Top 10 Wholesome, Heartwarming Slice of Life Anime

Sometimes you don't feel like watching an epic action anime, right? What about something peaceful, dealing with life, sometimes a little bit supernatural, with interesting and nice thoughts and concepts inside? Some anime have this aftertaste of harmony, leaving the viewers with slight smiles on their faces. This list is exactly about anime like that.

10. Wolf children

This anime focuses on a relationship between a human and werewolf. This concept of finding harmony between nature and human beings is always an interesting one and brings up several deep ideas. How would a human mother raise little werewolf kids with their human and also animal sides?

9. Shirobako

This is an anime about making an anime! What is it like to work in an anime studio? The plot of this anime is not very profound but each episode contains various interesting facts about anime industry and this anime is just a nice easy to watch show.

8. Ojiisan no Lamp

This is a nice short story about the clash of modern and traditional, from the time when Japan adopted the western technology. The way the old man tells his life story in this anime really brought back the precious memories of my grandmother who often used tell me various stories from her past.

7. Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū

This is a bittersweet story about two artists of a storytelling traditional Japanese art called rakugo. The anime deals with problems related to their career which is also deeply connected to their personal life, as is quite usual with people who value their art as their life itself. Aside from the emotional story, the anime shows a nice view of the historical Showa period.

6. March Comes In like a Lion

This might be a little more serious one but many people can probably relate. The main character is a young boy, a prodigy shogi (Japanese chess) player, who has to deal with both his professional career and also the evolution of his maturing character as he is slowly getting near to the adulhood. The psychology of the characters is pretty deep in this anime and it is also a nice slice of life from the modern Japan.

5. Miss Hokusai

A talented artist tries to get acknowledged in the Edo period. However, being a female is a great obstacle and the main heroine needs to stay strong and follow her passion, painting.

4. Sarai-ya Goyō

Samurai story but not about famous heroes and warriors. This story revolves around an ordinary samurai in an Edo period, showing the hardships of the life and also its beauties. It is a nice historical anime that nicely reflects the Edo culture.

3. Spirited Away

And not just that! All Ghibli movies are pure gold. The famous director Hayao Miyazaki often said that his inspiration came from nature and everyday life. The themes connected to the environment and human impact on it, relationships between humans and the power of imagination and fantasy are often manifested in these movies.

2. Mushishi

A solitary man walks around the country and helps people deal with supernatural phenomena, often connected to local spiritual beings. This episodic anime is full of interesting life stories of the clients who need help with things that cannot be solved by ordinary means. The whole anime has a mysterious atmosphere but is somewhat peaceful, showing countryside lifestyle with people deeply connected to nature.

1. Natsume Yuujinchou

This anime is for me one of the most heartwarming stories I have ever watched. There are not plot twists or epic battles. This anime is about a young boy who can see youkai, the supernatural beings from Japanese myths and old tales. Some are friendly, some not, but the main character always tries to find a peaceful way to sort things out. It is a nice and cute story mixing the Japanese mythology with modern world, where an ordinary boy is not entirely transported into the new world like in isekai anime. He still attends school, lives with his foster family, and tries to help people around him and...not just people.

I would also like to mention Saint Oniisan, a story about Buddha and Jesus living together in a modern Japan. If you are interested in religions, just watch this one. It is really nice to watch two saints just being kind to each other and living together as good friends, despite the differences between their religions, that lead to arguments between many of their followers in real world.

Keywords: harmony, peace, easy to watch, relaxing
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