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Romance Anime from 2009

31 romance anime that aired in 2009, ranked by score.

  1. 1
    Cross Game

    TV · 50 ep · spring

    Kou Kitamura and Aoba Tsukishima are often at odds—even though their families happen to be close friends and business partners.

  2. 2
    Bakemonogatari

    TV · 15 ep · summer

    Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student, manages to survive a vampire attack with the help of Meme Oshino, a strange man residing in an abandoned building.

  3. 3
    Spice and Wolf II

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    Traveling merchant Kraft Lawrence continues his northward journey with wolf goddess Holo, in search of her lost home of Yoitsu.

  4. 4
    InuYasha: The Final Act

    TV · 26 ep · fall

    Thwarted again by Naraku, Inuyasha, Kagome Higurashi, and their friends must continue their hunt for the few remaining Shikon Jewel shards, lest they fully form into a corrupted…

  5. 5
    Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You

    TV · 25 ep · fall

    Known for her semblance to the Sadako character of The Ring series, Sawako Kuronuma is given the nickname "Sadako" and misunderstood to be frightening and malicious like her…

  6. 6
    Kobato.

    TV · 24 ep · fall

    The friendly and sincere Kobato Hanato has a wish to go to a particular place no matter what.

  7. 7
    Eden of The East

    TV · 11 ep · spring

    On November 22, 2010, Japan was hit by missile strikes, a terrorist act that fortunately did not harm anyone, becoming known as "Careless Monday." Quickly forgotten, society…

  8. 8
    Hanasakeru Seishonen

    TV · 39 ep · spring

    Kajika Louisa Kugami Burnsworth is the only daughter of Harry Burnsworth, an influential and respected industrialist who has the power to move the world.

  9. 9
    Hayate the Combat Butler!!

    TV · 25 ep · spring

    Hayate Ayasaki's misfortune continues to hand him the short end of the stick. Now settled into his routine at the Sanzenins' mansion and Hakuou Academy, the butler continues to…

  10. 10
    Valkyria Chronicles

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    In its expansion west to gain resources, the Europan Imperial Alliance invades the neutral Principality of Gallia, seeking to take control of its vast Ragnite deposits.

  11. 11
    Winter Sonata

    TV · 26 ep · fall

    Based on the Korean drama of the same name, Yoo Jin falls in love with Joon Sang as a young girl. After losing him in an accident, she decides to marry her childhood friend.

  12. 12
    Ristorante Paradiso

    TV · 11 ep · spring

    When Nicoletta was a little girl, her mother, Olga, abandoned her and ran off to Rome to remarry.

  13. 13
    Hatsukoi Limited

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    Ayumi Arihara believes that being loved is the ultimate key to happiness—which is why her greatest wish is to have a boy confess to her.

  14. 14
    Summer Storm! Open for Business

    TV · 13 ep · fall

    The summer of a man's boyhood memories continue. Still on the cusp between childhood and being a man, he has linked with the ghost of a young woman from the World War 2 era.

  15. 15
    Heaven's Lost Property

    TV · 13 ep · fall

    Ever since he was a child, Tomoki Sakurai has always woke up with tears after a dream of an angel.

  16. 16
    Summer Storm!

    TV · 13 ep · spring

    In modern-day Japan, 13-year-old Hajime Yasaka moves to the countryside to stay with his grandfather.

  17. 17
    Haruka Nogizaka's Secret Purezza

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    Haruka's manga and anime hobby is still concealed by her dear friend Yuuto, but Yuuto's other female friend starts to feel affection and attraction towards him, so a feelings…

  18. 18
    Nyan Koi!

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    Junpei Kousaka is a second-year high school student who has an allergy for cats—a predicament that has made him hate cats and everything related to them.

  19. 19
    Polyphonica Crimson S

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    The new series will again focus on Corticarte, but it will tie into Ichiro Sakaki and Noboru Kannatsuki's Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica crimson S light novel adaptation, which are…

  20. 20
    Sora wo Miageru Shoujo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai

    TV · 9 ep · winter

    To save both the Magical Kingdom and the Heavens and restore the flow of akuto, the flow of energy of everything, the Magical King Munto must follow a vision and find the girl…

  21. 21
    At The Mercy of The Sky

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    Saku Ooyagi returns to his hometown after seven years and is soon reacquainted with his childhood friend, Mihoshi Akeno.

  22. 22
    Millennium Old Journal: Tale of Genji

    TV · 11 ep · winter

    Born from a much loved, but lowly ranked concubine, Genji Hikaru is called the Shining Prince and is the beloved second son of the Emperor.

  23. 23
    White Album Season 2

    TV · 13 ep · fall

    The second season of White Album, also known as episodes 14-26.

  24. 24
    Tayutama: Kiss on My Deity

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    Yuuri Mito is a typical, normal Japanese teenager. He goes to school, works on people's motorcycles and performs exorcisms. Okay, that last part's a little bit unusual, but…

  25. 25
    Samurai Harem

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    Yoichi Karasuma has spent all of his life in the mountains, training in the Soaring Wind, Divine Wind swordsmanship style.

  26. 26
    Princess Lover!

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    Following an automobile accident that claims the life of his parents, Teppei Arima is taken in by his grandfather and introduced to the world of the rich and the elite.

  27. 27
    Umi Monogatari

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    Marin and her younger sister Urin are seafolk who happen upon something quite strange: a beautiful silver ring lost beneath the waves.

  28. 28
    White Album

    TV · 13 ep · winter

    Can a relationship between a regular college student and an idol singer survive? That is the question that White Album tries to answer.

  29. 29
    The Best!! Extremely Cool Student Council President

    TV · 51 ep · spring

    Mimi Kitagami is a kind, level-headed girl who aims to be the best, coolest student council president of her high school class.

  30. 30
    Kämpfer

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    Waking up transformed into a beautiful girl might be the stuff of some guys' fantasies, but when the suddenly effeminatized Natsuru is informed by a stuffed tiger that he's now…

  31. 31
    Akikan!

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    Hobbies are often a great way of meeting new people, but how could Kakeru Daichi, who collects rare juice cans, have ever suspected that he'd meet a fascinating new girl when he…