The 25 Best Fantasy Romance Anime

Some of these love stories unfold in feudal Japan, others in floating cities or spirit inns; a handful are blockbuster films, the rest are series fans rewatch every winter.

1. 1
   Your Name

   Makoto Shinkai's 2016 hit about two strangers who wake up in each other's bodies.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Maoyu

   The hero storms the Demon King's castle and finds a scholar who proposes they end the war together.
   772pts
3. 3
   Howl's Moving Castle

   Studio Ghibli's 2004 film about a cursed hat-maker and the vain wizard whose castle walks.
   735pts
4. 4
   Kakuriyo

   A young woman taken to the spirit world to pay her grandfather's debt cooks her way out of an arranged marriage.
   648pts
5. 5
   The Duke of Death

   A young duke cursed to kill anything he touches and the maid who teases him anyway.
   595pts
6. 6
   Yona of the Dawn

   A princess on the run gathers legendary dragon warriors while her bond with her bodyguard deepens.
   534pts
7. 7
   Vampire Knight

   Matsuri Hino's gothic love triangle at an academy where humans and vampires share classes.
   463pts
8. 8
   Kamisama Kiss

   A homeless teen becomes a land god and clashes with, then falls for, her fox-spirit familiar.
   463pts
9. 9
   Princess Tutu

   A duck turned ballerina tries to restore a prince's shattered heart inside a fairy tale.
   463pts
10. 10
    The Ancient Magus' Bride

    A sold girl becomes the apprentice and bride of a skull-headed mage in a world of English folklore.
    463pts
11. 11
    Weathering with You

    Makoto Shinkai's 2019 film about a runaway and a girl who can clear the rain over Tokyo.
    463pts
12. 12
    Hakuoki

    A girl searching for her father falls in with the Shinsengumi and their bloodthirsty secret.
    379pts
13. 13
    Fushigi Yugi

    Yuu Watase's 1995 isekai shoujo about a girl pulled into an ancient book as its priestess.
    379pts
14. 14
    Raven of the Inner Palace

    A reclusive consort with forbidden magic and a young emperor unravel palace mysteries.
    379pts
15. 15
    My Next Life as a Villainess

    A girl reborn as an otome game's doomed villainess dodges bad endings and wins everyone over instead.
    379pts
16. 16
    Snow White with the Red Hair

    A slow-burn romance between a red-haired herbalist and the prince who helps her escape another.
    278pts
17. 17
    Inuyasha

    Rumiko Takahashi's feudal-era adventure about a schoolgirl and a half-demon hunting jewel shards.
    278pts
18. 18
    Shakugan no Shana

    A boy who is already dead teams up with a flame-haired warrior girl against beings that devour existence.
    278pts
19. 19
    Spice and Wolf

    A travelling merchant and a wolf deity haggle across a medieval economy and slowly fall in love.
    278pts
20. 20
    My Happy Marriage

    A mistreated daughter is sent to wed a feared commander in a Taisho-era world of gifted bloodlines.
    278pts
21. 21
    Ah! My Goddess

    A student's wrong phone number summons the goddess Belldandy, who grants his wish to stay with him.
    278pts
22. 22
    Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent

    An office worker summoned as a saint opens a potion lab and draws the eye of a knight commander.
    278pts
23. 23
    Fruits Basket

    Natsuki Takaya's story of a girl who learns a family's members turn into zodiac animals, remade in 2019.
    0pts
24. 24
    The Familiar of Zero

    An inept mage summons a Japanese teen as her familiar, and bickering slowly turns into love.
    0pts
25. 25
    Romeo x Juliet

    Gonzo's 2007 reimagining of Shakespeare's lovers on a floating fantasy city ruled by a usurper.
    0pts

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