yu Yu Hakusho 1990
• GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka 1997
• The Rose of Versailles 1972
• Hanasaku Iroha 2010
• Planetes 2001
• Draw This, Then Die! 2021
• Nodame Cantabile 2001
• Blue Period 2017
• ReLIFE 2013
• March Comes in Like a Lion 2007
• Ranking of Kings
• Bunny Drop 2005
• Goodnight Punpun 2007
• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! 2016
• Solanin 2005
• After the Rain 2014
• Kusunoki's Flunking Her High School Glow-Up 2022
• Wandering Son 2002
• Ping Pong 1996
• Genshiken 2002
• A Girl on the Shore 2009
• Our Dreams at Dusk 2015
• Wandance 2019
• Sing "Yesterday" for Me
• Flower and Asura 2021
• Scenes From Awajima 2011