The Greatest Romantic Comedy Anime?

[Lizzy]

Kare Kano meets both.
Tho the anime is only good till a little over the middle. Gainax fked it up afterwards. Considering that the story ends with no sequal I guess that doesn't matter that much anyway. I read the manga till the end and hope that some day they'll pick up the animation again.
It's funny and sweet.

[Stsin]

Kare Kano meets both.
Tho the anime is only good till a little over the middle. Gainax fked it up afterwards. Considering that the story ends with no sequal I guess that doesn't matter that much anyway. I read the manga till the end and hope that some day they'll pick up the animation again.
It's funny and sweet.

While it has the elements of what you believe a romance should be, the latter part destroys it from becoming a recommendation for the Greatest Romantic Comedy.  They build up the tension just before the school play...then quickly drop it and go off on a tangent reminiscint of the end of NGE.  It was insulting and viewers should not have been led to watch it.  No matter who is to blame, it is what it is.

Well, a series I haven't seen listed yet is REC.  It's short, but not incomplete.

[LordMorgh]

Well if you have take a very loose definition of both the comedy and romance part, I would have to say Spice and Wolf.

The reason I say loose is that while it has both romance and great comedy, its not a romcom. But at least it definitely fulfills the 'epic' requirement (IMO)

This one looks really good. Thanks!

[Prilouch]

Romantic Comedies huh?


Well at first.... I'll recommend

Lovely Complex and Nodame Cantabile (both pretty amusing) 


But i really liked Seto No Hanayome.... 

Its one of my top anime favorites.....


While Clannad is Hmm..... I think its good enough...... 

[svenningen]

1. Naruto
2. Bleach
3. One Piece  (i feel standard, huh)
4. Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro Chan (maybe mispelled? i laughed so i starter crying)
5. Princess Mononoke
6. FLCL - fooly cooly <3
7. the rest of studio ghibley <3
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[Lupin]

1. Naruto
2. Bleach
3. One Piece  (i feel standard, huh)
4. Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro Chan (maybe mispelled? i laughed so i starter crying)
5. Princess Mononoke
6. FLCL - fooly cooly <3
7. the rest of studio ghibley <3
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9.
10.

wrong thread!

maison ikkoku is one of the good romantic comedies out there.

[Lizzy]

The second season was, in my opinion, nowhere near as good as the first. You might like it more, though, because it was definitely more romantic than its predecessor. However, I found that the second season suffered from pacing problems as a couple episodes felt rushed. Chiaki and Megumi's relationship does get some development, and it does leave the viewer wanting more for the third season, though, so overall it wasn't bad.

Yeah, it lacked the spice and competition and amount of music from the first season (I even missed the gay timpanist - lol). However I liked the animation better, the orchestras weren't just still images zoomed in and out but actually lively, even when it was noticeably sucky 3d cgi motion -.- With the missing gays around Chiaki it wasn't so silly anymore but still very funny (Nodame's mouseface rocks).

Well for the wanted romantic part I gave up on this anyway (knowing the 1st season I didn't expect anything from the sequel). That story seems to be a really long term story, so the first and second season cannot handle it in that aspect (the pace). I guess season 1-3 must be seen as a whole. Assume the manga is far better in that point, but of course lacks all the music :>
A somewhat real relationship is at least formed now (Chiaki still often behaved unrealistically/unbelievably when it comes to her - weird - but expected... just as in season 1)... took them long enough... 4 years of her affection to be precise.

Looking forward to the 3rd season :3

[relic2279]

I might be the only person looking forward to the new 2 live action specials more then the 3rd season.

[Lizzy]

Maybe. ^^
I tried anime > life action (Death Note, Kimi wa Pet) but it was just such a different feeling to an anime... it was yuck... totally silly and stupid (esp. Kimi wa Pet - dropped it after 5-6 eps) Think I can't get myself to like such adaptations... tho the HanaKimi episode I watched was damn funny and I wasn't so much against it. Still silly in a bad way. Maybe I'm too old for that. Anime is like a fantasy world, I don't connect it to the real world. Well... I'm looking forward to any NGE live action ^^

As for Nodame, I hope the future eps will show what happened to the other people too.
Another thing I disliked in the 1st season, it was often too Chiaki focused. Mr. Perfect was too perfect... his fear of flying didn't make up for it.

[Binny922]

Hm this one's really hard....I don't really like watching animes that focus mosty on the relationship, cause from what I noticed they become harem-esque animes...-shudder-

But I think the first 2 that came to my mind were Clannad and Karin. Both of which I really enjoyed. Clannad kind of had a harem undertone but it wasn't so prominent that you began hating the other girls in turn for your favorite (at least I didn't). And Karin....well you'd just have to watch it to understand but it's cute hilarious and atypical (to me at least).

[Tatsujin]

just wanted to say you guys rock, because box rocks. ROMANCE FOR THE WIN! And comedy, and action, and sci-fi, and everything else.

Nodame Cantiable could be one of them too. Itazura na Kiss as well.

[lStealtherl]

Nodame Cantabile is the best romantic comedy I can think of as well.

Taking a looser stance, Honey & Clover and Bokura ga Ita are two animes worthy of mentioning as well.

[fohfoh]

Lovely Complex indeed was good. I actually laughed quite a bit.
Does Fumoffu count?
Nodame Counts? Hmm... I'll toss another vote for it.
Suzuka was good back then... idk if comedy counts for it though...
Ouran was funny. Comedy? Yes. Romance... kinda.

[longdong]

Hm this one's really hard....I don't really like watching animes that focus mosty on the relationship, cause from what I noticed they become harem-esque animes...-shudder-

But I think the first 2 that came to my mind were Clannad and Karin. Both of which I really enjoyed. Clannad kind of had a harem undertone but it wasn't so prominent that you began hating the other girls in turn for your favorite (at least I didn't). And Karin....well you'd just have to watch it to understand but it's cute hilarious and atypical (to me at least).

What? How do anime that focus on relationships become harem-like? Not only that, but romantic comedies usually don't focus mostly on the relationship(s). Good ones (ones that I like) balance comedy and romance, so the focus isn't on either one specifically.

Also, Clannad does not have "harem undertones." It is a harem, simple as that. As for Karin, I didn't like its romance so much, but to each his own, I guess.

You know, whatever floats your boat.

[Nikkoru]

Nodame Cantabile would probably get my first spot, if I included the second season in my thinking.

I kind of got sick of Chiaki's aerophobia being a major contention, seeing as you can take a boat for relatively the same costs these days - and his relative perfectness disoriented me as well. There were times when I wasn't sure if it was a romantic comedy or a niche slice-of-life, as no relationship was progressing, it was just various people drooling over Chiaki as he tried to ignore them and seek his dreams. Season two however, has been focusing more on the romantic aspect, and I've been enjoying it thoroughly.

Aishiteruze Baby would be my other contender, I enjoyed the warm tingly feeling the series left me with.

[fohfoh]

Most romantic turn into haremesque because of the relationships. There is some kind of tension between the chars which usually involve a third or more party member. Though I'd use a love triangle -> polygon over harem.

[affew]

School Rumble .

[Prilouch]

Romantic Comedies huh?


Well at first.... I'll recommend

Lovely Complex and Nodame Cantabile (both pretty amusing) 


But i really liked Seto No Hanayome.... 

Its one of my top anime favorites.....


While Clannad is Hmm..... I think its good enough...... 

When i first posted this.... I didn't knew about ToraDora

And Spice and Wolf


So thus i change my answers... 

[traen]

School Rumble .

Hell, it's about time.

I was lurking this list while throwing my hands through my hair.