
There’s lots to love about the aforementioned productions, but it’s high time the mellower, slice of life titles get their time in the spotlight, too. Overview: Netflix has no shortage of LGBTQ+ titles, but such features most often come in the form of over-the-top productions like ‘Ossan’s Love’ or gritty dramas by the likes of ‘Ride or Die’. Despite his non-nonsense disposition, Shiro never fails to show his affection and dedication to Kenji by making him delicious home-cooked meals every day. While both men are in their forties, they have vastly different personalities that sometimes clash: Kenji is an upbeat soul who wears his heart on his sleeve while Shiro is more stoic and less inclined to joke around. Synopsis: Kenji Yabuki is an openly gay hairdresser while his partner, Shiro Kakei, is an attorney who keeps his identify as a gay man a secret from his family and colleagues.
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Though it's been almost two decades since the series was released, this touching and brilliantly executed story continues to enrapture audiences with the amusing contrast of its two protagonists and a narrative that millions of twenty-somethings can strongly relate to. Overview: This 2000s anime is based on the eponymous manga series by Ai Yazawa. The excitable Nana Osaki is a bubbly character who envisions moving in with her boyfriend in the city and living happily ever after, while tomboy Nana Komtasu is a calm and collected musician with big aspirations for her rock band.ĭespite being polar opposites, the two Nanas become friends based on their mutual ambition of forging their own paths to happiness in a big city and support each other through heartbreak, workplace challenges and wardrobe malfunctions. While they have the same name, the pair couldn’t be more different in their personalities. Synopsis: Two 20-year-old women called Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu meet for the first time on a bullet train to Tokyo. Like the two hit singles, which were released in 19 respectively, this love story starring Hikari Mitsushima and Takeru Satoh is a wistful, heart-tugging saga spanning three decades from the late 90s to now. Overview: We’re used to seeing new shows and movies that have come from popular books or manga, but this new Netflix original series is unique in that it’s inspired by two songs – ‘First Love’ and ‘Hatsukoi’ – from Japanese pop icon Hikaru Utada.

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As Yae and Harumichi think about where to go next in life, they can’t help but look back on their first relationship with each other when they were young, naive and full of aspirations. Yae’s plans for a career as a jet-setting flight attendant get upturned after she suffers an accident and Harumichi, who grew up wanting to be a pilot, ends up quitting his job in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to pursue a different path. Fast forward a few years and these once bright-eyed and bushy-tailed ‘90s kids have grown into full-fledged adults whose lives are a little different from the ones they imagined having. Her talent is noticed by fellow first year and a natural-born producer type Kanamori.Synopsis: As teenagers, Yae Noguchi and Harumichi Namiki would avidly talk to each other about their dreams and plans for the future.


While Asakusa's ideas pile up on the pages of her sketchbooks, she is unable to take a first step to actually producing anime.

When it comes to anime, a first-year high school student Asakusa Midori is all about its setting.
