Best Romance Anime of 1995

SuperS focuses primarily on Chibi-usa and the Sailor Guardians. A fresh threat, the Dead Moon Circus, has emerged. Their goal is to locate the Golden Dream Mirror, which they intend to use to dominate the world. To achieve this, the villains target innocent people, stealing their Dream Mirrors and draining their energy. Chibi-usa gains a new companion in Pegasus. This season also features the Sailor Senshi acquiring enhanced abilities.

While exploring the National Library, Miaka Yuuki and Yui Hongo come across an odd antique book that emits a red glow, pulling them into a foreign realm. Upon arriving, they face hostile slave dealers and manage to flee with aid from Tamahome, a strong young man marked with a Chinese character on his forehead. However, the red light soon reappears, whisking Yui away. Determined to find her friend, Miaka seeks Tamahome's help. The situation intensifies when they meet Emperor Hotohori, who thinks Miaka is the prophesied priestess of the kingdom's guardian deity, Suzaku. By assembling the god's seven Celestial Warriors, the priestess can call upon Suzaku to grant any wish. Hotohori hopes this will rescue his nation, and since it also seems like a good way to solve Miaka's problems, he persuades her to take on the role. Back at the library, Yui realizes she has returned alone. Unable to act, she watches helplessly as Miaka undertakes brave challenges as the heroine of the mysterious book.

Tenchi Masaki's ordinary existence is turned upside down when a spaceship belonging to the notorious space pirate Ryouko Hakubi is shot down and crashes near his family's temple. By rescuing Ryouko, Tenchi unknowingly sets off a chain of events that brings a group of alien women from diverse backgrounds into his home. Among them are the refined Princess Aeka of Jurai and her cheerful younger sister Princess Sasami; the absent-minded first-class detective Mihoshi Kuramitsu and her more competent partner Kiyone Makibi; and the eccentric, brilliant scientist Washuu Hakubi. These six women try to adjust to their new surroundings, but their advanced and exotic ways clash with the simple customs of Earth. This often leads to chaos and trouble for the beleaguered Tenchi. Despite the constant headaches they cause, Tenchi starts to develop close bonds with each of them. Through these relationships, he begins to understand his own place in the universe more deeply.

Only a short while has elapsed since the Magic Knights faced Princess Emeraude’s "Mashin" in their final battle. Still troubled by the princess’s death, Hikaru Shidou returns to Tokyo Tower. There she reunites with her friends Umi Ryuuzaki and Fuu Hououji for the first time after their sudden mission to rescue Cephiro. Haunted by dreams of the realm she left behind, Hikaru is comforted to discover that her companions also wish to go back and serve the kingdom they once worked so hard to protect. The Magic Knights’ desire is granted, because atop Tokyo Tower, the three are dazzled by the same intense light they witnessed on the day they first met. Once again riding a flying fish, they return to Cephiro—a land now barren and shattered. With the Pillar’s power broken, monsters wander freely, and three nations try to annex Cephiro in hopes of claiming the Pillar for themselves. Adding to the difficulty is the mysterious Lady Debonair, who declares she is the true successor of the fallen country. Facing even greater dangers and completely different foes, the three Magic Knights set out anew to rescue Cephiro and restore peace. United by the bonds they have created, the trio stands strong against this immense challenge.

Sixteen-year-old Mikako Kouda dreams of launching her own clothing line, so she studies at the prestigious Yazawa Art School alongside her childhood friend Tsutomu Yamaguchi. Their constant teasing and close bond lead those around them to suspect romance, but both insist they view each other purely as friends. Everything shifts when Tsutomu begins to resemble Ken Nakagawa—the lead singer of the popular band Manbou—and suddenly attracts attention from girls. This development forces the childhood friends to reconsider what love, friendship, and their true connection really mean.

Three known realms exist: the human world, the angel world, and the devil world. The evil queen Raindevilla seeks to annihilate the angel world with the aid of her numerous devil followers. The goddess Aphrodite dispatches an angel named Limone to the human world to summon three love angels—Momoko Hanasaki, Yuri Tanima, and Hinagiku Tamano—who transform into Angel Lilly, Angel Daisy, and Wedding Peach. These three girls must battle the devils' evil forces, face their own personal struggles, and bring peace back to the angel realm by collecting all fragments of the Sacred Four Somethings (or Saint Something Four) and vanquish the evil queen once and for all.

Meimi Haneoka is a fourteen-year-old who lives a double life: by day, an ordinary girl, and by night, she becomes Saint Tail, a modern-day Robin Hood who steals from thieves and returns stolen goods to their rightful owners. She is assisted by her friend Seira Mimori, a nun-in-training, and is pursued by her classmate and future love interest, Daiki Asuka, who goes by the nickname Asuka Jr.

Makoto Mizuhara, a high school science prodigy, is busy readying his latest invention for the school festival with his best friend Nanami Jinnai at his side. Nanami's brother, the scheming student council president Katsuhiko Jinnai, is under fire for botching the festival arrangements and suspects Makoto is scheming to take over his role. One evening, while Makoto, Nanami, and their teacher Masamichi Fujisawa are taking a rest, Jinnai slips into the science lab and tampers with Makoto's device. This triggers a sudden portal that hurls all four of them into a different world! Upon arriving, Makoto finds himself under attack by a swarm of enormous insect-like monsters. Fleeing, he runs into Fujisawa and a young woman named Rune Venus. After Fujisawa drives the monsters off, a procession of officials shows up, searching for Rune—their princess. They explain to Makoto and Fujisawa that this realm is called El-Hazard and escort them to the palace of the kingdom of Roshtaria. Although her advisers are wary of the strangers, Rune declares them guests and quickly becomes friendly with Makoto. Not knowing that Nanami and Jinnai are also in this world, Makoto sets out to find a way back to Earth.

Hiro has two passions: baseball and porn, but after an elbow injury he gives up baseball and picks a school without a baseball team. His childhood friend Hikari attends a different school with baseball ace Hideo. Both of them wish Hiro hadn't quit baseball. Hiro joins the soccer team and meets Haruka, a very clumsy girl who is also the daughter of his father's boss. Haruka is the manager of the unofficial baseball club at Hiro's school. When the soccer team challenges the baseball club to a game, hoping to humiliate them, the baseball club nearly loses until Hiro, disgusted by the soccer team's arrogance, switches to the baseball club.

Azusa Noyama is a 12-year-old schoolgirl in the fifth grade, but everyone calls her Azuki-chan, a nickname she hates. When a new transfer student named Yuunosuke Ogasawara asks her about the nickname and says he likes it, Azuki falls in love with him. They begin dating, share a diary, and become boyfriend and girlfriend.

Isami Hanaoka is an ordinary fifth grader who is actually a descendant of the Shinsengumi. Along with her fellow descendants and classmates Soushi Yukimi and Toshi Tsukikage, she finds strange artifacts left by their ancestors in the basement of her home, along with a message urging them to "Fight the evil Kurotengu organization."