20 anime like Anne Shirley
These are the titles AniList users most often recommend to people who enjoyed Anne Shirley, ranked by how many recommended each one. 4 are short series of 13 episodes or fewer, and 4 are films you can watch in one sitting.
- 1
Love Through A Prism
ONA · 2026 · 20 eps · 84/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, historical, foreign. Recommended by 52 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Drama
- Romance
- 2
Heidi, Girl of the Alps
TV · 1974 · 52 eps · 72/100
It shares its focus on classic literature, rural, foreign, and is a longer watch at 52 episodes. Recommended by 28 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Drama
- Slice of Life
- 3
Goodbye, Lara
TV · 2026 · 12 eps · 76/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, coastal, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 15 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Romance
- 4
The Story of Heidi
Movie · 1979 · 66/100
It shares its focus on classic literature. Recommended by 13 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Drama
- Slice of Life
- 5
Kaze no Shoujo Emily
TV · 2007 · 26 eps · 68/100
It shares its focus on historical, female protagonist, rural. Recommended by 11 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Drama
- Slice of Life
- 6
Candy Candy
TV · 1976 · 115 eps · 73/100
It shares its focus on shoujo, female protagonist, historical, and is a longer watch at 115 episodes. Recommended by 9 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Drama
- Slice of Life
- 7
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Movie · 2013 · 81/100
It shares its focus on classic literature, female protagonist, historical. Recommended by 7 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Romance
- 8
Ai Shoujo Pollyanna Story
TV · 1986 · 51 eps · 66/100
It shares its focus on foreign, historical, family life, and is a longer watch at 51 episodes. Recommended by 7 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Drama
- Slice of Life
- 9
Tales of Little Women
TV · 1987 · 48 eps · 71/100
It shares its focus on classic literature, historical, family life, and is a longer watch at 48 episodes. Recommended by 6 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Drama
- Slice of Life
- 10
Ashita no Nadja
TV · 2003 · 50 eps · 74/100
It shares its focus on foreign, historical, female protagonist, and is a longer watch at 50 episodes. Recommended by 6 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Adventure
- Drama
- Romance
- 11
Ascendance of a Bookworm
TV · 2019 · 14 eps · 78/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, family life, writing, and is shorter at 14 episodes. Recommended by 6 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Fantasy
- Slice of Life
- 12
Violet Evergarden
TV · 2018 · 13 eps · 85/100
It shares its focus on writing, female protagonist, coming of age, and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 6 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Slice of Life
- 13
Fruits Basket (2019)
TV · 2019 · 25 eps · 82/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, family life, shoujo. Recommended by 5 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Comedy
- Drama
- Romance
- Slice of Life
- 14
Arte
TV · 2020 · 12 eps · 69/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, historical, foreign, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 5 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Drama
- Romance
- Slice of Life
- 15
Only Yesterday
Movie · 1991 · 73/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, iyashikei, coming of age. Recommended by 4 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Drama
- Romance
- Slice of Life
- 16
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
TV · 1980 · 49 eps · 69/100
It shares its focus on classic literature, historical, rural, and is a longer watch at 49 episodes. Recommended by 4 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Adventure
- Drama
- Slice of Life
- 17
Rebecca
Movie · 2020 · 59/100
It shares its focus on foreign, rural, parenthood. Recommended by 4 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Slice of Life
- 18
Journal with Witch
TV · 2026 · 13 eps · 87/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, adoption, coming of age, and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 4 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Drama
- Slice of Life
- 19
A Little Princess Sara
TV · 1985 · 46 eps · 74/100
It shares its focus on classic literature, historical, boarding school, and is a longer watch at 46 episodes. Recommended by 3 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Drama
- Slice of Life
- 20
Nobody's Boy Remi
TV · 1977 · 51 eps · 79/100
It shares its focus on coming of age, classic literature, foreign, and is a longer watch at 51 episodes. Recommended by 3 AniList users who watched Anne Shirley.
- Adventure
- Drama
- Slice of Life
Recommendation votes from AniList users. Highlighted genres are shared with Anne Shirley.