What is Elementary School anime?

The term elementary school is used in some countries for schools where children from the age of about five receive primary education.

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Kyou no 5 no 2

(Today in Class 5-2)

7.17

Description:

Kyou no Go no Ni revolves around Sato Ryota, a 5th grader in an elementary school. He is a bright and active boy but always manages to get in to a bit of ecchi trouble with his female classmates.
Type

OVA

Episodes

4

Ep.Length

29 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2006-03-24

Recorder to Randoseru Re♪

(Recorder and Randsell Re)

6.72

Description:

Second season.
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

3 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2012-04-04

Kodomo no Jikan: Ni Gakki

7.08

Description:

The second season of Kodomo no Jikan.
Type

OVA

Episodes

3

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2009-02-20

Kodomo no Jikan OVA

7.14

Description:

A series of OVA episodes released with the limited edition manga volumes.Episode 01: What You Gave Me (Anata ga Watashi ni Kureta Mono) Kokonoe, Usa, and Kagami go shopping for a present for Sensei. Eventually Kokonoe decides to make one and they all end up spending the night at her house. Along the way we learn more about Usa's love for Reiji, Kagami's love for Kokonoe, and Kokonoe's love for Sensei. Episode 02: Kuro-chan, Shiro-chan (Kuro-chan to Shiro-chan) Kuro-chan tries to become friends with Shirai-sensei.Episode 03: A Child's Summer Time (Kodomo no Natsu Jikan) The girls, Aoki and Houin go into the country to visit Aoki's family.
Type

OVA

Episodes

3

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Mild Nudity

Status

finished

Aired

2007-09-11

12-sai.: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki

6.4

Description:

The story begins with Hanabi, a sixth-grade girl who is neither an adult nor a child. She deals with issues such as accidentally witnessing her homeroom teacher kissing, and worrying about experiencing physiological changes before her friends. The series depicts a 12-year-old girl's innocent worries and first love. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Children

Status

finished

Aired

2016-04-04

Hinata no Aoshigure

7

Description:

Hinata is very good at drawing and falls in love with his classmate, Shigure; however, Hinata is not good at talking to people, so he keeps his feelings in his imagination and drawings. Then, Shigure's family decides to move to another town. On the day of their move, Hinata says to himself, "I must tell her my feelings!" and starts to chase after the train which is taking Shigure away. (Source: MAL)
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

18 Min

Rating

Children

Status

finished

Aired

2013-11-09

Mujaki no Rakuen

(Paradise of Innocence)

5.7

Description:

Shouta Handa is a jobless 25 year old who is sick and tired of his boring life. One evening, at the class reunion, he gets to meet all of the cute girls that used to be his classmates. He soon discovers that they are all successful with interesting careers, and even more importantly—really beautiful now, with bigger curves. Unfortunately, it seems that they are all aware of his boring, unsuccessful life, so they mock him and call him a loser, just like in the old days. Everything changes when Shouta goes for a walk to have a smoke and accidentally falls into the school swimming pool. This triggers a supernatural phenomenon that takes him back ten years into the past. He finds himself in the same swimming pool during swimming class, surrounded by his female classmates in bikinis. How is Shouta going to deal with their cuteness and closeness now that he is a grown man in a boy's body?
Type

OVA

Episodes

3

Ep.Length

26 Min

Rating

Mild Nudity

Status

finished

Aired

2014-08-29

Pupipo!

6.71

Description:

Himeji Wakaba is a 5th year elementary school student, and she has the ability to see things that others can't. They are mostly frightening evil spirits, and they tend to do bad things to people who are close to her. As a result, Wakaba has no friends and rarely smiles. On a couple of occasions, she brings home stray animals, but her parents won't let her keep them. However, they're worried about their sad, creepy daughter, so one day they decide that whatever Wakaba brings home next, they'll let her keep. The next thing she brings home is a pink monster called "Pupipo", but her parents stand by their decision and let her keep it. No one is quite sure what Pupipo is, but it protects Wakaba from the other things she sees. Pupipo also helps Wakaba make friends with an occult-obsessed transfer student and solve problems with bullying. Wakaba's life is a much better place with her pet pink monster! (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

TV

Episodes

15

Ep.Length

4 Min

Rating

Children

Status

finished

Aired

2013-12-21

Youkai Watch

(Yo-kai Watch)

6.6

Description:

Primary school student Keita Amano's curiosity is as innocent as any other child's his age. But when one day he decides to venture deeper into the forest, he encounters a small and mysterious capsule. Out from its depths comes Whisper. After 190 years of imprisonment, this ghost-like creature is glad that someone has been kind enough to set him free. He decides to reward Keita by becoming his guardian against supernatural forces. Whisper is one of many Youkai that exist in the world, and provides Keita with a special Youkai Watch, which enables him to see and interact with all the other Youkai.Youkai Watch follows Keita, Whisper and the cat spirit Jibanyan as they encounter Youkai, befriend them, fix all the trouble that they so often cause, and, with the help of the watch, use the powers of previously encountered Youkai to aid them. Young Keita may have been just an ordinary primary school student when he first encountered the Youkai, but the many adventures that follow his discovery provide him with invaluable experiences and precious life lessons that help him grow.
Type

TV

Episodes

214

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

2014-01-08

Pita Ten

(Pita-Ten)

6.94

Description:

Kotaro was pretty much supposed to be your average boy, worried about the pressures of education while enjoying a simple life with his friends. Much to his despair, he one day finds the overly cheerful Misha at his door, asking to be friends out of nowhere. Even more shocking is that Misha is an apprentice angel, yet she does more bad then good. Along with Kotaro's school friends Takashi and Koboshi and the so called devil Shia (once again being able to do more good then bad), the group of friends spend their days getting into all sorts of adventures and troubles. Based on the manga by Koge-Donbo.
Type

TV

Episodes

26

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

2002-04-07

Ojamajo Doremi Sharp

7.38

Description:

At the end of the first season, Doremi and her friends all had to give up their witch powers and be normal girls again. This also meant that they couldn't see Majorika, Lala, and the fairies again. The MAHO-Dou was also deserted and the door to the Majokai was locked. The Queen, having seen all this through her crystal ball, secretly makes it so that Doremi and co. all end up heading into the Majokai again, with the excuse to return Majorika's hair dryer. However they end up stumbling into a garden, and one of the roses reveals a baby! The Queen tells the girls that they must raise the baby for a whole year. To help them, they receive newer and stronger witch powers than before! The adventure isn't over yet!
Type

TV

Episodes

49

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

2000-02-06

Jigoku Sensei Nube

(Hell Teacher Nube)

7.33

Description:

Nube is a clumsy, easygoing, and very kind teacher, but he has a secret under his glove on the left hand. He has a monster hand, and he also has the ability to sense ghosts and evil spirits. So he protects his dear students from these evil spirits with his monster hand, proving to be very powerful. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

49

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

1996-04-13

Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru

7.15

Description:

Tsubasa Shiina is a 10-year-old girl who recently moved to Hokkaido to live with her father. In school, she is very quiet and unsociable with her classmates. Then one night, she witnesses a UFO crash in the forest near her home. She rushes to the scene and finds the pilot, codenamed "D.D.", in a barely stable condition. Also in the scene is a Maguar, a hideous alien that hatched aboard D.D.'s ship. As the Maguar is close to taking Tsubasa's life, an alien lifeform fuses with her body to form the Riberus battle armor Figure 17, which shortly destroys the alien threat. The life form takes the name Hikaru and turns into an identical twin of Tsubasa. As time passes, Tsubasa becomes more open to everyone around her, thanks to her new twin sister Hikaru. However, with Maguar eggs scattered all over Hokkaido, their ability to form Figure 17 is needed to eliminate all hatched Maguars until backup from D.D.'s home planet arrives on Earth. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

46 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2001-05-27

Hanada Shounen-shi

7.57

Description:

Young Ichiro Hanada lives with his parents and grandfather in a quiet rural town. He is a little brat who constantly teases his sister, insults his mother, fights with everybody, and eats a lot. Ichiro has a near-death experience when he is hit by a truck, and when he wakes up he can see and talk to spirits. The spirits of people who have just died but who cannot pass on yet seek him out. They have some unresolved issue in their lives that is holding them back, and Ichiro must help them out.
Type

TV

Episodes

25

Ep.Length

25 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2002-10-02

Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami

(Magical Angel Creamy Mami)

7.16

Description:

Creamy Mami is about a young girl, Yuu, who after seeing a spaceship is given the power to use magic for one year. She is also given 2 cats, Poji and Nega, to watch over and guide her. Using her magic powers to transform into the idol Creamy Mami, Yuu must work hard at acting, singing, helping her parents at their crepe shop, fighting aliens and bad guys, going to school, plus try to get the affections of her childhood friend Toshio. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

52

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

1983-07-01

Jungle wa Itsumo Hare nochi Guu Deluxe

(Haré+Guu Deluxe)

7.68

Description:

After the events in the city, Haré and family come back to the Jungle. But it is never calm for Haré as he first must deal with an unstable substitute teacher, then with some big news: Weda is pregnant. The answer to how and who will change his family forever. Poor Haré, now has to deal with a father in addition to his drunk mother and Guu, and soon a sibling too. (Source: ANN)
Type

OVA

Episodes

6

Ep.Length

26 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2002-08-25

Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho

7.78

Description:

Na-i-sho is a 13 episode OAV series detailing the summer between the ~motto~ and the Dokkaan season. It is a bit more mature than the TV seasons, and looks to develop each of the five witches romantically. Hana is back to a baby, and the mahou shop is a bakery. (Source: ANN)
Type

OVA

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

25 Min

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

2004-06-26

Kyou no 5 no 2 (TV): Takarabako

7.19

Description:

An OVA bundled with the limited edition of the tankobon of the Kyou no Go no Ni manga. The staff and the cast of the OVA are the same as those of the Kyou no Go no Ni TV anime.
Type

OVA

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

28 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2009-10-06

Kodomo no Omocha

7.13

Description:

The Kodomo No Omocha OVA is a thirty-minute animation video that was made before the TV series. It covers the first volume of the manga, so it's equivalent to TV episodes 1-6. It relates Sana's troubles with Hayama at school as a result of the "oyakodon baka" situation and culminates when Hayama's dad and sister realize their mistakes thanks to Sana's efforts. (Source: AniDB)
Type

OVA

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

30 Min

Rating

Children

Status

finished

Aired

1995-12-16

Chibi Maruko-chan

7.51

Description:

Momoko Sakura is an elementary school student who likes popular idol Momoe Yamaguchi and mangas. She is often called "Chibi Maruko-chan" due to her young age and small size. She lives together with her parents, her grandparents and her elder sister in a little town. In school, she has many friends with whom she studies and plays together everyday, including her close pal, Tama-chan; the student committee members, Maruo-kun and Migiwa-san; and the B-class trio: 'little master' Hanawa-kun, Hamaji-Bu Taro and Sekiguchi-kun. This is a fun-loving and enjoyable anime that portrays the simple things in life. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

142

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

1990-01-07

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