Anime Set in the Countryside
Anime where things take place in the countryside or anywhere outside big cities.
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- StarsYûichi NakamuraShiho KokidoTomokazu SugitaSôta Tawara, a young web designer, comes to his hometown to escape the busy life of the city. He then stumbles upon a young kid only to be surprised by the fact that he is a Tanuki (a magical creature) and then it becomes a journey of rediscovery for Sôta.
- StarsTôru ÔkawaKôki UchiyamaKazuyuki OkitsuWhen many deaths occur in the quiet village of Sotoba, Doctor Toshio Ozaki initially suspects an epidemic but soon becomes convinced that something else is causing them.
- StarsEiko YamadaFumie KitaharaMichio HazamaBased on the books by Lucy Maud Montgomery, this 50 episode series tells the story of Anne Shirley, a young orphan living in 19th century Canada.
- StarsDaisuke OnoSuzuko HaraNozomi FurukiA proud young calligrapher is punished for punching a critic by being sent to a faraway island in the east coast of Japan. But as he meets and lives with the island's friendly people, his attitude begins to improve.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsHitoshi TakagiNoriko HidakaChika SakamotoWhen two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
- StarsKotori KoiwaiRie MurakawaAyane SakuraWhen Hotaru Ichijo transfers schools from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo to a quaint and quiet village in the countryside, she's in for a big adjustment. With her new quirky classmates, Hotaru adapts to her new life with daily adventures.
- StarsRyohei KimuraMarie MiyakeNobunaga ShimazakiIn order to escape his stressful city life, Hachiken enrolls in an agricultural school where he must learn a whole new way of life alongside a colorful cast of characters.
- DirectorTakahiro ÔmoriStarsKôki UchiyamaAyane SakuraShinpachi TsujiHotaru is rescued by a spirit when she gets lost in a forest as a child. The two become friends, despite the spirit revealing that he will disappear if he is ever touched by a human.
- CreatorBesamemuchoStarsMegan Taylor HarveyMakoCarrie SavageA middle school girl suddenly becomes a god. Now she must take on godly duties as well as attend school.
- StarsMatthew ElkinsHiroshi KamiyaKazuhiko InoueWhen Natsume Takashi inherits a book that belonged to his late grandmother he realizes the book is filled with the names of spirits she defeated and bound to her will. He then decides to return their names so they can be free once again.
- CreatorOsamu TezukaStarsJason DouglasRio SuzukiMugihitoSightless Hyakkimaru wields fearsome prosthetics in place of the limbs his father traded to 12 demons. When he encounters the young thief Dororo, the pair sets out to reclaim Hyakkimaru's body parts and survive the demon-infested world.
- StarsBrittney KarbowskiLuci ChristianDavid MatrangaTwo different students - a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent - form a friendship through their love for music.
- StarsAyaka NanaseReina UedaChika AnzaiCareer plans that didn’t work out lead five different girls to start working at a local tourism bureau where their lives become intertwined.
- StarsSayaka ÔharaMamiko NotoDaisuke SakaguchiFollow the life of Tadayasu Sawaki as he enrolls in an Agricultural University and learn about bacteria and viruses that he alone can see with the naked eye.
- StarsZach AguilarZeno RobinsonAlejandro SaabKimichika Haijima was a strong junior high school volleyball team member. After getting into trouble with the team, he moved to his mother's hometown and reunites with his childhood friend, Yuni Kuroba.
- CreatorMari OkadaStarsKanae ItôJun'ichi SuwabeAki ToyosakiOhana, a girl from Tokyo, is forced to leave her hometown to live at an inn with her grandmother whom she's never met. What awaits is her journey of friendship, love, self-discover and dreams.
- DirectorMakoto ShinkaiStarsRyunosuke KamikiMone KamishiraishiRyo NaritaTwo teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.
- StarsYûto NakanoTravis WillinghamKôjun ItôGinko is an expert travelling around to investigate a primeval life-form, the "Mushi," and helping people with Mushi-related supernatural problems.
- StarsAkira IshidaNanase HoshiiIn the land of Ryoza, the neighboring provinces of Shin-Ou and Tai-Kou have been at peace. Queen Shinou is the ruler of Ryoza and her greatest general, Grand Duke Taikou, defends the kingdom with his army of powerful war-lizards known as the "Touda." Although the two regions have enjoyed a long-standing alliance, mounting tensions threaten to spark a fierce civil war. Within Ake, a village in Tai-Kou tasked with raising the Grand Duke's army, lives Erin, a bright girl who spends her days watching the work of her mother Soyon, the village's head Touda doctor. But while under Soyon's care, a disastrous incident befalls the Grand Duke's strongest Touda, and the peace that Erin and her mother had been enjoying vanishes as Soyon is punished severely. In a desperate attempt to save her mother, Erin ends up falling in a river and is swept towards Shin-Ou. Unable to return home, Erin must learn to lead a new life with completely different people, all while hunting for the truth of both beasts and humanity itself, with tensions between the two regions constantly escalating.
- CreatorToshifumi KawaseRyukishi07StarsSôichirô HoshiMai NakaharaSatsuki YukinoThe story of a group of young friends and the mysterious events that occur in the rural village of Hinamizawa.
- DirectorKitarô KôsakaStarsSeiran KobayashiNana MizukiSatsumi MatsudaAfter losing her parents in a car accident, Okko starts living in the countryside with her grandmother who runs a traditional Japanese inn. While she prepares to be the next owner of the inn, Okko can somehow see friendly ghosts.
- StarsAtsushi AbeNatsumi TakamoriTomoaki MaenoA young man named, Koichi Sakakibara, transfers to a new school where he finds himself drawn into a mystery involving a mysterious girl and a series of gruesome deaths.
- StarsShinnosuke MitsushimaTao TsuchiyaMinami Takayama29-year-old Satoru Fujinuma is sent back in time 18 years to prevent the events leading to his mother's death, which began with a series of kidnappings while he was in 5th grade.
- StarsJessie James GrelleChris AyresAdam GibbsFour individuals' adventures on an island while fishing; Yuki, who is terrible at communicating and hence never made any real friends, Haru who attempts to teach Yuki fishing, Natsuki an irritable local and Akira who initially watches everyone from a distance.
- StarsMinami ShinodaEri SuzukiShinsuke SugawaraYoung witch Makoto moves to the beautiful countryside to live with her distant relatives and study witchcraft.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsMiki ImaiToshirô YanagibaYoko HonnaA twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.