Best Harem Anime

Protagonists with various romance routes and vague romantic labels have always been a popular trope in fiction. Anime, however, ups the ante with its harem genre. This sitcom formula has withstood the test of time, and viewers can now consume a plethora of harem anime in case they want to see some hyperbolic gender dynamics and exaggerated attraction.

Some of the shows in this theme or genre can be rather “daring” or, worse, a crass representation of harem. However, there is also nothing wrong with an anime that aims to deliver more mature content, as long as it is handled well. If you are looking to start your journey, you should check out these upcoming shows since they are the best harem anime on the market. They cover everything, from dramas to parodies and action shonens.

Updated November 4, 2025 by Mark Sammut: I love harem anime, and Fall 2025 has an OK lineup. We have added a new show as a recommendation, and it is pretty angsty. Also, the galleries have been updated for all the best harem mentioned below.

Fall 2025 Harem Anime

Now, if you are like me, you are always looking for new harem anime to keep you busy. A nice collection of waifus or husbandos can help make this fall easier to get through, but does the current season have any harems? Well, so far, it is too early to say if any of these anime deserves to be mentioned among the genre’s greats.

Tales of Wedding Rings Season 2 is one of the many isekai anime airing as part of Fall 2025, and it has a harem built into its premise since Haruto needs to go around collecting princess rings while marrying them. Season 1 paid a bit too much attention to the main girl, Kyrstal, but hopefully the sequel will spread the love a bit more. If you are craving something that leans a bit more into ecchi territory, Hands off: Sawaranaide Kotesashi-kun is a valid option, although it will almost certainly be for adults only. It follows a guy who gets a job giving messages to female athletes.

While the above definitely have their value, and Ranma 1/2 can also technically qualify as a harem, let’s highlight two new shows that could hit the mark. They are also wildly different from each other.

Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle

Sometimes, you might not be sure if an anime is really a harem or just a rom-com with multiple girls; however, Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle’s trailer puts those fears to restas it cycles through all the girls who are part of Saku’s life. While popular enough, Saku has a reputation for being an all-around swell guy, although he is unfairly known as a ladies’ man. One day, he is tasked with bringing his shut-in male classman back to school, but doing so requires convincing Kenta that he is really just a great guy with plenty of female friends rather than the ultimate womanizer.

It is a pretty interesting take on a harem, especially the part where a guy is the inciting incident rather than a girl. The light novel and manga both have reasonably positive reputations, and the anime has been a solid adaptation so far. While nothing too unusual or incredible, Chitose has likable characters and a fun mix of drama and comedy, and it might be able to hit the mark with people just craving a school slice of life.

My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge!

The angstiest anime of Fall 2025, and I mean that as a compliment. Sometimes, you just want to watch a guy get sweet revenge on a group of mostly detestable villains, especially when he does it with a slightly evil grin. Although not great by any stretch of the imagination, My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha scratches that primal itch, while also working well as mindless dark fantasy entertainment. In a fantasy world where humans are the weakest of the weak, Light’s gacha ability seems to be particularly useless. He is tricked by a party and left to die in a dungeon, but he ends up unlocking his skill’s potential and summons an overpowered warrior. Mei will not be his last soldier.

Technically, Light himself is not OP, but his summons are completely committed to him; consequently, he might as well be Sung from Solo Leveling. The harem element comes from the fact that most of his summons are women, although there are a few other female characters as well. The series does not have a romantic bone in its body, but if you want to watch vengeance with a side of harem, My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha hits the mark.

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Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs

MyAnimeList: 7.32

Plenty of isekai anime lean into harem territory, but they do not always bring out the best in each other. These stories have a habit of emphasizing the most generic traits of both themes, resulting in forgettable slogs like In Another World With My Smartphone or The Fruit of Evolution. That said, exceptions exist that not only do justice to both isekai and harem conventions but also heighten their strengths. A few comedy series even manage to parody both genres quite well.

While The Eminence in Shadow is arguably the most popular example and has a huge roster of female characters, Cid (the male protagonist) is so far removed from a traditional harem lead that he disqualifies the show from a recommendation. Fortunately, Trapped in a Dating Sim qualifies as a harem anime that confidently pokes fun at the theme’s tropes, along with isekai and otome games.

At the behest of his sister, a guy is forced to complete a dating sim he hates. Once done, he quickly dies and reincarnates as a bit-part player in the same universe he detests. Armed with the required knowledge to live a cozy life, Leon sets out to play the game while also keeping out of trouble. That does not happen, and he soon finds himself attracting unwanted attention, including landing in the middle of a harem featuring the game’s heroine and villainess (who develop a surprisingly cute relationship).

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Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest

MyAnimeList: 6.72 (Season 1)

Shows only get one chance to make a first impression, and Arifureta struggled to hit the mark. While the light novel and manga are well-regarded, the anime notoriously stumbled out of the block during its first season, rushing through the story while delivering fairly substandard animation. The sequel seasons somewhat succeeded in steadying the ship, but the adaptation has yet to come close to matching the source material’s quality. Still, when viewed in a vacuum, Arifureta is a passable isekai power fantasy.

Arifureta is also kind of a weird harem, mostly because the story takes a while to go in that direction. The early episodes revolve primarily around Hajime and Yue, who build a fun dynamic that makes them seem like soul-mates. Consequently, when the other girls are introduced, they arguably get in the way of the core romance, despite being decent characters in their own right.

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Amagami SS

MyAnimeList: 7.28 (Season 1)

Amagami SS offers a more relatable and grounded main character for a harem story. It’s about Junichi Tachibana, who has been suffering from social anxiety ever since getting stood up on a date a couple of years back. However, his luck at romance begins to turn around when, suddenly, several girls start showing interest in him once again.

To add to Junichiro’s dilemma, all of them are interesting stereotypes of high school girls in anime. Amagami SS is a fairly wholesome take on the often mature harem genre, and the anime generally opts against fan service.

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Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls

MyAnimeList: 6.93

Look, there is no escaping that harem anime occasionally cross into the ecchi genre. Heck, some of the most popular releases rely VERY heavily on fanservice, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that when it is done in good taste. Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls is one of the more famous examples of this marriage, although it is not quite as perverse as some other shows that demand to be watched in the dark and with headphones.

As suggested by its title, Monster Musume is about a guy who starts living with a bunch of monster girls in an attempt to help the latter integrate into human society. Rather than cycling through archetypes or hair colors, the anime puts together a roster of fantasy races, including classics like lamia, harpy, and centaur, along with more unusual ones like arachne. While their personalities are not really that atypical for harems, Monster Musume’s girls might have the most diverse and unique designs in the entire genre. After a few episodes, I was just having fun seeing what new race the anime would introduce.

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Tsugumomo

MyAnimeList: 7.03 (Season 1)

Harem has a negative reputation, but you need to know what to expect when going into these shows. While not devoid of mature or ambitious stories, most harem anime present light entertainment with some humor, some action, and some fanservice. They rely on well-established formulas, taking basic comedy or battle shonen routines and then throwing a few extra waifus into the mix. Tsugumomo is like the most “harem” action anime to ever harem, making it an obvious recommendation for people into the genre and an easy skip for everyone else.

All about sentient objects, the show follows Kazuya, who ends up paired with Kiriha, his mother’s obi who takes the form of a girl. Another female character, Kukuri, quickly joins their relationship, and she is hardly the only one. Tsugumomo plays out like a battle shonen, with the main trio taking on different spirits, while also engaging in silly shenanigans. The anime is mostly just passable, although it does lean into fanservice more than the average harem anime. The sequel season is a bit better than its predecessor.

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Trinity Seven

MyAnimeList: 7.04

Although not as common as rom-coms, the harem genre occasionally crosses over with action, delivering shows that try to blend fanservice with battle-shonen goodness. While High School DxD and Date a Live represent this marriage’s ideal, they are exceptions to the rule, with most battle harems falling flat. Anime like Blade Dance of the Elementalers, Demon King Daimao, The Testament of Sister New Devil, and Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero are difficult to recommend to anyone but die-hard harem fans, and their action setpieces are arguably their weakest points. Still, they are not terrible, just very niche.

Trinity Seven serves as a better example of this type of show, one that can be enjoyed for both its harem and fights. Now, just to be clear, the action is nowhere near the level of some of that genre’s greatest offerings. However, when reviewed within the context of battle harems, Trinity Seven fares better than most of its competitors. The power system is relatively interesting, if a touch convoluted, and the idea of basing the girls on the seven deadly sins is an intriguing one. Arata is a pretty great harem lead who is not afraid to be direct, and the girls are the same to an extent.

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The Shiunji Family Children

MyAnimeList: 7.12

Due to being based on a manga by the author responsible for Rent-a-Girlfriend, The Shiunji Family Children was always destined to attract some attention, especially since the show also revolves around a harem featuring adopted siblings. If you are like me, you might have tuned into this series in the hope of seeing a glorious trainwreck, one that fits comfortably into the “trash” category. Just to be clear, I love a good trashy anime.

However, The Shiunji Family Children is surprisingly tame and, more importantly, ordinary. For the most part, this is a pretty by-the-numbers harem anime, taking very few risks beyond its sibling set-up. Even that aspect is somewhat underplayed, especially since all the girls seem to immediately develop an interest in somebody they believed was their brother for more than a decade.

While not the messy journey that some people might have craved, The Shiunji Family Children is a perfectly enjoyable genre representative. The characters are generally quite likable, and the girls are developed just enough not to fall squarely into archetypes. Arata is also a solid main lead who mostly wants to do right by his family.

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Oresuki: Are you the only one who loves me?

MyAnimeList: 7.30

Harem is such an inherently ridiculous concept that it seems designed to inspire parodies. Shows like Girlfriend, Girlfriend supercharge the male MC’s stupidity to the point of absurdity, producing a style of humor that most people will either love or detest. If you are craving a comedy that pokes fun at harem tropes while still delivering the same thrills as the genre’s traditional entries, Oresuki is a fantastic option.

Firstly, Joro is a genuinely hilarious protagonist, and his attempts to lead a double life while dealing with a female stalker are a constant blast. Secondly, the anime is just about self-aware enough to avoid melodrama, while still presenting its characters as real-ish people rather than punchlines. Thirdly, the girls are pretty charming, even if there are a few too many of them. As Joro’s stalker and the obvious main girl, Sumireko is the star attraction, although she mostly slips into a straight-woman role as the season progresses. Lastly, Oresuki is split into well-defined arcs that keep things relatively fresh.

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Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze

MyAnimeList: 7.67

A harem’s main selling point is the lineup of girls who are fighting for the lead’s affection. At least, that sounds right on paper, but in truth, a show’s quality is often directly related to its male protagonist. If the MC sucks, the anime sucks. If the MC rules, the anime tends to be pretty good.

Summer 2025’s Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze serves as a recent example of this relationship, as Yuu Ayase, the guy at the heart of the harem, hard-carries the anime on his (narratively) mediocre shoulders. Don’t get me wrong, the sisters – Niko, Miwa, and Kazuki – are perfectly fine love interests who come pre-installed with passions that give them something to chase besides Yuu’s attention. However, they are not interesting enough on their own to justify recommending this series, especially since they are mostly going through the same arc.

However, Yuu is awesome. Now, to be clear, he is pretty oblivious when it comes to noticing the girls’ growing interest in him, although this cliché is explained by an inferiority complex stemming from his failure to live up to his mother’s celebrity status. Besides that, Yuu is a driven guy who stands his ground when faced with the sisters’ initial arrogance and resistance, since they look down on him for not being gifted. He tries hard, knows his limitations, does not turn into a bumbling idiot around girls, and calls out bad behavior. Honestly, he is the best boy and girl rolled into one.

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Saber Marionette J

MyAnimeList: 7.38 (Season 1)

An oldie but a goodie, Saber Marionette J is a childhood classic for a lot of millennials today. This harem anime is quite a handful as it combines several other genres, ranging from mecha to comedy. It takes place on a colonized planet far from Earth where the women are merely androids called Marionettes due to a failed expedition that killed off the female part of the colony.

Marionettes were inherently emotionless, but one day, a special boy found three unique examples that showed the ability to be empathetic. Therefore, it’s up to the boy to teach the three Marionettes what it means to be human while preventing war.