Best Ecchi Anime of 1999

Colorful! presents more than fifty brief narratives focusing on men, women, and their quests for a variety of desires. Among the characters are two college slackers and a gorgeous professor, a rattled news reporter, a alluring athlete alongside her coach, and a high school student so tall he rivals the Empire State Building. The anthology features a broad mix of situations, including run-ins with appealing fellow commuters, indecent taxi drivers, video collectors obsessed with underwear, captivating shoppers at the mall, and members of the fur fandom. Colorful! serves up a strange, daring, and humorous assortment of animation. For viewers seeking live-action, a behind-the-scenes documentary offers a look at the quirky cast and crew.

In "Iketeru Futari," sixteen-year-old Keisuke Saji spends his time fantasizing about attractive girls and becomes obsessed with Koizumi Akira, whom he sees as his ideal partner. However, Koizumi despises Saji and all men, expressing her hatred through violent behavior. Even though other boys recognize the clear signs of her hostility and the warnings in her actions, Saji continues to chase after her without giving up.

In "Amazing Nurse Nanako," Nanako serves as a clumsy nursing trainee under the talented young physician, Dr. Kouji. For reasons unknown to her, she finds herself pursued by various factions, causing her to question whether she has inadvertently committed some offense. However, the hidden truths about her history remain guarded, revealed solely to Dr. Kouji and his immediate family.

In "Ippatsu Kiki Musume," Kunyan becomes caught up in a series of hilariously chaotic adventures in each episode. The comedy is accompanied by a narrator who provides scientific explanations for the strange predicaments Kunyan faces.

Paraila was once an operative for a space warfare organization, but after breaking out of prison, she is declared a traitor by the interplanetary supreme court and becomes a fugitive. She then assembles a crew made up of an unsuspecting schoolteacher, a bazooka-obsessed girl, and one of Paraila's former allies. Together, they battle Paraila's enemies while striving to reach Earth in order to escape cosmic law enforcement.

The Nohara family teams up with the "Onsen G-Men," a covert government agency tasked with preserving every hot spring across Japan, to take on "Yuzame," a terrorist group that despises bathing and is scheming to eliminate all of the country's hot springs.

In the story "Sorcerer on the Rocks," the cold-hearted wizard Chivas Scotch accepts a job from Count Cuttlefish to eliminate a dangerous monster threatening a local village. However, the task goes wrong when Chivas cannot defeat the beast, compelling him to shift his mind into his attractive ally Gin Fizz.

Ten thousand years ago, Dangaizer acted as judge, jury, and executioner, condemning humanity to annihilation by reducing the world to cinders. Over time, civilization rebuilt itself and now stands once more at the height of its power. Among the survivors of humankind, the sinister organization Goma hides in the shadows, awaiting Dangaizer's return. This time, the race is to prevent the awakening of the three individuals capable of piloting Dangaizer and forcing the world under their dominion. Will the third pilot discover her true destiny and awaken in time, or will the future of the world fall into Goma's hands?

Anzu and Naruto Nozaki come into a considerable inheritance from their family. Naruto seems excessively protective of Anzu, displaying typical sis-con behavior, but his actions arise from genuine care since they are not blood related. He keeps her confined to the family mansion, using safety concerns as a pretext to cut her off from friends and social life. When Anzu turns sixteen, she begins to push back against his restrictions. She secretly adopts a kitten despite Naruto's dislike of cats, and later escapes by hiding in a delivery truck. Naruto locates her and understands that she cannot be kept locked up forever. He agrees to allow her to lead a normal life, but right at that moment, a tragic incident occurs.

Adapted from the manga of the same name, this tale centers on a high school student who locates a room in a boarding house for a mere 30,000 yen per month—approximately 300 USD. Despite the affordable price, this seemingly great deal hides a major catch.

At a high school located right by the ocean, three unpopular teenage boys—Abe, Nagaho, and Mita—spend more time messing around on the beach than hitting the books. Naturally, surfing always takes priority, but their other antics along the shore and their quest to meet girls provide an endless stream of laughs.