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So what was the first anime/manga title to fit the genre that wasn't strictly a Magical Girlfriend series?

-Paul Soth

Depends on who you ask, since different people have different definitions of "harem anime." Kimagure Orange Road might be a contender. (It's got psychic powers, but they belong to the male main character and his relatives, not to any of the romantic interests.) The "harem" is pretty small though... a love triangle in the anime, and only one additional potential interest in the manga. If you're looking for entirely "normal," the oldest example I can think of would be one of the Dokyusei/Kakyusei/Graduation anime adapted from romance games. But those are pretty recent, and I'd wager there's something earlier. Shimeru


I have never heard of the term "harem anime". It sounds a little misleading because I think a manga like "Love Hina" is a bit too cute and comedy oriented to associate it with the word "harem". Maybye another phrase could subsitute it?

It's a fairly well-known term, and being cute or comedy-oriented isn't excluded from the definition. -- Antaeus Feldspar 23:34, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

"Ai Yori Aoshi" combines magical girlfriend with harem? Aoi doesn't have any magical powers. I thought magical powers were a defining characteristic of "Magical girlfriend"? - Nik42 05:55, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Hand Maid May

Would someone mind adding a listing for this anime? While it's fairly modern, I personally feel it's rather defining for the genre, plus it showcases many of the basic character types.

[edit] School Rumble

I think this one fits the bill, specifically for Harima Kenji's evolving interests in / living arrangements with various different girls as the series progresses. If Ranma fits the bill, I think School Rumble should as well.

School Rumble does not qulify for a harem comedy because it features multiple male leads in fairly significant roles.--Secretwanderer 04:18, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My-HiME/My-Otome

How do these two animes qualify as harem? The male "leads" in each series were only secondary characters, and they sure as hell didn't have a bunch of women swarming around them vying for their affection. And what little harem-like action they got was far from being important to the overall plot. Calling these two animes harem is really going overboard. You wouldn't call Love Hina a mystery anime just because it had a mystery plot in one of its episodes, would you?

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The "Mai" series should not be considered as Harem for the above explanation. In fact, the storyline can be unaffected after omitting the male characters. By definition, Harem requires a main central male character surrounded by females.

Instead, the series belong with Bishoujo. 75.32.32.165 18:10, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sakura Taisen

Does Sakura Taisen count as harem anime? Ougami has girls from Japan and then France... although he doesn't socialize with them much. --MaskedRiderGatack 09:44, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

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