Music anime and manga
The guide lists 31 titles tagged music. The genre peaked in the 2020s (15 titles). Studios with the most music titles: Sunrise (3), Sanzigen (2) and Toei Animation (2). It often comes paired with drama, romance and comedy.
Best-known music anime
- Bocchi the Rock! 2022
- BanG Dream! Ave Mujica 2025
- BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! 2023
- Girls Band Cry 2024
- Whisper Me a Love Song 2024
- Rock Is a Lady's Modesty 2025
- Detroit Metal City 2008
- Princession Orchestra 2025
- Haunted Transylvania 2 2018
- PriPara 2014
- BanG Dream! MyGO!!!!! // Ave Mujica 2027
- Fūka 2017
- Given 2019
Best-known music anime films
- Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing 2025
- Love Live! The School Idol Movie 2015
- The Colors Within 2024
- Inu-Oh 2022
- The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots 1969
- Sing a Bit of Harmony 2021
- Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow 2019
- Given the Movie 2020
- Aikatsu! The Movie 2014
- Revue Starlight: The Movie 2021
Best-known music manga
- Bocchi the Rock! 2017
- K-On! 2007
- Nana 2000
- Whisper Me a Love Song 2019
- The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All
- Rock Is a Lady's Modesty 2022
- Fūka
- Dragon Voice 2001