Summary
Educational anime can cover a variety of genres and themes, demonstrating educational value in unexpected places. Anime like Bakuman, Wagnaria!!, and Food Wars! Seamlessly incorporate informative content into their stories. From behind the scenes of the comic book industry to details about the service industry and cooking techniques, educational cartoons provide an engaging and informative viewing experience.
The best educational cartoons are films that not only have something to teach but also keep viewers captivated by the content they are trying to convey. Furthermore, educational content is not necessarily the main focus of anime, as many shows perfectly integrate interesting events and specific thematic details into the main conflict or plot.
Anime series with rich content can also fall into many different genres, from science fiction to shounen to slice of life. There are no theoretical barriers to how far an anime can go because there are so many themes that have infinite depth. Shows like March Comes In Like a Lion educate about the rules of shogi, or Japanese chess, and the brutality of the professional arena, while shows like Food Wars! has spearheaded almost a new genre of cooking anime. This demonstrates that almost anything can have meaningful educational value.
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10 Bakuman provides behind-the-scenes information for Manga
Based on the manga by Obata Takeshi and Ohba Tsugumi
Year of release
2011
episode
75
Where to stream?
Crunchyroll, Tubi, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock
The Story of Bakuman, an anime produced by JC Staff, is a romantic comedy that is more than just jokes or writing love stories. The series is both entertaining in its storytelling value and informative, as it follows Mashiro Moritaka and Takagi Akito on their journey to becoming manga artists, or mangakas. In this dynamic duo, Mashiro’s role is to create the art, while Takagi writes the story, a strategy filled with countless trials and tribulations that push both characters to the limits of their development.
bakuman shows the true dark side of the manga industry, from editorial work to marketing, exposed to often underappreciated aspects of media. Any potential comic or manga author will certainly learn a lot from Mashiro and Takagi’s journey.
Bakuman’s manga is written by the same creators of Death Note.
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9 Wagnaria!! Demystifying the service industry
Based on the manga by Takatsu Karino
Year of release
2010
episode
40
Where to stream?
Crunchyroll
Anime Wagnaria!!, also known as Working!!, is a comedy-based film revolving around a small family restaurant named Wagnaria. The anime introduces a great cast, each with their own characteristics and reasons for entering the restaurant industry. The main character, Takanashi Souta, takes a part-time job seemingly on a whim, and Aoi Yamada is a runaway girl. As more and more personalities converge in this diner-like atmosphere, the thorny details of the service industry quickly come to light.
Through dealing with difficult customers, or simply learning how to balance a waiter’s plate, Waganaria!! shows that the work is hard, but with the right team, you can find endless joy.
There is a plugin called WWW.Working!! dedicated to a story with an alternate setting separate from the 40 episodes (3 seasons) of the original series but with the same inspiration.
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8 Food Wars! The episodes are cooking lessons repackaged
Based on the manga by Saeki Shun, Tsukuda Yuuto and Morisaki Yuki
Year of release
2015
episode
eighty six
Where to stream?
Crunchyroll, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Vudu, Roku Channel
Food fight! Shokugeki no Souma, produced by JC Staff, is the epitome of cooking anime, like Food Wars combines competition and school elements to comprehensively represent the world of foodies. The story follows protagonist Yukihira Souma, the son of a small restaurant chef, who enrolls in the prestigious and fierce Totsuki Culinary Academy. Among the upper class, Souma brings a unique but controversial sophistication developed from his work in the popular diner business.
With Soma’s adventures, Food Wars takes detail to the next level, like Every dish prepared in Food Wars! can be almost perfectly copied with the recipe provided by the series, bringing the cooking education television program to its peak.
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7 Silver Spoons Agriculture Is Self-Discovery
Based on the manga by Arakawa Hiromu
Year of release
two thousand and thirteen
episode
22
Where to stream?
Crunchyroll, Funimation
The comedy Silver Spoon is a story that quickly reveals its surprising educational value, as the anime follows Hachiken Yuugo, a talented student who decides to leave his traditional high school and enroll in a agricultural school despite having no knowledge of this subject. Hachiken is the embodiment of academic exhaustion and the anime shows that clearly. However, a new world of experiences awaits him in the context of agriculture including things like cheese making, cattle farming, industrial farming, horses, etc.
Through Hachiken, Silver Spoon provides a citizen’s perspective on the backend of how products are purchasedwhich culminates in an educational yet relevant experience.
Longtime anime fans may recognize Silver’s Spoon’s distinct art style as it is based on the manga by Fullmetal Alchemist creator Hiromu Arakawa.
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6 The rise of a bookworm infused modernity into medieval society
Based on the light novel by Kazuki Miya and Shiina You
Year of release
2019
episode
36
Where to stream?
Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime Video
Ascendance of a Bookworm is an anime with an unprecedented twist on the isekai genre, about a librarian who is crushed by the object of his worship and reincarnated into the body of a sick young girl in a dystopian world. The world is like the Middle Ages. The biggest conflict that arises in this story is that the primitive world that the main character Myne wakes up in has no books to tell, except for the upper class of society. As a book lover, Myne cannot accept that ordinary people do not have access to literature, and took it upon himself to modernize the world one “new” invention at a time, starting with shampoo.
Season 4 of Ascendance of a Bookworm has been announced but no release date has been confirmed.
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5 Chihayafuru teaches the arts of ancient Japan
Based on the manga by Suetsugu Yuki
Year of release
2011
episode
75
Where to stream?
Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime Video, Roku Channel
Chihayafuru is a sports anime that diverts from traditional sports but still has fierce competition mixed with literary beauty. The series focuses on Ayase Chihaya’s journey from childhood to adulthood along with the sport of Karuta, a game rooted in poetry. Karuta is similar to the game Concentration in that the cards need to be the same, but not much more than that, as there are complex strategies to enhance reaction time and the memory toll is close to that of games like chess king and shogi.
Chihayafuru not only teaches about perseverance but also about the beauty of writing through its compelling storyline and visuals.
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4 Dr. Stone rewinds time
Based on the manga by Inagaki Riichiro and Boichi
Year of release
2019
episode
58
Where to stream?
Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube
Dr. Stone is a science fiction anime produced by TMS Entertainment that follows curious and down-to-earth high school scientist Ishigami Senku, as he navigates through the Artificial Stone Age. One day, all humans on Earth were turned into stone and only 3700 years later did Senku awaken. Through his genius, Senku quickly finds a way to thaw the stone statues scattered throughout the ruined world and embarks on an adventure to rediscover the world and the mysteries that lead to the harrowing phenomenon. .
Dr. Stone providing a movie-set-like atmosphere while still finding space to add science lessonsfrom creating cola from scratch to metalworking.
Part 4 of Dr. Stone has been announced but no release date has been confirmed.
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3 A place farther than the universe Explore the North Pole
An original film directed by Ishizuka Atsuko
Year of release
2018
episode
13
Where to stream?
Crunchyroll, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
A Place Beyond Than the Universe is a lovely and inspiring anime produced by Madhouse, venturing into lands no anime has gone before. The story follows a group of four girls with almost nothing in common except the quickly realized goal of reaching the South Pole. Although this passion first began with Kobuchizawa Shirase, each of the four girls finds her own perspective on the enchanting nature of the icy landscape. However, they encounter one obstacle after another before leaving Japan, and A place farther than the universe takes the time to teach problem-solving lessons as well as practical training such as tenting and mining configurations.
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The 2 powers of Hetalia’s axis are personified by history
Based on the web manga by Himaruya Hidekaz
Year of release
2009
episode
52
Where to stream?
Crunchyroll, Tubi, Amazon Prime Video
Hetalia Axis Powers is a fun comedy anime produced by Studio Deen with a title almost identical to the content of the series. The anime follows a cast of characters named after the countries that participated in World War II. Although the story’s theme is serious, through the characters’ incarnations into the countries themselves, Hetalia offers satirical re-enactments of certain points in history.
Hetalia walks a sensitive line extremely well but succeeds in a way that is both sensitive and provides fun historical performances.
Hetalia Axis Powers has episodes that run as short as five minutes, but the series offers plenty of sequels, side stories, and spin-offs should the original series attract fervent interest.
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1 cell at work! Complete the construction of the biological world
Based on the manga by Shizimu Akane
Year of release
2018
episode
21
Where to stream?
Crunchyroll, Funimation, Amazon Prime Video
Produced by David Production, Cells at Work! is an anime with a somewhat absurd premise, as the whole thing is a biology lesson repackaged as a humorous depiction of the world inside the human body. Although the series is science-based, its diverse cast of characters allows for creative learning that is not found in any textbook.
Instead, the human body is transformed into an independent society that operates with cells in place of humans and their functions in place of work. Furthermore, each type of cell has a personality that accentuates its own purpose, from cheerful red blood cells, to militaristic killer T cells, and even cute platelets that resemble young children. learn. All this contributes to Cells at work! The best educational anime is still entertaining.
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