Top Ten 18+ Romance Anime

Love is a wonderful feeling. A flame that can not be put down, love is that feeling that no words can be explained…unless its an anime! Romance anime are one of the most popular anime to date. With over hundreds of titles to choose from, you will get to see love bloom, heart breaks, meltdowns, relationships tested etc. Romance anime convey the feelings many of us go through in real life.  Romance anime have been the pinnacle to anime Shojo anime, but now everyone can watch romance anime and enjoy them. In no particular order, here are our picks for the most romantic anime!

10 -Romeo x Juliet

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, is a literary masterpiece and timeless classic that everyone should read at least once in their lives. So how does an anime based loosely on such a monumental work hold up. Not bad, actually!

Romeo x Juliet brings us an extravagantly detailed and animated tale, which is filled to the brim with romance and action. We’re kept on the edge of our seats, and cross our fingers for Juliet Fiammata Asto Capulet and Romeo Candorebanto Montague as they face plenty of ordeals.

9 -KAICHOU WA MAID-SAMA - J.C. STAFF

Based on the manga by Hiro Fujiwara, this romantic comedy brings something new to an old echoed cliche. Misaki Ayazuwa, the first female student body president in the once all-boys Seika High School is tough-as-nails and scares the crap out of the male majority classmates. But when smart, popular, athletic,and all-around insufferable Takumi Usui discovers that she works part time at a MAID CAFE (le gasp!), a strange, comedic romance is created. While it does share too many similarities to the classic Kare Kano with a modern and comedic twist, the way the protagonists' chemistry in this series plays out makes it a stand-out romcom!

8 -Kimi ni Todoke - Production IG

Based on the manga by Karuho Shiina, this ugly duckling shoujo romance touches so many old and cliched notes in that PERFECTLY right way, it's hard not to like it! Sawako Kuronoma is always compared to The Ring's Sadako and just can't catch a break. Everyone either fears her or makes fun of her, making her friendless and lonely. However, her world changes when her idol and crush, Shouta Kazehaya, starts talking to her, and thus begins one of the most sweet, innocent, and heartfelt school romances to ever grace the anime scene.

7 -EUREKA SEVEN - STUDIO BONES

In this worldwide smash hit sci-fi, Renton Thruston discovers Nirvash, a mech from the remains of Earth, and its pilot, a beautiful human-form Coralian known as Eureka. This kick-starts a mission to return humans to Earth he never knew about from his father and sister, that tests him, his friends, his will, and his and Eureka's love all the way through. Considered a gateway anime, it make a beautiful romance because all the drama and unnecesary fluff so staple in other romances is done away, leaving only an amazing science fiction adventure full of love from all sides.

6 -ORE MONOGATARI!! - MADHOUSE

Based on the hilarious manga by Kazune Kawahara, this is NOT your usual love story. Starring Takeo Gouda, a tall, hulking and intimidating-looking high schooler, his usual poor luck in love finally changes after saving Rinko Yamato, who actually likes him back!....Too bad he thinks she has a crush on his pretty boy best friend, Makoto Sunakawa, like every other girl he's ever known. A sweet and innocent love story with a twist, this series is great for warming the heart and getting those hearty, belly laughs out!

5 - GRAVITATION - STUDIO DEEN

Based on the manga by Maki Murakami, this BL/yaoi romance, this series might as well have started the fujoushi revolution. Shuichi Shindou, an aspiring rock star from the band Bad Luck, has a run-in with romance novelist Eiri Yuki, and after having his song lyrics harshly insulted, their strange interest in each other turns into something more. This is a funny romance series with plenty of drama and angst to keep up with all the K-drama and J-drama shenanigans female fans want and expect out of a good love story, with the plus of this being between two very attractive men.

4 -KIMI NO NA WA - COMIX WAVE FILMS 

While a very recent addition, this worldwide hit anime movie, based on Makoto Shinkai's novel, is a cinematic marvel. Mitsuya Miyamizu is a high school girl bored of her rural life, wishing to be a Tokyo city boy in her next life. Taki Tachibana, a normal Tokyo high school boy, wakes up one morning in Mitsuya's body. And thus begins this strange relationship born from a bizzare body-swap. As they get used to each other though, they shift back to their own bodies, and lose their memories of each other, where the drama of the love begins, and ends. Less of a love story and more of an experience, this movie will make you cry, like love in all its bittersweet glory.

3 -GEKKAN SHOUJO NOZAKI-KUN - DOGA KOBO

Based on the hilarious webcomic by Izumi Tsubaki, and the only entry here based on a webcomic, this romance is good not for its atmosphere, or romantic exploits, or feelings of love, but its honest and tongue-in-cheek humor it pokes at romance and the shoujo genre in general. Chiyo Sakura confesses to her classmate and crush, Umetarou Nozaki....Only be ridiculously misunderstood, and to find out that he's a shoujo manga artist! In her quest to get him to understand her feelings for him, she accidentally becomes his assistant and they end up finding love everywhere else for their manga. It's a cute romance that focuses on the love stories outside of the protagonists', and definitely pokes fun at the fact that most shoujo manga artists (or rather, all manga artists in general) are creating a love story they don't and probably never will know. 

2 -Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa (Castle in the Sky)

So what can we expect from a Studio Ghibli anime apart from high production values, flying scenes and an epic adventure?

Well then, how about plenty of heartwarming moments, action and burgeoning romance between Pazu and Sheeta as they make their way towards the land in the sky – Laputa.

1 -Akatsuki no Yona (Yona of the Dawn)

Yona starts off as a spoiled princess in the beginning of the series. But like all good stories, we witness how she matures as a person when dealing with various events. She faces many perils, and also some interesting trysts which help to spice things up!