If you are looking out for a typical romance based Anime like Gakuen Alice, then check out the collection we have for you out here. Most of these picks also contain a mixture of comedy and school life, which can be a very entertaining combination. Many of the main characters in the below mentioned titles have attitudes and personalities that you are sure to fall in love with within the first few episodes itself.
1. Fruits Basket:
At the top of our list of Anime similar to Gakuen Alice we have Fruits Basket for you. The story is about a girl named Tohru Honda who becomes recently orphaned when her mother dies in a car accident, forcing her to go and live with her grandfather. But when her grandfather’s place suddenly goes under renovation, she is again left homeless and starts to live in a tent.
However her luck slowly changes when she gets a channe to live with the family of one of the popular boys from her high school namely, Yuki Sohma. But what she didn’t know that the Sohma family is under the terrible curse of the Chinese zodiac where any member can turn into the animal their zodiac represents upon physical contact from the opposite sex. So now Honda has to figure out a way to help them after finding out this grave truth.
2. Kodomo no Omocha:
Here is another grade school romantic drama between a popular TV show host and the classroom punk. In the starting few episodes you will be shown the glamorous and hectic life of Sana, the host of a famous show called Child’s Toy and her frequent clashes with her classroom nemesis Akito.
Akito has a knack of continually disrupting the class and causing all sorts of chaos making the life of Sana a living hell. But the real story unfolds when Akito and Sana both slowly start developing strong feelings for each other despite their vastly different lives and personalities.
3. Kamichama Karin:
When you start watching Kamichama Karin you will be shown the seemingly tragic life of the main character Karin who is awful in sports and not so bright in school either. And her life gets even more miserable when her pet cat dies. But her fortune suddenly changes when she meets two boys named Kazune and Himeka.
It turns out that Karin is actually a goddess who can magically wield god-like powers with the help of a silver ring that her mother gave her. After she discovers this, her life changes completely and she even starts discovering the real identities of these two boys who met her and changed her life.
4. Shinshi Doumei Cross:
Shinshi Doumei Cross also known as The Gentlemen’s Alliance Cross is one more high school drama type of Gakuen Alice alternatives which we can add to this list. In the intro you will see a girl named Haine being sold to the Otomiya family for the price of 50 million yen. Haine now faces an identity crisis as he has trouble fitting into her new life as an Otomiya.
In this confused state chooses the dark path of becoming a gangster, but soon meets a charming boy named Shizumasa who inspires her to change her life. She soon becomes very attracted to him and even joined his school, the Imperial Academy to be with him. There is a lot of interesting drama which unfolds as Haine struggles to find her place in the Imperial Academy and win the heart of her love interest at the same time.
5. Kirarin Revolution:
Kirarin Revolution is based on one 14 year old schoolgirl’s determination to get the man of dreams against all odds. Even if it means getting into a life she never wanted in the first place. The story will start by showing you the female protagonist by name of Kirari who falls in love with a handsome guy.
But she didn’t know that he is a famous idol and part of a renowned band named SHIPS. Being adamant on winning his love, she will now attempt to become one of the world’s greatest idols. As she soon realizes, the road to becoming a successful idol is a difficult and treacherous one and filled with cutthroat rivals and wicked scandals.
6. Special A:
Special A is all about a team of seven highly gifted students. But the story mainly focuses on two main characters Kei and Hikari. In the beginning of the series you are shown the backgrounds of all of these seven geniuses and their special abilities that make them stand out from the rest of the school.
And there is also a constant rivalry and competition between the top two candidates i.e. Kei and Hikari. It is very fascinating to see this rivalry of theirs soon develop into something more, as they gradually begin to realize their attraction towards one another.
7. Itazura na Kiss:
The last option on this roster of Anime similar to Gakuen Alice is Itazura na Kiss. The romance theme is very apparently at the start out here. You are introduced to a girl by name of Kotoko who has fallen head over heels in love a super smart guy who is also another main character by name of Naoki. Besides the fact that Naoki is fabulously wealthy, another difference that sets Naoki apart from Kotoko is the fact that he is very smart while she is quite dumb.
Despite Naoki being constantly mean to Kotoko by called her an ‘idiot’ and ‘stupid girl’, she still persists in somehow making him eventually fall in love with her. There will be a lot of comic scenes involved in her attempts to win over the love of life and her persistence also does seem to pay off at times.
Conclusion:
These were seven of the most popular Anime like Gakuen Alice that show you different stories of certain characters and their dramatic high school lives. They also show you the various aspects of life of a normal high school teenage student and the problems they face in daily life in pursuit of fame, happiness, love etc.