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Romance Anime from 2012

36 romance anime that aired in 2012, ranked by score.

  1. 1
    Bakuman. Season 3

    TV · 25 ep · fall

    Onto their third serialization, manga duo Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi—also known by their pen name, Muto Ashirogi—are ever closer to their dream of an anime adaption.

  2. 2
    Kids on the Slope

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    Introverted classical pianist and top student Kaoru Nishimi has just arrived in Kyushu for his first year of high school.

  3. 3
    Kamisama Kiss

    TV · 13 ep · fall

    High schooler Nanami Momozono has quite a few problems of late, beginning with her absentee father being in such extreme debt that they lose everything.

  4. 4
    The Pet Girl of Sakurasou

    TV · 24 ep · fall

    At Suimei High, the Sakura-sou dormitory is infamous for housing the school's most notorious delinquents.

  5. 5
    Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    Seikyou Private Academy, built on the intrigue of traditional occult myths, bears a dark past—for 60 years, it has been haunted by a ghost known as Yuuko, a young woman who…

  6. 6
    Kokoro Connect

    TV · 13 ep · summer

    When five students at Yamaboshi Academy realize that there are no clubs where they fit in, they band together to form the Student Cultural Society, or "StuCS" for short.

  7. 7
    Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    Everybody has had that stage in their life where they have thought themselves to be special, different from the masses of ordinary humans.

  8. 8
    Place to Place

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    Feelings may come and go, but true love always remains in the heart. Tsumiki Miniwa is in love with her best friend, Io Otonashi.

  9. 9
    My Little Monster

    TV · 13 ep · fall

    Shizuku Mizutani is apathetic toward her classmates, only caring about her grades. However, her cold view of life begins to change when she meets Haru Yoshida, a violent…

  10. 10
    Utakoi

    TV · 13 ep · summer

    Uta Koi tells the "super-liberal interpretation" of the Hyakuninisshu anthology compiled during Japan's Heian period of 100 romantic poems from 100 different poets such as The…

  11. 11
    The Familiar of Zero F

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    Saito Hiraga and Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière go on the offensive after the events of Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo.

  12. 12
    To LOVE Ru Darkness

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    As close encounters of the twisted kind between the residents of the planet Deviluke (represented primarily by the female members of the royal family) and the inhabitants of…

  13. 13
    Waiting in the Summer

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    While testing out his camera on a bridge one summer night, Kaito Kirishima sees a blue light streaking across the sky, only to be blown off the railing seconds later.

  14. 14
    Say "I Love You."

    TV · 13 ep · fall

    Friends will only let you down—that is the sad truth Mei Tachibana lives with, ever since she was wrongfully blamed for the death of a class pet by her so-called friends in…

  15. 15
    Amagami SS+ plus

    TV · 13 ep · winter

    In the aftermath of Amagami SS, high school student Junichi Tachibana continues his relationships with the girls at his school.

  16. 16
    Inu X Boku Secret Service

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    Ririchiyo Shirakiin is the sheltered daughter of a renowned family. With her petite build and wealthy status, Ririchiyo has been a protected and dependent girl her entire life,…

  17. 17
    The Ambition of Oda Nobuna

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    High school student Yoshiharu Sagara wakes up and finds himself in the middle of a raging Sengoku period battle.

  18. 18
    High School DxD

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    High school student Issei Hyoudou is your run-of-the-mill pervert who does nothing productive with his life, peeping on women and dreaming of having his own harem one day.

  19. 19
    Sankarea: Undying Love

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    Ever since he was a child, zombie-obsessed Chihiro Furuya has wanted an undead girlfriend. Soon enough, his love for all things zombie comes in handy when his cat Baabu gets run…

  20. 20
    Natsuyuki Rendezvous

    TV · 11 ep · summer

    Ryousuke Hazuki is a young man whose heart has been stolen away, stopping by the local floral shop daily in order to catch a glimpse of the beautiful Rokka Shimao, the shop's…

  21. 21
    Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    Yuuta Segawa has just started his freshman year of university. One day, his sister Yuri, who raised him after their parents died, asks him to take care of her daughters Hina,…

  22. 22
    Sword Art Online

    TV · 25 ep · summer

    Ever since the release of the innovative NerveGear, gamers from all around the globe have been given the opportunity to experience a completely immersive virtual reality.

  23. 23
    Mysterious Girlfriend X

    TV · 13 ep · spring

    First encounters are always memorable because regardless of the outcome, new experiences are sure to happen.

  24. 24
    Accel World

    TV · 24 ep · spring

    Haruyuki Arita is an overweight, bullied middle schooler who finds solace in playing online games.

  25. 25
    Hiiro no Kakera: The Tamayori Princess Saga Season 2

    TV · 13 ep · fall

    After battling dangerous creatures once existing only in legend,​ Princess Tamaki begins to deal with her uncertain future as the new Tamayori Princess.​ Once she claims her…

  26. 26
    Aquarion Evol

    TV · 26 ep · winter

    12,000 years after the events in Genesis Aquarion, humans live on the star Vega under constant threat of trans-dimensional beings called Abductors.

  27. 27
    Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    Taking place one month after the events that occurred in the movie Heaven is a Place on Earth.

  28. 28
    Love, Election and Chocolate

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    Yuuki Oojima is a member of his high school's Food Research Club, whose main activity is eating snacks bought with funds allocated to them by the school.

  29. 29
    Campione!

    TV · 13 ep · summer

    The gods of the world are not myths or legends. They exist, unbeknownst to humans, fighting their battles and laying waste to land and life.

  30. 30
    Zetman

    TV · 13 ep · spring

    The story starts off with a face-off between two rival heroes, ZET and ALPHAS, and then traces their origins - Jin Kanzaki, a young man with the ability to transform into a…

  31. 31
    Hiiro no Kakera: The Tamayori Princess Saga

    TV · 13 ep · spring

    Gods and ghosts only exist in fairy tales, right? That's the impression that high school girl Tamki Kasuga has before she goes to live with her grandmother in the remote village…

  32. 32
    So, I Can't Play H!

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    On the surface, Ryousuke Kaga is the token perverted teenager, spending his days ogling women and indulging in erotic reveries.

  33. 33
    NAKAIMO - My Little Sister Is Among Them!

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    Shougo Mikadono's father has just passed away, and now he must become the head of Mikadono Group, his father's company.

  34. 34
    OniAi

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    After their parents' deaths, brother and sister Akito and Akiko Himenokouji were forced to live with separate families for six years.

  35. 35
    Chitose Get You!!

    TV · 26 ep · summer

    Chitose is an 11-year-old girl who is madly in love with an older guy named Hiroshi. He works at the town hall right next to the school and Chitose spends every day relentlessly…

  36. 36
    Lychee Light Club

    TV · 8 ep · fall

    Litchi DE Hikari Club takes place in an alternate reality where the Hikari Club does not fall into disarray after the completion of Litchi, the intelligent humanlike robot the…