What is University anime?

Since college/university students are typically at least eighteen years old, with stories covering mature everyday life topics, you will find the college setting quite often in seinen and josei anime. Topics that can now be covered - as compared to High School settings - are higher education (i.e. coping with higher intellectual stress), the more adult party life (i.e. alcohol, smoking, sex), the issues of daily life vs. studying - especially when having to work to pay for bills, and finally the possible friction between those in and out of college.

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Yishu Xueyuan

0

Description:

Lao Wang is a middle-aged man. He works in a security department of a college which is located at a big school town. He lives a calm life. Xiao Wang is a freshman. He has a conflict with his roommate and is taken to the security department by his counselor. In a room of this foggy winter day, Lao Wang and Xiao Li are tasting the life of their own, and something unexpected is just about to happen... The school town is waiting quietly for the next day as it always be.
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

118 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2023-02-24

Watashi no Hashtag ga Haenakute.

(My Hashtag Does Not Shine)

0

Description:

The anime takes place in the "smart city" envisioned by Kyocera. In the short, people express themselves through hashtags on aerial displays. Yume, who lacks self-confidence, tries to come up with a special hashtag, known as a "rare tag." Minoru, her senior, has multiple "rare tags."
Type

ONA

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

3 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2023-01-18

Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! ω

(Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! ω)

7.43

Description:

Second season of Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

23 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2022-10-01

Blue Thermal

(Blue Thermal)

7.23

Description:

The story centers on Tamaki Tsuru, who was on sports teams throughout her entire school life until high school, but is instead seeking an active romantic life once she enters college. However, a turn of events puts her on the path to joining her university's glider club at college. (Source: Anime News Network)
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

103 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2022-03-04

Boukyaku Battery

0

Description:

The story follows a group of baseball players who after having quit playing baseball are reunited by fate after enrolling in the same university. At the time the university did not have a baseball team, so the group who have previously faced off against each other throughout the years. Form a team and start playing once again, reviving their passion for the sport. (Source: MAL News)
Type

OVA

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

20 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2020-10-11

A Day Before Us ZERO

7.75

Description:

Two high school pals live together? Yeo Reum and Wook... What the hell happened between them? (Source:A Day Before US Youtube Channel)
Type

ONA

Episodes

19

Ep.Length

2 Min

Rating

Status

finished

Aired

2018-10-05

Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru

(Run with the Wind)

8.12

Description:

One chilly March day, Kansei University fourth-year Kiyose Haiji (Haiji) encounters Kurahara Kakeru (Kakeru) running uncommonly fast through the streets at night and forces him into living at the Chikusei-so (AKA Aotake). Haiji has a dream and ambition. He became discouraged after suffering an injury in high school, but he wants to run again. He wants to participate in the Hakone Ekiden and show off the running ability he's been pursuing. He has only one year left to turn that dream and ambition into reality. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

23

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2018-10-03

Grand Blue

(Grand Blue Dreaming)

8.19

Description:

After moving out on his own to a seaside town, Iori Kitahara makes a college debut he never anticipated. A new chapter of his life unfolds, full of diving with beautiful girls and shenanigans with a gaggle of lovable bastards! Idiot-expert Kenji Inoue and au naturel authority Kimitake Yoshioka bring you a glorious college tale filled with booze-fueled antics! (Source: Kodansha Comics)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2018-07-14

Free!: Dive to the Future

(Free! Dive to the Future)

7.9

Description:

In the new series, Haruka, who is attending college in Tokyo, meets Asahi again and reawakens his memories from his middle school years, including those of Ikuya. Makoto is working toward a new dream while he is in Tokyo together with Haruka. Rin has an unexpected meeting in Sydney. As they await their new futures, will they see a new fight ahead? Or will they instead confront the past they left behind? (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2018-07-12

A Day Before Us 2nd Season

7.97

Description:

2nd season of A Day Before Us.
Type

ONA

Episodes

15

Rating

Status

finished

Aired

2018-03-30

A Day Before Us

(A Day Before Us)

7.97

Description:

During a rain shower, college student Ha Eun encounters a young man named Yeon Woo who has an umbrella. As the tent above them is about to burst apart from the heavy rain, she latches onto Yeon Woo in order to shield herself. Not realizing that what she had just done was embarrassing she tries to ignore Yeon Woo the rest of the time. Little does she know, he's the friend of her best friend, Yeo Reum who is a bright faced and childish young woman. Annoyed by the fact that she keeps coming across the neutral faced and quiet Yeon Woo she tries her best to stand up for herself in front of the quiet man. Meanwhile, a shy man named Kim Wook is also good friends with Yeo Reum and also has a secret crush on her and keeps on staring at her sweet lips. But, being shy and awkward around her, he does his best to hide his secret but, such a thing isn't as easy as it seems. As these two stories clash together, what will happen to them all in the end? Will love flourish and bloom, or, will they just keep on ignoring each others hearts?
Type

ONA

Episodes

10

Ep.Length

2 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2017-11-24

Big Hero 6: The Series

0

Description:

The series is set after the events of the feature film Big Hero 6 and continues the adventures of 14-year-old tech genius Hiro Hamada and the compassionate, cutting-edge robot Baymax created by his late brother Tadashi. Along with his friends Wasabi, Honey Lemon, Go Go and Fred, they form the superhero team Big Hero 6 and embark on high-tech adventures as they protect their city from an array of scientifically enhanced villains. Hiro also faces academic challenges and social trials as the new prodigy at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology (SFIT). (Source: Wikipedia)
Type

TV

Episodes

22

Ep.Length

22 Min

Rating

Status

finished

Aired

2017-11-20

RoboMasters the Animated Series

6.45

Description:

The series will depict college students as they prepare and participate in a RoboMasters tournament. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

6

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Status

finished

Aired

2017-10-13

Long Riders!

(Long Riders!)

6.45

Description:

Ami Kurata, a first-year university student who has no athletic ability, suddenly falls in love with a folding bicycle after seeing it in front of a train station. Inspired by her newfound love, she starts saving up to buy a bicycle and to learn cycling. (Source: MAL News)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2016-10-08

Golden Time

(Golden Time)

7.73

Description:

Due to a tragic accident, Banri Tada is struck with amnesia, dissolving the memories of his hometown and past. However, after befriending Mitsuo Yanagisawa, he decides to move on and begin a new life at law school in Tokyo. But just as he is beginning to adjust to his college life, the beautiful Kouko Kaga dramatically barges into Banri's life, and their chance meeting marks the beginning of an unforgettable year. After having a glimpse of college life, Banri learns that he is in a new place and a new world - a place where he can be reborn, to have new friends, fall in love, makes mistakes and grow. And as he begins to discover who he was, the path he has chosen leads him towards a blindingly bright life that he will never want to forget. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Type

TV

Episodes

24

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2013-10-04

Genshiken Nidaime

(Genshiken Second Season)

7.5

Description:

Another college semester begins and the returning members of Genshiken attempt to recruit new club members. Three new members join the club, attracted by Ogiue's BL drawings. She welcomes the new members but fears the club will become a "fujoshi" haven for yaoi fans and is getting a bit too far removed from its original purpose. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

1 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2013-07-07

Fujilog (ONA)

0

Description:

The first episode is a motion capture of the Fujilog characters with Perfume's song with the raw data provided by the Perfume website. The second episode is smooth/realistic CG animation on top of real life footage; it shows Fujiyama in his OSAM 1-gou that we see in the TV series.
Type

ONA

Episodes

2

Ep.Length

0 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2012-03-29

Bakuman. 2nd Season

(Bakuman. 2)

8.17

Description:

With the serialization of their new manga, "Detective Trap," the writer-artist team, Akito Takagi and Moritaka Mashiro, better known by their pseudonym Ashirogi Muto, are one step closer to becoming world-renowned mangaka. For Mashiro, however, serialization is just the first step. Having promised to marry his childhood sweetheart and aspiring voice actress, Azuki Miho, once his manga gets an anime adaptation, Mashiro must continue his to popularize Ashirogi's work. A tremendously competitive cast of ambitious mangaka—including the wild genius, Eiji Niizuma; the elegant student, Yuriko Aoki, and her older admirer and partner, Takurou Nakai; the lazy prodigy, Kazuya Hiramaru; and the abrasive artist, Shinta Fukuda—both support and compete against Ashirogi Muto in creating the next big hit. As they adjust to their young and seemingly untested new editor, the dynamic duo struggle to maintain their current serialization, secure the top stop in Shounen Jack, and ultimately, achieve an anime adaptation of their manga. With new rivals and friends, Bakuman. 2nd Season continues Takagi and Mashiro's inspiring story of hard work and young love. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Type

TV

Episodes

25

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2011-10-01

HenSemi (TV)

6.43

Description:

Matsutaka Nanako is a normal university student, who happened to enroll in an Abnormal Physiology seminar. She tries to keep her mental state sound, but other abnormal classmates start to influence her personality... (Source: MU)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

12 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2011-04-08

HenSemi

6.47

Description:

Matsutaka Nanako is a normal university student, who happened to enroll in an Abnormal Physiology seminar. She tries to keep her mental state sound, but other abnormal classmates start to influence her personality... (Source: MU)
Type

OVA

Episodes

2

Ep.Length

26 Min

Rating

Mild Nudity

Status

finished

Aired

2010-07-23

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